Category: Job Ads

Ryerson U: Canada Research Chair in Migration and Democracy (Canada)

“JobTier 2 Canada Research Chair in Migration and Democracy in a Settler-Colonial Context, Department of Sociology, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada. Deadline: 31 March 2021.

Located in downtown Toronto, the largest and most culturally diverse city in Canada and on the territory of the Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee and the Wendat Peoples, the Department of Sociology in the Faculty of Arts at Ryerson University invites applications for a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Migration and Democracy in a Settler-Colonial Context. Upon successful nomination to the CRC program, the candidate will be appointed to a tenure track position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, effective July 1, 2022, subject to final budgetary approval.

In collaboration with Ryerson University, the successful candidate will develop the CRC nomination for the October 19, 2021 deadline. The CRC appointment is tenable for five years and renewable once. All nominations are subject to review and final approval by the CRC Secretariat. Further details on the CRC eligibility criteria can be found here.

Anna Lindh Foundation: Communication Officer (Egypt)

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Communication Officer, Anna Lindh Foundation, Alexandria, Egypt (may start remotely due to the pandemic). Deadline: 15 March 2021.

The Anna Lindh Foundation is seeking to appoint a Communication Officer as a member of its team. They are looking for a dynamic and professional who shares our values and is passionate about scaling – up the impact and reach of intercultural action and voices across the Mediterranean region. The communication officer will support enhancing the Foundations’ media profile in publications and its presence on social media, handle news to the Foundation’s stakeholders, manage the Foundation’s website, support in developing communication and media strategies through different information, communication, visibility activities and tools, such as publications, website, social media, press relations, multimedia, etc. to communicate impact.

Arizona State U: Director of Global Initiatives (USA)

“JobDirector of Global Initiatives, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona.  Deadline: March 10, 2021.

The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University is conducting an international search for a Director of Global Initiatives to lead the School’s growing international education and outreach initiatives. The Director will be responsible for managing the office of Cronkite Global Initiatives as well as leading the School’s curricular and co-curricular international efforts.

For nearly two decades, Cronkite Global Initiatives has fostered meaningful connections among Cronkite students, staff and faculty and international media professionals, scholars and citizens and worked to advance the practice and teaching of journalism and media communications around the world. The Cronkite School is home to the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship program in journalism.

U Edinburgh: IASH Fellowships on Decoloniality (UK)

“JobFellowships, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. Deadline: various, mostly April 30, 2021.

IASH is pleased to announce a new three-year project examining a variety of topics centred on decoloniality. The Institute Project on Decoloniality 2021-2024 (IPD ‘24) is now open for applications. The Institute and its partners warmly encourages Fellowship applications from scholars around the world, exploring issues including but not limited to: decolonising gender and sexuality, anticolonial and decolonial theory, race and racialisation, and Scotland’s role in the British Empire. As well as in-person Fellowships, the IASH is happy to accept applications for hybrid / remote-working Fellowships for applicants who are unable to travel to Edinburgh. It is important to note that they still welcome applications on all topics and in all areas of the arts, humanities and social sciences to continue IASH’s traditional interdisciplinary work across disciplines, alongside IPD’24.

U Ghana: MIASA Fellowships (Ghana)

“JobJunior/Senior individual and tandem fellowships, Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA), University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana. Deadline: March 31, 2021.

The Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) offers five Individual Fellowships (Junior/ Senior) for 3-5 months each, and one Tandem Fellowship (Junior/ Senior) for two fellows for 3-5 months each at the University of Ghana for the period between 15 January and 31 July 2022. Individual fellowships will allow researchers to conduct a project of their own choice. These projects can be of an opening, continuing, or closing nature. The successful applicants will become MIASA Fellows with all the corresponding rights and obligations for the agreed fellowship period. The tandem fellowship will allow the researchers who are teaming up to pursue a joint academic project, which can be of an opening, continuing, or closing nature. Two researchers – one from Africa and one from Germany – will work in a collaborative manner on a particular research topic in the Humanities and Social Sciences, addressing in one way or another MIASA’s overarching aims. Their joint application must highlight the additional academic value of their cooperation. The application should also define the objectives and anticipated outcomes of their collaboration. The successful applicants will become MIASA Fellows with all the corresponding rights and obligations for the requested funding period.

OECD: Education Policy Analysts (France)

“JobEducation Policy Analysts, (several positions), Policy Advice and Implementation Division (PAI) of the Directorate of Education and Skills (EDU), of the Organization for Education, Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris, France. Deadline: 28 February 2021.

EDU/PAI is looking for one or more Policy Analyst(s) to support its work providing education policy analysis and advice to countries both within and beyond the OECD. One of the analysts will contribute to a new project researching and analysing policies related to student transitions into, through and out of upper secondary general and vocational education. Other positions as a Policy Analyst may be available in the Division to work on other school education policy areas. Responsibilities include policy analysis and research; assisting countries with the development and implementation of education policy; organizing workshops to familiarize countries with OECD data and research; preparing reports and other publications; organizing policy dialogue and peer learning activities; effectively communicating policy findings; and contributing to EDU’s and PAI’s overall work objectives.

NOTE: There are also several positions for Junior Policy Analysts to support its education policy advice and implementation support work with countries both within and beyond OECD. One of the Policy Analysts will contribute to the OECD’s Strength through Diversity project. The project aims to provide analysis and policy advice to help governments and schools address diversity to achieve more equitable and inclusive education system. Other positions as a Junior Policy Analyst may be available in the Division to work on school education policy issues more generally, with countries both within and beyond OECD.

U Sheffield: Research Associate (UK)

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Research Associate Covid-19 PPE for Refugees, Sheffield Institute for International Development, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. Deadline: 19 February 2021.

Sheffield Institute for International Development has a position for a Social Science researcher in Sheffield Institute for International Development (SIID). They are looking for someone with a passion for crafting positive change through using your skills in quantitative and qualitative Social Science methodologies. The successful candidate will be part of an interdisciplinary team that is passionate about improving the lives and livelihood opportunities for refugees and marginalised communities. The project seeks to do this through the lens of Covid-19 personal protective equipment (PPE).

You’ll work alongside scientists and engineers, social scientists and arts practitioners, trainers and development workers to improve the quality and access to Covid-19 PPE for the vulnerable groups that they support. The team will be working with research and development organisations in Jordan to use available resources to develop context specific PPE for Covid-19 and to understand how its availability influences people’s behaviour. Participants will work remotely where possible so you will be working primarily from home, and integrate into and support a multi-national, multicultural team while having the ability to work independently and with only intermittent guidance.

U Queensland: Applied Linguistics (Australia)

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Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, School of Languages and Cultures, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia. Deadline: 11 March 2021.

The School of Languages and Cultures at the University of Queensland is looking to appoint a Lecturer in Applied Linguistics in the process of extending its international research profile in an area of relevance to the current teaching and research profile of the program. Individuals with research and teaching interests in any area of applied linguistics are welcome to apply, although those with an interest in one or more of the following areas of applied linguistics are especially encouraged to apply: text analytics, quantitative methods, research methods. Research interests in one or more of the languages taught in the school would also be advantageous.

The successful appointee will engage in undergraduate teaching and postgraduate supervision, undertake and contribute to further development of the School’s Applied Linguistics program, as well as performing research, service/engagement and other activities associated with the School. This position is located at the picturesque St Lucia campus, renowned as one of Australia’s most attractive university campuses, and located just 7km from Brisbane’s city centre.

U Fribourg: Communication Studies (Switzerland)

“JobProfessor of Communication Studies (tenured), Department of Communication and Media Research, University of Fribourg, FR, Switzerland. Deadline: 1 March, 2021.

The Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences of the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) invites applications for the full-time position of Professor (tenured) in Communication Studies. The professorship is with the Department of Communication and Media Research DCM and comes with one fully funded PhD position. The appointment begins in early 2022.

The position requires a specialization in individual (micro-level) issues of communication and media research from a social scientific perspective. This includes but is not limited to research fields like media exposure, media use and media effects and/or audience studies and/or media and online communication content. Moreover, candidates should be able to contribute to teaching in other areas on the Bachelor level, for instance journalism research or media economics and media management. Finally, they should also take the digital transformation of communication and media into account in their current and/or future research and teaching activities.

Ghent U: French Language, Culture & Society (Belgium)

“JobAssistant Professor in specialised translation from and into French, Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. Deadline: 18 March 2021.

The Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication of the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy of Ghent University offers a Bachelor degree in Applied Language Studies, three one-year Masters degrees (Translation, Interpreting, Multilingual Communication), one two-year Master of Education and a one-year postgraduate degree in Computer-Assisted Language Mediation. We have a vacancy for an assistant professor (tenure track) in specialised translation, whose appointment will include academic teaching, academic research and academic services in the field of French language, culture and society.

You will be required to lecture on the French language and society, as well as translation between the French and Dutch languages (legal translation, in particular). You will be conducting research in the field of specialised translation from and into French, within the context of the TRACE research group. TRACE favours an interdisciplinary approach to Translation Studies and studies the cultural and societal processes involved in translation.