Category: Job Ads

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.

U Leuven: Corporate Communication (Belgium)

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Faculty position in Corporate Communication, Institute for Media Studies, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Deadline: 22 February 2021.

At the Institute for Media Studies, embedded in the Faculty of Social Sciences of KU Leuven, a full time professor position (ZAP) is vacant. Katholieke Universiteit (KU) Leuven is one of the leading academic institutions in Europe and its mission is to provide excellent academic education, research and services. KU Leuven is a member of the League of European Research Universities (LERU) and is consistently ranked among the top 10 universities in Europe. Within the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Institute for Media Studies (IMS), in addition to the School for Mass Communication Research (SMCR), is a research unit that focuses on research on media and communication in society.

The focus in research is mainly on media content, production, effects and usage of media—usually in relation to society and societal issues. A great deal of attention is paid to the consequences of the far-reaching digitalisation of communication. IMS is known for its broad orientation, openness and diversity within the team of employees, which translates into a variety of theoretical perspectives, questions and quantitative and qualitative methods in the research. This vacancy can be situated within the broad domain of (digital) media and corporate communication (companies, government agencies, NGOs, etc.).

UNU-CRIS Research Fellow (Belgium)

“JobResearch Fellow, Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (CRIS), United Nations University (UNU), Bruges, Belgium. Deadline: 31 January 2021.

UNU-CRIS is looking to recruit a Research Fellow to lead and help advance the research, reputation, and impact of the institute and, more specifically, lead the Regions and Cities Governance Lab (Re-LAB). The specific mission of UNU-CRIS is to foster a better understanding of the processes of regional integration and cooperation and their implications in a changing world order. UNU-CRIS specialises in the comparative study of regional integration, monitoring and assessing regional integration worldwide and in the study of interactions between regional organisations and global institutions. As of October 2016, UNU-CRIS is cooperating with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Ghent University.

As a Research Fellow and Cluster Coordinator, you will be expected to (1) champion pioneering research on the institutional dynamics of regional governance that both furthers academic study and is policy-relevant in relation to the UN and UNU’s goals, (2) seek to acquire external research funding, through both responding to calls and seed funding, while building consortiums and partnerships, and (3) manage the cluster, the responsibilities of which include: accompanying growth of research portfolio, managing cluster resources, leading a small research team, mentoring interns, quality control, and external communication.