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VID Specialized U: Researcher in Migration/Diversity (Norway)

Senior Researcher at Centre for Intercultural Communication, VID Specialized University, Stavanger, Norway. Deadline: 10 September 2020.

Centre for Intercultural Communication (SIK) at VID Specialized University in Stavanger, Norway, is looking for a senior researcher in a full-time permanent position within the fields of migration and diversity. The position includes participation in ongoing projects, development and management of new projects, and some supervision and teaching. You will participate in ongoing projects at the Centre. The current project portfolio in the areas of migration and diversity primarily deals with labour market integration among newly arrived refugees and intercultural competence among public service providers. You will initiate and lead major research projects funded by, for example, the Research Council of Norway, the European Research Council (ERC) and/or Horizon Europe. You will be expected to participate in the development of the Centre’s research strategies and encourage research colleagues to develop new and innovative projects that cover a wide range of topics related to migration, diversity and civil society development. Some teaching, supervision of junior researchers and administrative work must be expected. You will be a member of the Migration, Religion and Intercultural Relations (MIGREL) research group at VID. Knowledge of Norwegian will weigh in your favour, but is not a requirement for the position.

U Graz University Assistant (Austria)

University Assistant with Doctorate, The Institute of Translation Studies, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Graz, Graz, Austria. Deadline: September 9, 2020.

40 hours a week; fixed-term employment for the period of 6 years; position to be filled as of October 12th 2020.

Your duties:

* Independent research and scientific collaboration in the research area “Translation and cooperation in times of technocapitalism”
* Possibility to write an empirically-based postdoctoral thesis (habilitation) with a focus on translation technology and (digital) translation didactics
* Preparation of a structured overview of new developments and innovations in translation technology and digital translation didactics
* Publications in scientific journals and/or other forms of knowledge transfer (dissemination of knowledge)
* Assistance in the acquisition of external funding
* Contribution to existing and new research projects
* Participation in and co-organisation of workshops, symposia and conferences
* Teaching of courses, among others in the field of translation technology
* Student support
* Administration related to research and teaching

Vrije U Amsterdam: Health Interactions (The Netherlands)

Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Health Interactions, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Deadline: September 10, 2020.

“The Language and Communication chair group at the Faculty of Humanities is looking for an Assistant Professor in the field of Health Interactions. Our research and teaching are focused on the interplay of language, interaction and communication. We are looking for someone to further advance our conversation-analytic research and teaching on matters of health and illness, more specifically on how participants negotiate meaning in real-life medical and other health care contexts. Research settings include primary care interactions, consultations on vaccination, dietary advice, patient vlogs, and mental health support groups. The selected candidate will obtain external research funding, coordinate research projects and (co-)supervise PhD candidates. S/he will help develop, and coordinate the new international master track Dialogue, Health and Society (starting September 2021). The track focuses on fundamental interaction-analytic research so as to facilitate and evaluate different forms of dialogue in the health domain. The new assistant professor is familiar with different theoretical and methodological research traditions, including the quantitative analysis of larger data sets. S/he is interested in interculturality, gender diversity and inclusivity and knows how to connect these themes with dialogue practice and practitioners.”

Villanova U: Intergroup Dialogue Program (USA)

Staff Director of Intergroup Dialogue Program, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, USA. Deadline: September 1, 2020.

The Staff Director of the Intergroup Dialogue Program works with the Faculty Director to oversee and manage the daily operations of the Intergroup Relations (IGR) program. The Director reports to the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI) Executive Director of Strategic Initiatives.

The individual in this position will manage the team of program facilitators, providing recruitment, training, assessment, and ongoing development and training, and execute student recruitment efforts. Additionally, the Director will review assessments for each semester (CATS) and collect student consent forms for research and assessment of student papers. This position will coordinate the IGR Leadership Team (advisory function, planning future topic offerings, interviewing and assessing new facilitator applicants, curriculum development, solicit input and direct outreach to departments and groups) and other outreach activities.

Royal Roads U: Faculty in Communication (Canada)

1 year position for Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor of Communication, School of Communication & Culture, Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC, Canada. Deadline: 27 August 2020.

Royal Roads University invites interest in a limited-term Faculty appointment at the rank of assistant, associate or full professor within the School of Communication and Culture (SCC) in the Faculty of Social and Applied Sciences. As a full-time core faculty member, you would play a key role in the delivery of SCC’s programs. SCC offers three degree programs in the study of communication and culture which are focused on the theory and practice of professional communication, in a wide range of contexts including media, organizational and intercultural. They stress a critical-professional educational approach.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about helping others achieve their academic pursuits and will have demonstrated teaching experience at undergraduate and the graduate levels in the field of communication studies; a sensitivity to diversity in teaching, learning and research; an ability to work as a team member within an interdisciplinary outcome-based curriculum; and administrative experience and abilities, preferably in a university setting.

The position will start in October 2020, but RRU is teaching online this fall, so immediate relocation will not be required.

HK Polytechnic: Area Studies & Intercultural Communication (Hong Kong)

Assistant Professor in Area Studies & Intercultural Communication / Language Teaching & Learning, Department of English, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. Deadline: Open until filled (posted July 17, 2020).

The Department of English within the Faculty of Humanities at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has a long history of producing high quality graduates for the professional workplace. Our focus areas are professional communication and applied language studies, and we provide teaching to undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes. With a team of 25 full-time academic staff, the Department is also actively engaged in applied research in language and communication.

U Amsterdam: Media & Culture (the Netherlands)

Assistant professor of Media and Culture, Department of Media Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Deadline: 3 August 2020.

The Department of Media Studies is looking for an Assistant professor in Media and Culture who will bring to the position an innovative research agenda and relevant teaching expertise in cultural approaches to media. We are looking for a candidate with a strong research profile in media in film, television and cross-media studies.

The selected candidate will teach courses in the BA programme in Media and Culture, as well as in our MA programmes in Film Studies, Television and Cross Media Culture, and the Research MA Media Studies. Ideally, the candidate will be able to teach courses across a range of media, in particular television, film, and digital media, as well as their intersections.

NOTE: There is also a position available in Media and Information.

Latvian Academy of Culture: Multiple Positions (Latvia)

Multiple visiting academic positions, Latvian Academy of Culture, Riga, Latvia. Deadline: 1 June 2021.

The aim of the project is to promote internationalisation and international competitiveness of the Latvian Academy of Culture by attracting foreign academic staff in the study direction Humanitarian Sciences and Arts. Minimum participation set at 6 months.

The specializations are quite specific, but also remarkably broad, including cultural diplomacy; Norwegian or Danish culture; Arts and entrepreneurship, strategic management in arts; current issues in creative business and society, business ethics, critical and lateral thinking, intercultural competences in global entrepreneurship; scriptwriting theory and practice in feature films, short films; structure, analysis and practice of TV series scripts; and history of the U.S. independent cinema, viewed through the presence and development of political themes in films.

U Antwerp: Heritage Studies (Belgium)

Tenured academic staff, Heritage studies focused on participatory methods of heritage management and heritage education, Faculty of Design Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium. Deadline: 16 August 2020.

You will teach and contribute to course units at Bachelor’s and Master’s level within the learning trajectories towards Heritage educator and Heritage designer, such as Heritage Education and Access, Research techniques for heritage labs, Project management movable and intangible heritage, Intangible heritage and participatory methods, Innovative policy and management techniques, Safeguarding repertoires, internship and follow-up of the educational master in Heritage. You will supervise bachelor, master and doctoral students. You will expand the scientific research in the area of participatory methods of heritage management and heritage education.