Assistant Professor in Urban & Mobile Media for Inclusive and Sustainable Cities with a profile in New Media and Digital Culture
Job
We seek a new colleague who is a dynamic researcher and teacher with a strong affinity with current developments of critical approaches and new research methods for the critical examination of the impact of mediatisation, digitisation and algorithmisation on contemporary urban culture. Research foci we are interested in, include: new media art & activism; inclusive cities and social equity; participatory culture and civic engagement; inclusive and sustainable urban futures. Your research will be part of the Institute for Cultural Inquiry (ICON) with its research groups Media & Performance externe link and Gender Studies externe link , and research initiatives such as [urban interfaces] externe link , Green Media Studies externe link , and Transmission in Motion externe link . The position also offers possibilities for you to connect with Utrecht University’s interdisciplinary Strategic Themes externe link such as Institutions for Open Societies, Pathways to Sustainability, and Dynamics of Youth, and the Focus Areas such as Governing the Digital Society and Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. As an Assistant Professor, depending on your expertise, you will teach courses on new media theories, new media philosophy, green media, urban mobile media, and smart urban technologies. You will participate in the BA Media and Culture externe link , the MA New Media and Digital Culture externe link , and the RMA Media, Art & Performance Studies externe link . You may also collaborate with colleagues in interdisciplinary teaching teams in minor programmes such as Creative Cities, Gender Studies, Postcolonial Studies. You will also be involved in the supervision of individual student projects such as internships and BA and MA theses.
Initiator(s):
Utrecht University
Deadline: 29.03.2024
Start date: 15.08.2024
Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
Post created by: Lymor Wolf Goldstein