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The Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), Austria’s premier non-university research institute, invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Digital Anthropology. This role contributes to the ERC-funded project Resource Spirits led by Prof. Judith Bovensiepen. The successful applicant will investigate the interaction between artificial intelligence and energy, particularly in extractive resource sectors, through an ethnographic lens. The position promotes collaborative research and independent inquiry aligned with ISA’s Environmental Anthropology programme.

Applicants should represent the field of North American Cultural Studies in a transnational and transcultural perspective and with an international orientation in both research and teaching. We seek applications from diverse disciplines engaging with North American cultural studies, including in particular cultural history as well as, e.g., media studies, gender studies, popular culture studies, visual culture studies. Experience in the acquisition and implementation of third-party funded projects is expected. LMU Munich seeks to appoint a highly qualified junior academic to this professorship and, therefore, especially encourages early-career scholars to apply. Prerequisites for this position are a university degree and a doctoral degree or a comparable specific qualification.

Your responsibilities • Conduct high-quality research in the field of digital health communication • Development of a (digital) research infrastructure for the collaboration with/support of other researchers at UZH and beyond • Teaching on BA and MA level • Organizational and administrative tasks within the department Your profile • Ph.D. in communication science or a related subject • Excellent research and teaching record in health communication and digitalization • Experience in research organization, ideally also in the development and maintenance of research infrastructure • Proficiency in German and English • Organizational and team skills

The ERC-funded project ‘Changing Childhoods in the Era of the WWW (WEB CHILD)’ offers a postdoctoral position to attract applicants with a well-documented track record in research into the cultural history of South Korea, Korean cultural studies, or related areas. The candidate should be genuinely interested in exploring childhood history between 1995 and 2005 and utilising various methods from history, digital humanities, and cultural studies. The position is 2,5 years (30 months). You don't need a PhD in history or prior knowledge of digital methods. You do need fluent Korean and English and interest in collaborative work.

The candidate will be involved in the Medialab Institute and its Master's teaching programs, will teach a course in the Faculty's bachelor's programs, and will collaborate with the other departments and institutes of the Faculty of Social Sciences. The candidate must hold a PhD in one of the social sciences or equivalent qualification. High-quality publication record in the field of the position, evidenced by publications in reputed international journals; he/she must demonstrate an ability to take a critical, empirically-based look at digital platforms as technical, economic, cultural and political structures. He/she must have conducted original research on one or more of the following areas: Technical: Analysis of the code, recommendation algorithms, architecture and hardware and software infrastructures of platforms. Economic: Study of business models, monetization logics, the attention economy or power relationships between players (digital workers, content creators, companies, governments, etc.). Cultural and social: Exploration of usage dynamics, online communities, moderation practices, virality and engagement dynamics. Political: Analysis of regulations, surveillance and moderation issues, debates on platform governance and self-governance. An advanced level of French and English is required.

One full-time (100%) position is available at the University of Agder, Faculty of Social Sciences as a PhD Research Fellow in Digital Sociology/Sociology of Artificial Intelligence, affiliated with the Department of Sociology and Social Work and the Center for Digital Transformation (CeDIT), for a period of three years, or four years with 25 % required teaching duties. The position is connected to the broad subject area of Digital Sociology and/or the Sociology of Artificial Intelligence, and we are looking for candidates wishing to conduct research on sociological topics within this area. Relevant thematic areas may include but are not limited to the sociology of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning, digital sociology, AI and the sociology of knowledge, AI and expertise, and digitalization and criminology (digital criminology).

Candidates for this position should be pursuing an active research agenda and producing high-quality publications. They should also demonstrate a commitment to effective teaching at the undergraduate level and be willing to teach an introductory-level course as well as a research methods and/or data analysis course, among other courses in their areas of expertise. We especially encourage applicants who focus on one or more of the following areas: digital sociology, critical media studies, and science and technology studies, although other areas may be considered.

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