Post-Doctoral Position in 'Innovation in Communication and Culture'‏

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Job Opening for a Post-Doctoral Position in “Innovation in
Communication and Culture” at the ICT&S Centre for Advanced Studies
and Research in Information and Communication Technologies and
Society, University of Salzburg

The ICT&S Center at the University of Salzburg is expanding into new
areas of study and is creating a new cluster of research focused on
Innovation in Creative and Cultural Institutions (e.g. industries,
organizations, regulations, practices and traditions). In order to
enlarge his team, Prof. Josef Trappel is seeking a new postdoctoral
researcher and lecturer that can contribute to this new research area
and complement the skills already available in the centre.

**Conditions
The position is open from March the 1st 2012. The contract requires 40
hours of work and 4 student contact hours per week (teaching only).
The subject of the courses delivered will be negotiated with the head
of cluster. The length of the contract is four years.

Further information about this role (grade B1), can be found from the
human resources webpage (in German only):

http://www.unisalzburg.at/portal/page?_pageid=786,1005510&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL <http://www.unisalzburg.at/portal/page?_pageid=786,1005510&amp;_dad=portal&amp;_schema=PORTAL>

**Requirements and Desired Skills

A university doctoral degree in a relevant field of social science
(preferably in communication science) and command of the English
language for teaching and research purposes are required. Candidates
should also have published papers in international peer-reviewed
journals in a relevant area of study. Furthermore, candidates will
have experience in drafting research proposals and participating in
research projects in one of these areas: innovation in communication
and culture and/or innovation in arts and other creative institutions.

Moreover, the ideal candidate will have excellent knowledge of
academic literature on innovation, cultural industries, communication
systems and new technologies, regulation and media, and experience in
leading of national and/or international research projects in the
field, experience in the acquisition and management of projects
commissioned by national and EU scientific funding institutions.

For further information please contact Dr. Sergio Sparviero by email
at sergio.sparviero@sbg.ac.at.

Application should include a letter of motivation, a CV and a sample
of a recent writing.
The application can be sent by email to sergio.sparviero@sbg.ac.at ,
or by post, to:

University of Salzburg

Rector Prof. Dr. Heinrich Schmidinger

Serviceeinrichtung Personal

Kapitelgasse 4

A-5020 Salzburg.

Applications should be received no later than January the 20th, 2011.