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Tenured Academic Staff Communication Studies domain Media and Visual Studies OR Commercial, social profit and political communication
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University of Antwerp
Posted date:
09-Mar-10
The University of Antwerp is a knowledge centre with more than 3,800 co-workers that performs ground-breaking and innovative research of international standing. The university takes special care to ensure optimum support and supervision of students, and pays constant attention to educational innovation. The university is an autonomous pluralistic institution that is committed to the enhancement of an open, democratic and multicultural society, and it pursues an equal opportunities policy.
The university is seeking to fill the following full time vacancy (m/f) at the Department of Communication Studies of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences:
Tenured Academic Staff Communication Studies
domain Media and Visual Studies OR Commercial, social profit and political communication
Job description:
The assignment consists of lecturing duties (two courses a year and MA dissertation supervision), scientific research within one of the two Communication Studies primary research domains (link to webpage) and service to society and to the department. During the first period of (maximum) ten years, scientific research will be the main activity.
The candidate is expected to acquire external funding (national and international).
Profile and requirements:
The candidate holds a doctoral degree in one of the social sciences or humanities with a PhD clearly related to communication studies
The candidate has an international scientific CV, his/her academic achievements are situated within the top 10% of the broader field of study
The scientific and educational qualities of the candidate comply with the requirements as stipulated by the universitys policy
The candidate has strong social and communicative skills, can work in a team and is able to lead a research group.
We offer:
commensurate with the experience and the academic qualifications:
a full-time position as a senior lecturer or higher, generally entailing a permanent appointment. In the case of a first appointment to the corps of academic personnel (ZAP), the university board may proceed to a temporary appointment for a period not exceeding three years. This position will lead to a permanent appointment is the performance is assessed favourably.
The expected date of appointment is (at the earliest) October 1st 2010.
Interested?
Please fill out and submit the mandatory application form (see http://www.ua.ac.be/personeelsdienst) by May 7th 2010 at the latest. The application form has to be completed with a detailed research proposal for the next five years (ca. 5,000 words) and a report of your previous activities of scientific research. All documents have to be submitted in English.
Further information can be obtained from:
regarding the profile and the description of duties: Michel Walrave, Head of the department, (+32 (0)3 2655681/ michel.walrave ua.ac.be);
regarding the special research status: Dr. Eric SPRUYT (+32 (0)3 2653012), Head of the Research Department;
regarding the terms of the appointment: Ms. Greet DIELIS, HR co-ordinator for academic personnel (+32 (0)3 2653164)..
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