[Students-l] Fwd: [triplec-board] Uppsala University: PhD Student Position in Critical Media/Communication Studies (5 years)

[M.J. Menou]

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Subject: 	[triplec-board] Uppsala University: PhD Student Position in 
Critical Media/Communication Studies (5 years)
Date: 	Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:00:05 +0100
From: 	Christian Fuchs <christian.fuchs at uti.at>
Reply-To: 	triplec-board at freelists.org
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http://www.personalavd.uu.se/ledigaplatser/2775dorand_eng.html

Uppsala University hereby declares the following position to be open for 
application:

PhD student position in Media and Communication Studies
at the Department of Informatics and Media as of January 1st, 2011.

The candidate is supposed to participate in the department’s ongoing 
research in the field of web 2.0/social media/social networking sites & 
economic online surveillance/Internet prosumer labour. Therefore 
applicants with a solid background in the combination of the following 
areas are solicited to apply: critical media and communication studies, 
Critical Theory, critical political economy, critical political economy 
of media, ICTs and communication; Internet studies, surveillance and 
privacy studies, critical advertising and consumer culture studies.
Qualifications: master’s degree (candidates with any suited disciplinary 
and interdisciplinary background are welcome to apply), excellent 
command of written and spoken English.

*The application should include *
a) an application form including a copy of a degree certificate that 
proves the applicant’s eligibility for studies at the research level in 
Media and Communication Studies;
b) a CV;
c) a copy of the master thesis (additional works related to the 
advertised position’s topic may also be included);
d) an outline of experience in and motivation for conducting research in 
the advertised research field (minimum: 1000 words)

Education at the research level has a duration of five years, of which 
the first year is financed with a scholarship (utbildningsbidrag) and 
the four following years with employment as PhD candidate. PhD 
candidates are expected to conduct their education at the research level 
by working full time and by participating actively in the activities of 
the department. Obligatory administrative and teaching duties at the 
department may not exceed 20 % of full-time.

The application form and instructions in English are available from:
http://www.uppdok.uadm.uu.se/blanketter/BLfoant.pdf
http://www.uppdok.uadm.uu.se/blanketter/BLfo-enginstr.pdf

More information about PhD studies at Uppsala University and at the 
Faculty of Social Sciences are available at:
http://www.uu.se/en/node76
http://www.doktorandhandboken.nu (click on the link “English”)
http://info.uu.se/uadm/dokument.nsf/sidor/10CF35EB7132C99BC125721F004AA423?OpenDocument 

http://regler.uu.se/

Uppsala University cannot cover travel and accommodation costs for 
short-listed candidates, who are invited for a job interview.

Uppsala University is striving to promote equality through gender 
balance. The majority of employees are men, so we encourage female 
applicants to apply for positions.

Information about the employment, Professor for Media and Communication 
Studies: Christian Fuchs (christian.fuchs at im.uu.se): +46 18 471 1019; 
Head of the Department and Professor Mats Edenius:  +46 18 471 11 76.  
Representatives from the Union are: Anders Grundström, Saco-rådet, tel. 
+46 18-471 53 80, Carin Söderhäll, TCO/ST tel. +46 18-471 19 96 and 
Stefan Djurström, Seko, tel. +46 18-471 33 15.

The application should be sent, not later than*November 26, 2010*, 
preferably by e-mail to registrator at uu.se <mailto:registrator at uu.se>, or 
by fax +46-184712000, or by mail to Registrar’s Office, Uppsala 
University, Box 256, SE-751 05 UPPSALA, Sweden. In any correspondence, 
please use the reference number UFV-PA 2010/2775.

--
Prof. Christian Fuchs
Chair in Media and Communication Studies
Institutionen för informatik och media /
Department of Informatics and Media Studies
Uppsala University
Kyrkogårdsgatan 10
Box 513
751 20 Uppsala
Sweden
christian.fuchs at im.uu.se
Tel +46 (0) 18 471 1019
http://fuchs.uti.at
http://www.im.uu.se
NetPolitics Blog: http://fuchs.uti.at/blog

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