The
Department of Media and Culture Studies of the Faculty of Humanities is looking for an Assistant Professor with a profile in New Media and Digital Culture and a specialisation in urban new media, starting 15 August 2024.
Your 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 and
Gender Studies, and research initiatives such as
[urban interfaces],
Green Media Studies, and
Transmission in Motion. The position also offers possibilities for you to connect with Utrecht University’s interdisciplinary
Strategic Themes 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, the
MA New Media and Digital Culture, and the
RMA Media, Art & Performance Studies. 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.
We offer an inspiring research and teaching environment and foster innovative projects in research, teaching, and public engagement. For this, we work closely with other academic disciplines, institutional and industrial partners, and various societal stakeholders. Moreover, we welcome your active contribution to broader, interdisciplinary research agenda of media and culture studies and participation in research collaborations within the department and beyond.