Assistant professor at the Department of Book and Communication Interdisciplinary Studies

University of Wroclaw invites applications for the position of assistant professor at the Department of Book and Communication Interdisciplinary Studies at the Institute of Information and Media Studies at the Faculty of Letters

No 42.2024.ZIBKK.INIM.WF.AW of 11.04.2024

Institute/Department: Department of Book and Communication Interdisciplinary Studies, Institute of Information and Media Studies, Faculty of Letters

Position: assistant professor

• Discipline: social communication and media studies
• Research field: information science, information management

Type of position: research and teaching

Vacancies/positions: 1

Type of contract: full time

Application deadline: 31.05.2024

Estimated date of the contest settlement: 30.06.2024

Envisaged job starting date: 01.10.2024

Period of employment: fixed-term contract until 30.09.2025

The competition is open to each candidate who meets the requirements set out in the Higher Education and Science Act of July 20th 2018 (Journal of Laws of 2018, item 1668 as amended) and the Statute of University of Wroclaw.

The candidate is required to

1. Hold a doctoral degree.
2. Have at least two scholarly works in the area of social communication and media studies published.
3. Have experience in working with large data resources.
4. Have teaching experience at academic level in the area of social communication and media studies and be ready to take new responsibilities and acquire new competences related to teaching.
5. Speak fluent Polish, which would enable them to teach students at academic level, and know English at the level which would enable them to participate in international scholarly communication.
6. Be available to fulfil teaching duties (teaching students at both full-time and part-time study courses) and organizational duties in the Institute of Information and Media Studies.

Responsibilities

1. In the research area: conducting both individual and team research in the field of social communication and media studies and publishing its results; participating in scholarly contests, including applying for internal, national and international grants.
2. In the teaching area: conducting classes in a selected field, e.g. traditional and electronic book culture in the 21st century, digital collections and electronic databases of scholarly information resources, data analysis, data visualisation tools and Business Intelligence (MS Power BI, Tableau).
3. In the organizational area: participating in the organization of academic conferences and scholarly symposia, editing academic publications, popularizing science, participating in commissioned organizational work, participating in recruitment committees, etc.

The application for the competition should include

1. Personal questionnaire (download Personal questionnaire).
2. Curriculum vitae.
3. A photocopy of a diploma certifying obtaining a master's degree, a doctoral degree or a habilitated doctor's degree, or the title of professor.
4. A declaration stating that if selected, the successful applicant will designate Wrocław University as his or her primary place of employment (download Workplace Statement).
5. A declaration of the discipline in which the candidate will conduct their research and, in the case of people conducting research in more than one discipline, the percentage of their involvement in each of these disciplines (download Declaration of scientific discipline).
6. An overview of professional accomplishments including a degree of internationalization and a description of the candidate’s research and their experience in teaching, organizing academic work and popularizing science.
7. A list of publications from not earlier than the last 10 years.
8. Electronic versions of the two most important publications that the candidate considers representative of their scholarly achievements or an explanation of their absence.
9. A cover letter to the Rector of the University of Wrocław.
10. A statement in connection with Article 113 of the Act of 20 July 2018. The Law on Higher Education and Science (download Declaration – Article 113).

The CV should include the following note: I consent, within the meaning of Articles 4 and 7 of RODO, i.e. Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (Official Journal of the EU L of 4.05.2016, pp. 1-88), to the processing of my personal data by the University of Wrocław, pl. Uniwersytecki 1, 50-137 Wrocław, for the purpose of recruitment for employment at the University of Wrocław. I am aware that the consent given may be withdrawn at any time in a manner appropriate to its giving.

The Head of the Board reserves the right to request the candidates to deliver copies of additional documents necessary for the assessment of their candidacy.

All the documents should be sent only in an electronic form to the following address: praca@uwr.edu.pl with the subject of the message: "assistant professor.42.ZIBKK.INIM.WF.AW".

Additional information

1. The University of Wrocław reserves the right to contact only selected candidates.
2. Selected candidates may be required to undergo an interview by means of electronic communication allowing audio and video transmission.
3. The University of Wrocław reserves the right to close the competition without selecting a candidate.
4. The University of Wrocław reserves the right to cancel the competition.
5. The University of Wrocław does not provide housing.

Information clause for persons participating in the recruitment process