University of Salzburg

The University of Salzburg (Dept. of Communication Studies) is inviting applications from  qualified candidates for a faculty position at the level of PhD student [Dissertant/in] in the chair of  Communication Policy and Media Economics. The department looks for candidates who could  contribute to the research of the department, including the Euromedia Ownership Monitor  (EurOMo), a project funded by the European Commission which deals with media ownership  transparency in Europe. The dissertation should address areas such as media and internet  policy/governance, media structure, and critical political economy of media and communication.  Focus is preferably Austria or Europe, but comparative analysis with other countries/regions are  also welcome.​​

Additional information: 

• Start of employment: 1st March, 2023 
• Duration of employment: 4 years 
• Weekly hours: 30 (20 for faculty projects and teaching, as assigned by the head of the unit) 
  
• Job description: scientific support of research, teaching (from year 3) and administrative tasks; own research/PhD dissertation, cooperation with research proposals  (conceptualisation, writing, and submission), support of planning and conducting  conferences. 
  
• Supervision by Prof. Josef Trappel 
  
• Requirements: 
  
• • Diploma or Master in communication studies or related social sciences 
  • Fluency in English 
  • Willingness to learn German within 2 years (fluency by the time of application is an  asset) 
  • Willingness to live in Salzburg 
• Desired qualifications: 
• • Previous experience in researching issues of media policy and economics 
  • Knowledge of the relevant literature 
  • Experience with qualitative and quantitative methods of communication science 
  • Publications of scientific papers on these topics 
• Remuneration: € 2.294 (gross, 14× year) 
  
• Submission by email – including CV, letter of motivations and relevant documents – to  bewerbung@plus.ac.at with reference to GZ A 0232/1-2022, on or before 23 November 2022. 
  
• For information, please email the contact person of the chair, Prof. Sergio Sparviero, at sergio.sparviero@plus.ac.at