Fribourg, Switzerland

The Chair in Communication and Media Studies (Prof. Thilo von Pape) at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) offers a fully funded 5 year PhD position for graduates with at least intermediate skills in French.

You are a creative and autonomous person, and you enjoy the theories and methods of social research. You can work both independently and as part of a team. You are interested in the following areas:

- uses, effects, and social issues of media innovations: equal access, everyday appropriation, well-being, privacy, sustainability,

- digital communication: mobile media, social networks, human-machine communication, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, internet of things

You are proficient in qualitative or quantitative methods of data collection and analysis applied in the social sciences.

Percentage of employment: 100%

Application deadline: June 8

Start of employment: September 1.

Complete job ad: https://www.unifr.ch/dcm/de/assets/public/files/jobs/2405-DiplomassistenzCommMediaE.pdf

Questions to: thilo.vonpape@unifr.ch