University of Fribourg (Switzerland)

The Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences of the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) invites applications for the full-time position of Professor (tenured) in Communication Studies. The professorship is with the Department of Communication and Media Research DCM and comes with one fully funded PhD position. The appointment begins in early 2022.

The position requires a specialization in individual (micro-level) issues of communication and media research from a social scientific perspective. This includes but is not limited to research fields like media exposure, media use and media effects and/or audience studies and/or media and online communication content. Moreover, candidates should be able to contribute to teaching in other areas on the Bachelor level, for instance journalism research or media economics and media management.

Finally, they should also take the digital transformation of communication and media into account in their current and/or future research and teaching activities.

Candidates must have completed a Ph.D. in communication studies or a closely related discipline (with proven experience in media and communication). They need a strong publication record (including peerreviewed articles in international journals) as well as positively evaluated teaching experience in the required specialization. Experience in acquiring competitive third-party research grants is desirable.

Moreover, candidates should have some international academic experience and sound skills in (quantitative and/or qualitative) social scientific research methods.

The teaching load is 6-7 hours per week and includes courses in the French-language Bachelor program “Sciences de la communication et des medias” as well as in the bilingual French/English Master program “Business Communication”. The position thus requires proficiency in French and English. Administrative languages at the University of Fribourg are German and French. A passive knowledge of German is expected in the medium term.

The salary is competitive. The University of Fribourg provides equal opportunities for women and men and aims at achieving gender balance.

Candidates should send their complete application in a single PDF file that includes

• a cover letter describing their motivation and qualification for the position;
• a CV including lists of publications, presentations, teaching experience, research grants, and academic service;
• teaching evaluations;
• a one-page statement on research interests;
• a one-page statement on teaching philosophy;
• a one-page statement on institutional work/academic service at previous institutions;
• the names of three professional references;
• three papers recently published, forthcoming or under revision

to the dean’s office (decanat-ses@unifr.ch) and to Ms. Nadège Rives (nadege.rives@unifr.ch), administration secretary at the DCM, until 1st of March 2021.