Assistant Professor for the Department of Journalism

Assistant Professor for the Department of Journalism

The Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, is looking for the position of Assistant Professor (with Ph.D.) for the Department of Journalism at the Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism.

 

Job Description:

  • teaching in the field of journalism / communication studies with a focus on qualitative analysis in the area of research on journalists (focus groups, ethnographic research, in-depth interviews, etc.)
  • involvement in organisational of the department and joint projects
  • creative application of the results of sciencific research activities to the pedagogical activities of the department
  • own creative activity, publications in reputational academic journals or book publishers
  • serving on committees, supervising students and assessing student work

 

We require:

  • at least a completed university education with an academic degree of Ph.D.
  • 3 years of teaching experience in journalism / communication studies
  • high quality independent creative scholarship with references to examples of such scholarship
  • communicative knowledge of Czech (or Slovak) or the ability to reach this level within one year of recruitment
  • excellent knowledge of English (for teaching and writing academic articles)

 

We offer:

  • workload in the amount of (20 hours per week)
  • expected start on September 1st, 2023
  • wide range of employee benefits (higher value meal vouchers, contribution to a kindergarten, contribution to an annual Prague public transport card, contribution to pension and / or life insurance, contribution to Sodexo Multi Pass Card, etc.)

 

The written application must contain:

  • an academic CV, including an overview of publishing activities
  • a copy of the highest education certificate (does not apply to those who have already been or are currently employed at FSV UK and their education was verified by the personnel department in the past)
  • a motivation letter presenting the applicant's involvement in teaching and creative activities in the department

 

The candidates can send their applications by May 22st, 2023, to the email address: kariera@fsv.cuni.cz or to the post room of FSV at the following address: Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Human Resources Office, Smetanovo nábřeží 6, Prague 1, zip code 110 01, marked as " Assistant Professor for Department of Journalism ICSJ".

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