[Air-L] Open faculty position for a social scientist in Digital Cultures &Humanities, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

[Anna Jobin]

Apologies for cross-posting.

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University of Lausanne: The Faculty of social sciences is seeking a

Associate professor
OR
tenure track professor assistant to the rank of associate professor
in DIGITAL HUMANITIES AND CULTURE IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

Starting date: 01.02.2016
Duration of contract: 6 years renewable for associate professor, 2 years
renewable thrice for tenure track professor assistant
Degree of activity: 100%
Work place: University of Lausanne, Géopolis
Reference: Offre n°3573
Published on: 04.05.2015
Published in: Français, English

***Specifications

Teaching (45%)
- It will be necessary to assure 4-6 weekly teaching hours per year in the
field of digital humanities and culture.
- The incumbent will assure the supervision of master and doctoral theses.

Research (45%)
- The selected candidate will develop social science research studies in
the field relative to digital humanities and culture.
- The candidate will take charge of the master's programme in digital
humanities and culture
- He/She will take responsibility for contracts which favour collaboration
with local and international partners.
- He/She will seek out research opportunities from outside sources, in
particular those offered by the National Fund for Scientific Research
(NFSR).

Administrative tasks (10%)
- In accordance with the legal system and the requirements of the collegial
structure, the successful candidate agrees to assume administrative tasks
from the Institute, the Faculty, the University and its associated bodies.
- He/She will assume responsibility for the development and follow-up of
the master's programme in digital humanities and culture and assure the
cooperation with local partners, the various faculties, as well as other
institutes of higher education, in particular the digital humanities
section of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL).

***Desired profile

- Doctorate degree in social science or equivalent
- University teaching experience in the field of digital humanities and
culture either in terms of the subject of digital studies or in the
conception and development of social science tools.
- Recognised research in the field of digital humanities and culture.
- Good information technology skills for the social sciences.
- Excellent mastery of qualitative and/or quantitative analyses methods
most notably applied to a corpus and/or images with the ability to update
these methods.
- Ability to collaborate and integrate his/her studies into the core of the
Faculty of Social and Political Sciences.
- Ability to initiate and lead a group project involving several partners.
- Well established in international networks.

***How to apply

Interested candidates are kindly requested to submit via email a letter of
application, curriculum vitae, copies of degrees, a list of publications
and the five most significant publications in pdf format to: rhssp at unil.ch.
Only applications received in the above manner will be considered.

***Salary

>From 138,211 to 158,197 Swiss francs according to the 2015 scale for an
Associate Professor.
>From 115,616 to 146,569 Swiss francs according to the 2015 scale for an
Assistant Professor.

***Remarks

Seeking to promote an equitable representation of men and women among its
staff, the University encourages applications from women.

Apply by 15.07.2015

For further information, contact Prof. Fabien Ohl: Fabien.Ohl at unil.ch

This  post  is  affiliated  with  the  Institute  of  Social  Sciences
(ISS)  and  the  Faculty  of  Social  and
Political Sciences.

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