[Air-L] Media & Information Lab: Open rank senior faculty position. Open University of Israel

[Anat Ben-David]

*The Open University of Israel*

*Open Rank Senior Faculty Position Opening*

*Media and Information Lab*



The Open University of Israel is seeking a senior faculty member to
establish and head an interdisciplinary media and information lab, for
research and teaching in new media and related areas, such as big data,
information studies, network cultures, or digital sociology.



The media lab will be an inter-departmental unit that will carry out
teaching and research activities in several disciplines including:
communication, management, psychology, education, design, and information
and computer science.



The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to establish and to
head a lab that will be a hub of teaching and research activities at the
highest international academic standards. The search is led by the
Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication. However,
given the interdisciplinary nature of the position, the faculty member’s
final departmental affiliation will be determined based on his or her
disciplinary background. Academic rank (lecturer, senior lecturer,
associate professor or full professor) will be commensurate with
experience.



Requirements:

   - PhD in Social or Computer Science, or a relevant research discipline
   - Excellent international academic research capabilities in the field of
   new media or computational social sciences, demonstrated through
   publications in leading journals and/or conferences
   - Proven international research experience in a media and/or information
   lab
   - Experience in applying methodologies and innovative research methods
   in a media and information lab setting
   - Experience in developing digital tools for social research
   - Fluency in Hebrew, and demonstrated ability to develop learning
   materials in Hebrew.
   - Excellent interpersonal skills

The expected employment start date is October, 2016 (flexible).



Please send the following application materials by *December 30, 2015* to
Media_Lab at openu.ac.il:

   - A detailed academic curriculum vitae
   - A Cover letter detailing the fit between the candidate’s background
   and skills, and the requirements of the position.
   - A research statement
   - Three letters of recommendation sent directly by the referees via
   email to the abovementioned address.



The Open University of Israel is one of Israel’s eight public universities
recognized and academically supervised by the Council of Higher Education.
It has more than 45,000 students, and is well known for its open-admissions
philosophy, the high academic standards of its courses, its position at the
cutting edge of educational technologies, and its commitment to excellence
in research and in teaching. The university’s head campus is in Ra’anana,
and it has dozens of campuses and learning centers throughout Israel.



For further details please write to Prof. Oren Soffer, head of the
Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication at:
orenso at openu.ac.il