[Air-L] Hiring Professor – Digital Social Sciences

[Amélie VAIRELLES]

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Sciences Po's médialab <https://medialab.sciencespo.fr/fr/> is *hiring a
Professor in Digital Social Sciences* (faculty position in the public
sector).
*Discipline *
 The candidate’s social science discipline may be sociology, science &
technology studies (STS) or media studies (cultural and visual studies). :

   - Demography (CNU, section 19),
   - Epistemology, History of science and technology (CNU, section 72)

*Status*
Candidates must have the title of Professor or be qualified as a Professor,
or an equivalent position in a foreign university at the time of
recruitment.
*Job Profile* The position is open to a profile with a strong knowledge of
digital worlds (history, uses, technologies, culture) and a familiarity
with methods of analysis and exploration of digital data (statistics,
modeling, visualization). The candidate's social science discipline may be
sociology, science & technology studies (STS) or media studies (cultural
and visual studies).

Working knowledge in French is required. *Functions* *Research*
The appointed person will conduct their research program at the médialab.
She/He should have a good knowledge of recent theoretical and
methodological developments in the analysis of digital data, and a solid
experience in empirical work. She/He will develop their research program by
integrating it into research networks and actively participating in the
collective activities of the center: seminars and scientific events,
collaborations, applications to French, European and international call for
proposals, supervision of doctoral students.

*Teaching*
The annual teaching service is 128 hours, divided into 3 lectures (CM) of
24 hours each and 56 hours (equivalent CM) of complementary pedagogical
tasks (juries, supervision of dissertations, missions, etc.) at all levels
of education offered by Sciences Po: undergraduate (in one of the seven
campuses of Sciences Po), and graduate. *Recruitment Process* *Prequalification
(before December 17th, 2018)*
Candidates practicing at a higher education institution outside France and
not qualified by the French National Council of Universities (CNU) must
obtain the approval of Sciences Po's Scientific Council in order to know if
they are eligible for this job. They are asked to report to the selection
committee chair before December 17th, 2018.

*Application (between October 17th, 2018 and February 28th, 2019)*
Candidates must submit their application through the "Galaxie" portal of
the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research
<https://www.galaxie.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/ensup/candidats.html>,
between October 17th, 2018 and February 28th, 2019.
More information
<https://medialab.sciencespo.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/PU_medialab_fiche_poste_oct-2018_EN.pdf>
<https://twitter.com/medialab_ScPo>
<http://www.medialab.sciences-po.fr/fr/>
Sciences Po - médialab
27 rue Saint-Guillaume
75337 Paris cedex 07 France