[Air-L] Postdoctoral positions in Datafication and digital methods at Uni. of Copenhagen

[Stine Lomborg]

*Apologies for cross-posting*
The Department of Communication, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark, invites applications for one or two 2-year postdoctoral positions in Datafication and digital methods to be filled by January 1, 2022 or as soon as possible thereafter.
The positions are for 2 years (37 h/week).
Application deadline: November 21, 2021, https://jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabelige-stillinger/?show=155014

Job content
The position is part of the Datafied Living research project which runs 2021-2025 and is funded by the ERC and the Independent Research Fund Denmark (datafiedliving.ku.dk<http://datafiedliving.ku.dk>). The candidate’s research activities will advance the aims of the Datafied Living project regarding empirical (data-driven) methods for studying digital tracking and datafication; datafication and work; infrastructures for datafication; or citizen engagement with tracking and data.
Datafied Living is a collective and interdisciplinary research project that combines infrastructural and user-centered studies of digital tracking of individuals across personal, work and institutional domains in Denmark. The project combines data-driven studies with qualitative fieldwork to undertake systematic empirical research on the technological underpinnings, ordinary experiences and social consequences of datafied life in the Danish welfare state. By leveraging an empirical knowledge base on the datafication of human existence, the project aims to advance citizen science perspectives and policy-oriented impact regarding the use of personal data across domains of everyday life to the benefit of people and society.
As postdoc in Datafied Living you will be expected to, independently and in collaboration with other researchers in the team, contribute to advancing empirical datafication research along one or more of the following lines:

  *   Developing and implementing digital and data-driven methodologies for studying datafication, using e.g. mobile data and data visualizations.
  *   Developing organizational studies of datafication, e.g. studying digital tracking in the context of the workplace.
  *   Developing new approaches to study and enhance citizen’s data literacy, using e.g. participatory methods.
You will be expected to publish scientific articles within the context of the project and to participate in the organization of activities and research events within the project. Depending on the pandemic situation, the chosen candidate will have an opportunity for a short research stay with one of the project’s international collaborators.
As postdoc at the Department of Communication you will be part of an internationally-oriented interdisciplinary environment focused on advancing theoretical, methodological and empirical research about digital society. As postdoc you will have teaching and supervision obligations, corresponding to 20 % of the appointment in the Department of Communication’s BA or MA programs.
Qualification requirements
To be considered for the position, applicants must have research qualifications at least corresponding to what can be achieved as part of a successfully completed PhD within a relevant field. We particularly welcome applicants with a background in computer science, organizational studies or digital methods to add to our interdisciplinary team.
For further details about the qualification requirements for postdocs, please refer to the job structure for Academic Staff at Universities 2013: https://ufm.dk/en/legislation/prevailing-laws-and-regulations/education/files/job-structure-for-academic-staff-at-universities-2013.pdf

Stine Lomborg
Stine Lomborg
Associate Professor, PhD
Dept. of Communication
Section for Digital Information and Communication (DICO)
University of Copenhagen
Karen Blixens Plads 8
DK-2300 Copenhagen S

DIR: +45 35 32 81 05
email: slomborg at hum.ku.dk<mailto:slomborg at hum.ku.dk>
www.komm.ku.dk<http://www.komm.ku.dk>

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New publications:
Helles, R., Lomborg, S. & Lai, S. (2020): Infrastructures of tracking: Mapping the Ecology of Third-Party Services Across Top Sites in the EU. New Media & Society, 22(11): 1957-1973.

Lomborg, S., Langstrup, H. & Andersen, T. (2020). Interpretation as luxury: Heart patients living with data doubt. Big Data & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951720924436

Lomborg, S., Dencik, L. & Moe, H. (eds.) (2020): Methods for datafication, datafication of methods: Special issue of European Journal of Communication, 35(3).