[Air-L] Professorship in “platform studies” in Geneva

[Tommaso Venturini]

Happy to announce the opening a new professorship (at assistant or 
associate level) at the Medialab of Geneva:
https://jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=1&p_web_page_id=70607

We are looking for someone who has conducted original research in one or 
more of the following dimension of online platforms:
- Technical: platform code, recommendation algorithms, architecture, and 
hardware and software infrastructure.
- Economic: business models, monetization logic, the attention economy, 
or power relations between stakeholders.
- Cultural and social: Exploration of usage dynamics, online 
communities, moderation practices, virality, and engagement dynamics.
- Political: Analysis of regulations, surveillance and moderation 
issues, and debates surrounding platform governance and self-governance.

The position is open to all disciplines and theoretical and 
methodological approaches. However, a prerequisite for recruitment is 
solid experience in empirical and field research as well as an advanced 
level of French and English is required.

Do not hesitate to contact me for more information

Best

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Tommaso Venturini | tommasoventurini.it <http://www.tommasoventurini.it>
Associate Professor, Université de Genève, Medialab
Researcher, CNRS, Center for Internet and Society