Technische Universität Ilmenau

The Faculty of Economic Sciences and Media offers a position at the Research Group on Public Relations and Communication of Technology to be filled by May 1, not later than June 1, 2021 (full time, for three years) as research associate (f/m/d) to fulfill research tasks within the DFG-funded project "Deciphering the 'pandemic public sphere': Government communication, (social) media discourses on and citizens' responses to Covid-19 in Europe and the USA", subject to funding approval by the funding body. The position can also be combined with pursuing a PhD.

Remuneration is in accordance with the provisions of the collective agreement for the public service of the Länder (TV-L).

Your tasks

• Literature research and elaboration of the state of research on relevant topics of risk, crisis and health communication
• Conceptualization and implementation of comparative quantitative media content analyses (development of codebooks, implementation of coder trainings with international coders, reliability tests, etc.)
• Data cleansing and data analysis in the project (SPSS / R)
• Collaboration in the preparation of research reports, conference submissions and publications
• Participation in the international research team to develop models, methods, approaches to data analysis and coordination
• Participation in administrative tasks

Your profile

• Qualified academic degree (Master, Diplom (Univ.) or equivalent) in communication science, journalism, public relations, or similar
• Very good knowledge of statistics and research methods (primarily quantitative methods); in particular knowledge of quantitative content analysis
• very good command of written and spoken English

above-average commitment and willingness to perform, a cooperative and independent working style, didactic and organizational skills

Advantageous, but not mandatory, are

- Good to very good knowledge of the German language

- Knowledge of one or more of the following topics: Risk and crisis communication, health communication, data analysis with R or SPSS, experience with working in international teams, other foreign language skills (e.g. Spanish, Italian, Swedish, Dutch).

We offer you

• an exciting, interdisciplinary and international scientific environment
• collaboration in an open and motivated team
• flexible working time models (partially also home office solutions)
• task-related further training opportunities
• use of employee discounts in the refectories of the Studierendenwerk Thüringen as well as use of the sports facilities of the university sports center

About the project

This large-scale international project analyzes how governments and public health institutions in six European countries and the USA have communicated the Corona pandemic, what role (social) media have played in co-constructing discourses about Covid-19, and how citizens have responded to the respective state and media communications.

https://jobundkarriere.tu-ilmenau.de/jobposting/423f27eb6004e55c4e9be1880ee0b3285248b7cd0