University of Erfurt

The Faculty of Philosophy, department for media and communication studies at the University of Erfurt intends to appoint to the following professorship at the earliest possible date:

W3-Professor of Communication Science with focus on Social Communication (f/m/d)

The appointee should cover the entire field of communication studies in research and teaching with a special focus on structures and processes of social communication on a macro and meso level. The candidates should have a clear empirical orientation, should have a track-record in empirical research and focus on one of the following fields: sociology of communication, media economics, gender research, health communication, media socialization. The appointee’s research focus is expected to complement and further enhance the profile of the communication department in Erfurt. The appointee will contribute to teaching in the Bachelor‘s program - including qualitative and quantitative methods training - and in our Master‘s programs "Global Communication: Politics and Society", "Children's and Youth Media" and "Health Communication", in the Erfurt Doctoral and Postdoctoral Program (EPPP) "Communication and Digital Media" and in the Studium Fundamentale - an interdisciplinary teaching program for undergraduates.

The application deadline is January, 15, 2022.

More information can be found here: https://www.uni-erfurt.de/universitaet/arbeiten-an-der-universitaet/stellenausschreibungen/98-2021-w3-prof-komm-wiss-philfak-schmolinsky-englisch