Three New Research Posts in Postdigital Cultures at Coventry University
Thursday, November 30, 2017 at 6:54PM Research Fellow in Postdigital Cultures
Research Associate in Postdigital Cultures
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Job title: Research Fellow in Postdigital Cultures
Job reference: REQ005591
Application closing date: 10/12/2017
Faculty / School or Service: Faculty of Arts & Humanities
Salary: £37,713 - £53,698 per annum
Package: As one of Coventry's biggest employers, we offer some pretty impressive benefits including an excellent pension scheme and generous holiday allowances.
Job category/type: Research
Job description: Full-time, Permanent
The Centre for Postdigital Cultures (CPC) is a new Faculty Research Centre established in 2017. Led by Prof. Gary Hall, the Centre explores how innovations in postdigital cultures can enable 21st century society to respond to the challenges it faces at a global, national and local level:
- how we receive, consume and process information
- how we learn, work, and travel
- how we engage and regenerate our communities
The Centre for Postdigital Cultures is a major new initiative that builds on the strong and distinctive track record of scholars at the university encompassing a range of disciplines in the arts and humanities. This is the chance for you to join the CPC team at the beginning of its journey and to play a significant role in the development of impactful research activity within the emerging field of postdigital cultures.
What Do We Mean By Postdigital Cultures?
"The digital" can no longer be understood as a separate domain of media and culture. If we actually examine the digital - rather than taking it for granted we already know what it means - we soon see that today digital information processing is present in every aspect of our lives. This includes our global communication, entertainment, education, energy, banking, health, transport, manufacturing, food, and water-supply systems. Attention therefore needs to turn from "the digital", to the various overlapping processes and infrastructures that shape and organise the digital, and that the digital helps to shape and organise in turn.
The CPC investigates such enmeshed digital models of culture, society, and the creative economy for the 21st century "postdigital" world.
Research Areas covered by the Centre include:
- Creative Archiving and International Heritage
- Digital Arts and Humanities
- Post-humanities
- Affirmative Disruption and Open Media
- The 21st Century University and Art School
- Post-capitalist Economies
The Research Fellow post will report to the Executive Director and will focus on:
1. Planning, developing and managing own and collaborative research activity, using specialist knowledge.
2. Publishing as principal author or co-author, and disseminating research findings through papers, books, presentations at conferences (including international peer-reviewed conferences), exhibitions, performances, short courses for knowledge transfer.
3. Using research as a driving force for cultural, social and political change at a global, national and local level.
4. Initiating ideas for generating income and seeking funding opportunities preparation and submission of bids and tenders.
5. Developing research objectives, projects and proposals, and conducting individual or collaborative research projects that demonstrate impact.
6. Taking lead responsibility for small/medium research projects or major part of a large research programme.
7. Contributing actively to applied research groups or communities of practice internally and/or externally.
8. Supervising and examining PhD students with appropriate support.
Requirements for the post:
- PhD in a relevant subject.
- Substantial experience working in research in digital culture with a national reputation in the relevant field.
- Peer reviewed publications/ conference presentations/ other media dissemination activities nationally/internationally.
- Competency to plan, develop, manage and lead individual and collaborative research projects
- Willingness to participate in a multidisciplinary research team.
- Facility to take responsibility for developing their own career in partnership with the University.
Interview scheduled for 19 December 2017
Click here for Job Description and Person Specification
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Job title: Research Associate (x2)
Job reference: REQ005592
Application closing date: 10/12/2017
Faculty / School or Service: Faculty of Arts & Humanities
Salary: £31,611 - £40,002 per annum
Package: As one of Coventry's biggest employers, we offer some pretty impressive benefits including an excellent pension scheme and generous holiday allowances.
Job category/type: Research
Job description: Full-time, Permanent
The Research Associate post will report to the Executive Director and will focus on:
1. Planning, developing and managing own and collaborative research activity, using specialist knowledge.
2. Using research as a driving force for cultural, social and political change at a global, national and local level.
3. Initiating ideas for generating income and seeking funding opportunities.
4. Developing research objectives, projects and proposals for own or collaborative research, that incorporates the principles of impact planning.
5. Identifying new areas for research, developing new research approaches, applying innovative research methods and extend the research portfolio.
6. Planning and managing small-scale research activities using resources, labs, studios, maker spaces and workshops as appropriate.Participating and assisting with funded projects
7. Undertaking supervision of students.
Requirements for the post:
- PhD in a relevant subject (or having submitted a PhD dissertation by September 2019)
- Prior research experience related to digital cultures.
- Ability to write up research for publication in high profile monographs and peer reviewed journals.
- Competency to conduct individual and collaborative research projects.
- Willingness to participate in a multidisciplinary research team.
- Facility to take responsibility for developing their own career in partnership with the University.
Interview Date: 19 December 2017
Click here for Job Description and Person Specification
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