Dear colleagues, This might be of interest to some of your excellent students in search of a fully funded PhD position. Job: Fully funded 4-year PhD position - Centre for Media and Journalism Studies - University of Groningen, the Netherlands Fully funded PhD position (1.0 FTE) with the Centre for Media and Journalism Studies at the Faculty of Arts, University of Groningen, in the project “Tracing sociotechnical imaginaries of digital journalism, 1995-2025”. Project description & supervision team Digital technologies have long shaped the debates on journalism’s future. These debates often emphasize technology as a solution for journalism’s struggles. In doing so, they have also limited the directions in which journalism could actually develop, and elided critical reflections on the complex relationship between journalism and technology. This project addresses these issues by studying sociotechnical imaginaries constructed in the debates about journalism and technology between 1995 and 2025 within the geographical context of Northern Europe. From the introduction of the web, through to our current debates around AI, it studies how journalists, technologists, and other actors have engaged in the introduction, negotiation, and normalization of new technologies. As different actors with diverging interests shape the debate over journalism and technology, the project scrutinizes their competing norms and values concerning journalism and technology. By critically examining how technology has been presented as a necessary and self-evident driver of journalistic change, this research offers a critical history of journalism’s recent past. This PhD project offers a unique opportunity to work in an internationally recognized research centre and gain valuable research experience at a top-ranked European university. As a PhD candidate, you will develop your own research project in consultation with the supervisory team. You will conduct independent and original academic research and report results via peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, and ultimately a PhD dissertation. The PhD thesis is to be completed within four years. You are also requested to teach. You will work with the following supervisory team: Dr. Frank Harbers Dr. Rik Smit Dr. Scott A. Eldridge II The deadline for applications is 12 October 2025. For more information about the project, the qualifications and application procedure, and to apply: https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/work-with-us/job-opportunities/?details=00347-02... For more information about the position and project, contact Frank Harbers < f.harbers@rug.nl> -- Dr. P.H. (Rik) Smit Senior Lecturer Program coordinator MAs Media Studies Centre for Media and Journalism Studies University of Groningen Oude Kijk in 't Jatstraat 26 9712EK Groningen Room 13.15.0482 (+31) (0)50 363 5832 http://www.rug.nl/staff/p.h.smit/