Vacancy: Lecturer in Cultural Data & AI – Media Studies – University of Amsterdam # Critical Data & AI Studies The Department of Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is looking for a Lecturer for a temporary period of four years to teach in the Media Studies BA and MA programmes, specifically in the BA track Cultural Information Studies and in the Master’s programme Cultural Data & AI. Teaching will take place in courses concerned with topics such as critical data and AI studies, AI practices, digital and computational methods, and contemporary themes in digital culture. Candidates must be in possession of a PhD to teach in the MA programme. Candidates should have considerable knowledge in the field of critical data studies, especially in the areas of computational research methods and critical AI studies. They will also have demonstrable capacities in media theory, AI ethics and data analysis. Practical experience in working analytically with cultural data sets (e.g., cultural heritage data, social media data) and computational tools is desirable. Of advantage would be experience in working with societal partners in the space of cultural data analysis. The successful candidate will be a member of the Critical Data & AI team in the Media Studies Department. To learn more about this vacancy and apply, please see: https://werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies/lecturer-in-cultural-data-ai-d4-nether... # Your application & contact ## Questions? For questions about the position or department, you can contact us during office hours at: Prof. dr. T. (Thomas) Poell, professor of Data, Culture & Institutions ## Application If you recognize yourself in the profile and are interested in the position, we look forward to receiving your application. Please send as a single PDF file your cover (motivation) letter and CV, including the names and email addresses of two referees who can provide letters of recommendation. Only complete applications received by the deadline via the link below will be considered. The vacancy closes on 4-1-2026. Interviews, including a short trial lecture, will take place on 16-1-2026. -- *Dr. Fernando van der Vlist* *Assistant Professor · Coordinator Master’s Cultural Data & AI* *University of Amsterdam (UvA)* Media Studies · Faculty of Humanities Digital Methods Initiative (DMI) · App Studies Initiative (ASI) BG 1 <https://www.uva.nl/en/shared-content/locaties/en/binnenstad/bg-1.html> · 2.22 · Turfdraagsterpad 9, 1012 XT Amsterdam, Netherlands f.n.vandervlist@uva.nl · Profile <https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/f.n.vandervlist/> · Publications <https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/f.n.vandervlist/#Publications> Homepage <https://www.fernandovandervlist.nl/> · 𝕏 (Twitter) <https://x.com/fvandervlist> · Bluesky <https://bsky.app/profile/fvandervlist.bsky.social> · LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/fvandervlist> · Google Scholar <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vFkliXsAAAAJ> · ORCID <https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1401-0325>