Dear all, Please find below the position opening for a tenured associate professor in “social data science” at the Social and Economic Sciences (SES) department of Telecom ParisTech (Paris, France). The application deadline is September 14, 2014. http://www.telecom-paristech.fr/index.php?id=3418 Please feel free to forward this ad to potential candidates, and to contact me for additional information. Antonio Casilli Associate Professor Telecom ParisTech Researcher Edgar Morin Center, EHESS casilli@telecom-paristech.fr ----------------------------------------------------------------- Open position Tenured associate professor –"Social data scientist" Social and Economic Science (SES) Department Telecom ParisTech ABOUT US Telecom ParisTech (also known as ENST, École nationale supérieure des télécommunications) is one of the most selective engineering “grandes écoles” (Elite Universities) in France. Located in Paris, it was founded in 1878, and prides itself to have invented the word "telecommunication". Telecom Paristech invites applications for a tenured associate professor in the field of “social data science”, to join its department of Social and Economic Sciences (SES), to begin as early as 2015. Partner of the IDEX Paris-Saclay, member of the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles (CGE), Telecom ParisTech is strongly positioned on innovation and information and communication technologies. Its mission is to train engineers understanding the challenges of innovation both from a technological and a socio-economic point of view. To achieve this, it employs faculty members, whose teaching activity extends into advanced research on topics falling in the fields of economics, social sciences and management. The candidate will reinforce the SES department’s focus on Web use and digital cultures, at the crossroads of major social and economic dynamics (formation of the publics, online demographics, political consequences of ICTs). The position requires research experience in the field of statistical analysis and online data. Proficiency in French is required. ABOUT THE CANDIDATE The candidate holds a PhD in the fields of Sociology, Demography, Geography, Media and Communication Sciences, Management or Economics. The candidate has developed skills in analysis of use of digital technologies, as well as some of the following competencies: social network analysis, audience quantification, web mining, data visualization, machine learning. TEACHING The successful candidate will join the SES Department teaching team and participate to the following courses: • Project Tutoring: o Controversy mapping (related to technological innovation); o Student projects (technology, innovation and design); o Continuing Education (monitoring projects and startup creation, especially within the ESSEC Master) • Teaching Social Science at Master level (Master Big Data, Master STS, continuing education). RESEARCH The candidate is expected set up and contribute to research activities in direct collaboration with members of the SES department and research chairs, in order to co-author with other Telecom ParisTech faculty members a steady stream of publications in reference conferences and journals. The candidate will contribute to ongoing research projects conducted within the SES department by bringing a consistent empirical approach, relying on innovative methods of data collection, storage, processing, automation, and data visualization. Finally, the candidate will help design and manage interdisciplinary and cross-team research projects within the Interdisciplinary Institute for Innovation i3 of the Mines-Telecom Institute (particularly, in the area of research "use, participation, democratization of innovation"). APPLICATIONS SHOULD INCLUDE • A cover letter • A curriculum vitae featuring candidate’s teaching and research activities • A list of publications • Two selected publications • The names and contact information of two referees • A short teaching and research project at Telecom ParisTech (maximum 2 pages) WHERE TO SEND APPLICATIONS Via email: recrutements@telecom-paristech.fr DEADLINES • Application deadline: September 14, 2014 • Oral presentations for recruitment committee: November 3-5, 2014 • Beginning: early 2015 CONTACT Antonio Casilli (SES department) casilli@telecom-paristech.fr WEB LINKS • SES Department: http://www.telecom-paristech.fr/recherche/departements/sciences-economiques-... • Telecom ParisTech: http://www.telecom-paristech.fr/eng/training-innovating-in-a-digital-world.h... • Interdisciplinary Institute for Innovation: http://www.i-3.fr/?lang=en