open rank positions at NeRDS (New Research on Digital Society) group
hi, I am posting this job post here, hoping that it fits the list's general interest profile, and that you will help me spread the word, if you find it relevant.. Many apologies for cross-posting! best, dj =================================== NeRDS (New Research on Digital Societies) <http://nerds.kozminski.edu.pl/> group at Kozminski University <http://www.kozminski.edu.pl/en/> (Poland), a leading research-driven business school in the heart of Europe, is seeking to fill *one or more open rank positions*. The candidates should specify if they are applying for a position of: - – research and teaching assistant (*asystent*), - – assistant professor (*adiunkt*), - – associate professor (*profesor nadzwyczajny*), or - – full professor (*profesor zwyczajny*). The research areas of particular interest for the candidates include: - – open collaboration and peer production, - – sharing economy and platform capitalism, - – digital humanities, - – critical studies of online communities, - – sociology of the internet, - – Big Data analysis, - – network society, - – virtual ethnography. *About you:* A successful candidate should have a strong academic record matching the position they are applying for. In the case of an associate and full professor ranks, a strong publication record in the JCR-listed journals and the leading academic publishers, as well as a proven successful grant applications track record are expected. Full proficiency in written and oral English is necessary (level C2 and above). Fluency in Polish is not a requirement, but in the long run can be useful. If you do not speak Polish, we would certainly hope that you will be willing to learn it. Other things we value include: - – extended experience from abroad, - – combined educational background from different fields or documented research experience in both qualitative and quantitative projects, - – strong academic orientation, - – good presentation and teaching skills, - – documented academic interests related to studying online communities. We do not restrict the background of candidates to a particular field, as we believe that good research can be inspired and developed from different angles. However, we understand that the position may appeal particularly to people doing research in management, organization studies, sociology, anthropology, media studies, information science, or digital humanities. We are equally interested in people apt in qualitative and quantitative approaches, with a slight preference to those, who are able to do both. *About us:* NeRDS group is a highly informal, relatively young team of researchers. We follow participative decision-making principles and, if invited for an interview, you can expect being interviewed and evaluated by all members of the team, irrespective of the rank you are applying for. We put great emphasis on internationalization and high academic standards. Over the last five years, NeRDS group members have gone on one-year research stays to Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cornell University, University of California Berkeley, or New York University, among others. We regularly publish in JCR-listed journals, and publish books in the leading academic presses (e.g. Stanford University Press, Edward Elgar, Ashgate, Routledge). Some of us are social movements activists (and e.g. serve on the Board of Trustees of Wikimedia Foundation or are engaged in the city movements), some are involved in the start-up culture (mentoring, seed funds, developing own businesses, etc.), and we generally value bringing a diverse experience to the table. We believe that research should be stellar solid and of high quality, but that it also should be fun. We offer flexibility, a lot of independence, and a friendly working culture. Also, our teaching load can be very generous (read: low). NeRDS participates in the international Network of Centers <https://networkofcenters.net/> . More info: http://nerds.kozminski.edu.pl/open-positions-digital-c ulture-studies/ -- _________________________________ check out my ethnography of Wikipedia: Jemielniak, Dariusz (2014) Common Knowledge? An Ethnography of Wikipedia, Stanford: Stanford University Press http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=24010 Reviews: Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml Pacific Standard: http://www.psmag.com/navigation/books-and-culture/killed-wikipedia-93777/ Motherboard: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/an-ethnography-of-wikipedia Inside HigherED: *https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/library-babel-fish/common-knowledge-jem... <https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/library-babel-fish/common-knowledge-jemielniak-wikipeda>* The Wikipedian: http://thewikipedian.net/2014/10/10/dariusz-jemielniak-common-knowledge Dariusz Jemielniak, Ph.D. Professor of Management Chair of International Management Department head of the Center for Research on Organizations and Workplaces (CROW) Kozminski University http://www.crow.kozminski.edu.pl New Research on Digital Societies (NeRDS) group: http://nerds.kozminski.edu.pl <http://nerds.kozminski.edu.pl>
10-11 November 2017, S�dert�rn University, Stockholm, Sweden Joint Conference of two ECREA Sections: Communication and Democracy; and Media Industries and Cultural Production Abstract Deadline 1 June 2017 Keynote speakers * Helen Kennedy (University of Sheffield) * Joseph Turow (University of Pennsylvania) * Mikkel Flyverbom (Copenhagen Business School) The coordinates of democracy, civic engagement and political participation are being fundamentally reconfigured in the context of digital media, Big Data and algorithmic culture, and so too are the media industries. This joint conference of the ECREA Communication and Democracy and Media Industries and Cultural Production Sections provides the opportunity to analyse and assess these changes. The constant need to measure and capture our behavior and attitudes has consequences for our political agency and subjectivities. What do big data and algorithmic culture mean in the context of democratic participation and engagement? What are the consequences of ubiquitous surveillance, preemptive policing and social bots for our understanding of democracy and exercise of civic rights? How do current discussions of political agency in the digital age compare to previous moments of disruption in terms of the introduction of media technologies? Big data and issues related to algorithmic governance have become a major topic of enquiry in the context of media industries as well. `Legacy media' are trying to respond by integrating new digital services with their existing ones and new data-driven journalistic and media production practices emerge. This presents policy challenges, as, for example, public service media need to adapt to a situation in which data is increasingly commercialized. There are implications too for media workers in this new moment. In this context, we wish to explore issues related to the integration of Big Data and the media industries as well as online production, creativity and digital labour. During this section conference, we aim to engage with questions concerning datafication, media industries and (digital) democracy through addressing topics such as (but not limited to): * Political subjectivities and political agency in the age of Big Data * Political consequences of storing, processing and organizing of data * Civic engagement and political participation in times of Big Data * Surveillance and preemptive policing * Materiality and environmental issues of Big Data and algorithmic culture * New actors and discourses in the context of datafication * Democratic potential of Big Data and algorithmic culture * Algorithmic taste management in the media industries * Archives and archiving of cultural production and civic engagement * Media work and labour in datafied media industries * Data Journalism A YECREA workshop on "Digital methods for studying algorithms: complicating the socio-technical relation" facilitated by Annette Markham will be arranged for doctoral students, post-docs and early career scholars. The workshop will take place in the afternoon of the 9th November. More details are to follow. Submission details Please submit a 300-word abstract for individual proposals Panel proposals should include a 300-word panel rationale plus individual 200 word abstracts from a minimum of four speakers. All abstracts for individual as well as panel proposals should be submitted through: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecreadigdem2017 Deadline for submission is 1 June 2017. Notifications of acceptance will be issued by 15 August 2017. Registration and Fees Early bird registration EUR50 (until 1 September 2017) Early bird reduced student fee EUR30 (until 1 September) Full fees EUR75 Reduced student fee EUR40 Organising Committee: G�ran Bolin, Hanne Bruun, David Hesmondhalgh, Anne Kaun, Maria Michalis, Maria Kyriakidou, Fredrik Stiernstedt, Julie Uldam, Julia Velkova http://www.sh.se/bigdata
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Dariusz Jemielniak