Senior Lecturer in Communication for Development and Social Change

Malmö University is an innovative, urban and international institute of higher education, located in the centre of Malmö. We have around 1,800 employees and 24,000 students. Our research and education are characterised by the role we believe a university should play in an open society — to contribute to sustainability and equality in a scientifically grounded way with external partners and stakeholders. Identifying and addressing the challenges of the future are of highest priority. Our researchers and students work collaboratively to create, share and spread knowledge in order to understand, explain and develop society — both locally and globally.

The Faculty of Culture and Society
The Faculty of Culture and Society is a multidisciplinary faculty that includes the School of Arts and Communication, the Department of Global Political Studies and the Department of Urban Studies. Read more here.

The School of Arts and Communication (K3)
The School of Arts and Communication is part of the multidisciplinary Faculty of Culture and Society. Also known by its acronym K3 (after the Swedish name Konst, Kultur och Kommunikation), our school has approximately 80 faculty members and 1,000 full-time students. We offer undergraduate and postgraduate education in the fields of media, interaction design and cultural studies. Our programmes and courses include English, Media and Communication Studies, Cultural Journalism, Visual Communication, Interaction Design as well as a range of courses in different types of media production. At K3, we combine traditional scholarship and academic knowledge with artistic methods and practical skills. In our teaching and research, art, technology, design and communication converge in new and innovative ways. Read more about K3 here.

About the position
As senior lecturer in Communication for Development and Social Change you are expected to conduct research and be involved in different research networks. The position also involves independent teaching, course management, supervision and examination of master’s theses, educational development work, collaboration with external stakeholders, international research partners and the wider society. This specific position involves teaching primarily within the programme Communication for Development, an online master’s programme working with a global student group of around 100 students. As K3 is an interdisciplinary school, teaching within other programmes and courses may also occur.

As a senior lecturer, you are expected to participate in university-wide and departmental research development, education and collaboration, and to contribute to the development of knowledge and research – both independently and together with other researchers working at the department and university.

Qualifications
Those qualified for appointment as a senior lecturer are, except in disciplines in the fine, applied or performing arts, a person who has demonstrated teaching expertise and been awarded a PhD or has the corresponding research competence or some other professional expertise that is of value in view of the subject matter of the post and the duties that it will involve (Chapter 4, Section 4 of the Higher Education Ordinance).

A university teacher at Malmö university is expected to have a pedagogical higher education comprising at least 15 higher education credits, or equivalent formalized higher pedagogical education. New employees who do not have this training are required, within the framework of their employment, to begin such training within one year from the start of the employment

In order to qualify for this specific position, the applicant must have:


• Completed PhD degree in a subject of relevance to Communication for Development
• Research profile in Communication for Development or similar subject
• Documented competence in research-based teaching
• A high level of proficiency to teach, research and communicate in English
• Good collaboration skills

The specific merits for this employment are:


• Experience in teaching and research on developing countries and the global South
• Experience of teaching and working in an online, blended environment
• Knowledge of media theories and practices in the context of humanitarian or development communication in a historical as well as contemporary perspective
• Additional language proficiency

Further information
Sara Bjärstorp, Head of Department, sara.bjarstorp@mau.se 
Rebecca Nordh, HR specialist, rebecca.nordh@mau.se

Application
You may apply for this position via Malmö University's recruitment system no later than 2020-06-22. The application should be in English.

The application must include:


• Signed curriculum vitae
• Copies of relevant certificates and supportive documentation for pedagogical merits and collaborative skills
• Educational letter of intent
• A brief account of scientific, educational and other activities relevant to the position to which the application pertains, including a description of how the applicant envisions their future research and teaching.
• List of scientific and educational work
• The primary scientific and educational work being cited (maximum five of each)
• References

Additional information
This is a permanent full-time position. A probationary period of 6 months will apply.
The candidate selected for this position must be able to meet eligibility requirements to work in Sweden at the start of the appointment.

Starting date
Starting date 21 January 2021 or by earliest convenience and agreement.

See the full advertisement at our website.