[Bilimsel Haber] Doctoral Research Fellowship (the New Media in Asia and/or the Middle East)

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Doctoral Research Fellowship (the New Media in Asia and/or the Middle East)

*Doctoral Research Fellowship (the New Media in Asia and/or the Middle East)*

***POSITION AS **DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (SKO/post code 1017)  
*within the new media in Asia and/or the Middle East

is available at the Department of Culture Studies and Oriental  
Languages (IKOS), University of Oslo.

The successful candidate is expected to study the use of new media and  
communication technologies (including the Internet, satellite TV, and  
mobile phones) in Asia and/or the Middle East and their impact in the  
social, political, religious and/or cultural domains. The fellowship  
is open to projects from a wide range of disciplinary and  
methodological approaches to the study of new media. Comparative  
and/or multidisciplinary projects will be considered positively.  
Projects grounded in fieldwork in the region will be considered  
favourably. It is expected that the candidate analyzes primarily data  
in one or several of the region's languages. Candidates must therefore  
demonstrate advanced active skills in at least one relevant Asian  
and/or Middle Eastern language.

The position is available for a period of three years.

The successful candidate is expected to affiliate with the existing  
research milieu or network and to contribute to the further  
development of this. For information about the department we refer to  
http://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/.

If the applicant has worked as a doctoral research fellow previously  
to being hired at the Faculty of Humanities, that period of time will  
be deducted from the allotted 3 year period.

Candidates who are accepted must participate in the Faculty of  
Humanities' researcher education programme (cf. regulations and  
supplementary provisions for the faculty's researcher education) and  
must also engage in the designated research activities on a 100  
percent basis. The designated aim of the project is to complete a  
doctoral dissertation to be defended at a public disputation for the  
Ph.D.-degree.

*Requirements: *

· A 5 year Master degree, or equivalent, in an area relevant to the  
topic of the doctoral dissertation.

In assessing the applications, special emphasis will be placed on the  
quality of the project description and on the assumed academic and  
personal ability on the part of the candidates to complete the  
dissertation within the given time frame. The short-listed candidates  
may be called for an interview at the University of Oslo.

Guidelines for appointments to research fellowships at the Faculty of  
Humanities may be obtained at  
http://www.hf.uio.no/english/research/doctor/index.html.

The University of Oslo has a goal of recruiting more women in academic  
positions.
Women are encouraged to apply.

The University of Oslo also has a goal of recruiting more immigrants  
to Norway in academic positions. Immigrants are encouraged to apply.

The University of Oslo has an agreement for all employees, aiming to  
secure rights to research results a.o.

http://www.admin.uio.no/opa/ledige-stillinger/

**

For further information, contact:
Research director IKOS: Rune Svarverud, tel: + 47 22 85 69 82, e-mail:  
rune.svarverud@ ikos.uio. no .
Research administration IKOS: Cecilie Lilleheil, tel: + 47 22 84 40  
47, e-mail: c.w.lilleheil@ ikos.uio. no .

Closing date: December 15, 2009

Ref.no: 2009/16827

Government wage scale: 45-52 (depending on level of expertise, NOK 355  
600 - NOK 401 500 per annum)

*Submissions: *
Applicants must email the following material in doc-, rtf- or  
pdf-format to stillinger at hf. uio.no/jobbsoknad@ hf.uio.no :

- Letter of application describing qualifications

- A list of published and unpublished works

- Curriculum vitae with grades

- Project description, including a detailed progress plan for the  
project (maximum 5 pages, see Guidelines for project descriptions:  
http://www.hf.uio.no/english/research/doctor/projectdescription.html)

Educational certificates, master theses and the like are not to be  
submitted with the application, but applicants may be asked to submit  
such information or works later.