Professor in Journalism Studies and Political Communication
il y a 3 semaines
**Discipline**:Journalism Studies and Political Communication (Politics and Media)**:
- **100% Assistant professor tenure track**:
- **Reference number**:202411/PS01/ZAP/010**
**ABOUT GHENT UNIVERSITY**
Ghent University is one of the most important education and research institutions in the Low Countries. On a daily basis, 15,000 staff members and 50,000 students implement its motto "Dare to Think". Ghent University's mission statement is characterised by qualitative education, internationally renowned research and a pluralistic social responsibility.
**ASSIGNMENT**
**Academic education**
You will serve as the main lecturer and co-lecturer in both Dutch
- and English-language course units in the field of journalism studies and political communication. Specifically, you will contribute to courses at both the bachelor's and master's levels that focus on journalism studies and on the relationship between news media and political actors. You will also supervise papers and master's theses and act as an academic advisor for doctoral students.
**Academic research**
**Academic services**
You will take part in the internal and external service provision of the Center for Journalism Studies and the Department of Communication Sciences.
**PROFILE**
**Experience**
- You have already conducted eminent academic research in the given discipline, which is clearly reflected in publications in high-quality academic journals and peer-reviewed books;
- You possess strong quantitative and/or qualitative methodological skills relevant to the given discipline.
- You are capable of initiating, supervising and acquiring the necessary funding for academic research;
- You are didactically skilled to teach university students to develop academic competences;
- Recommended are:
- Experience in drafting research proposals and/or securing funding for research projects;
- Experience in leading research and/or supervising doctoral projects;
- International mobility, among other things thanks to research stays at institutions external to the one where you acquired your highest academic degree;
- Positively evaluated experience in provided or organised academic lecturing;
- Professionalisation of education;
- You must master the language of instruction in which you will teach a course at CEFR- level C1.You can demonstrate this by means of a language certificate or a diploma obtained from an institution in which that language is the language of instruction. In addition, Article II.270, -1 of the Codex of Higher Education requires that: (i) you must master the Dutch language at least at CEFR-level A2 within two years after the start of the appointment. (ii) you must be able to master the Dutch language at least at CEFR-level of B2 within five years after the start of the appointment. More info: Language requirements at Ghent University for professorial staff — Ghent University (ugent.be)
**Skills / Attitude**
- You are collegial;
- You are quality-oriented;
- You take initiative;
- You are open to new collaborations;
- You are able to work both independently and as part of a team;
- You possess strong communication skills.
**Admission requirements**
- You hold a thesis-based doctorate preferably in communication sciences or a diploma or certificate that is recognised as equivalent (article V.20 Codex Higher Education).
Upon evaluation of a foreign (non-EU) diploma, a certificate of equivalence may still have to be requested at NARIC. If this is the case, we advise you to initiate this recognition procedure as soon as possible. You are required to have the recognition no later than on the date of your appointment.
- You have at least two years of postdoctoral experience on 1 September 2025. This term of two years is determined by the date written on the above-mentioned required diploma.
**APPOINTMENT INFORMATION**
- We offer you a temporary appointment in a tenure track system for a term of five years. If positively evaluated by the University Board, the term of office will be transferred into a permanent appointment as an associate professor.
- Should you already be a member of the professorial staff or hold an equal post at a university or research institution, you can immediately be appointed as an assistant professor, without prejudice to the possibility of a temporary appointment offered in article V.28 of the Codex of Higher Education.
The recruitment is from 1 September 2025.
**OUR OFFER**
Ghent University is committed to properly welcoming new professorial staff members and offering them appropriate guidance. The basic teacher training and courses of 'Dutch' and 'English' for foreign-speaking lecturers are only a few examples of our wide range of training and education opportunities. Furthermore, each Ghent University staff member can count on a number of benefits such as a bike allowance, reimbursement of public transport commuting costs, daycare, a wide range of sports facilities and EcoCheques. A complete overview
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