The Centre for Journalism at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, announces a call for applications for a PhD scholarship to be filled in spring 2016 or as agreed. Applications are invited from candidates with a Master’s degree (a three-year PhD programme). Also, candidates who, in addition to their BA/BSc, have passed the first year of their Master’s programme are invited to apply for a PhD scholarship within the 4+4 programme (a four-year PhD programme).
The PhD position is connected to the research programme “Communication and Public Engagement”, which focuses on how different kinds of political news may engage different groups politically (principal investigators: Professor Erik Albæk, University of Southern Denmark, and Professor Claes de Vreese, Amsterdam School of Communications Research). A short version of the research programme can be read here.
The PhD student will work at the Centre for Journalism in Odense, Denmark together with the principal investigators, two other PhD students and a postdoc. The announced PhD project will rely on a series of experiments.
The Centre is part of the Department of Political Science and Public Management, University of Southern Denmark. The PhD student is expected to participate in the Centre’s various activities and spend regular hours at the Centre. In recent years, both the Centre and the Department have developed into vibrant research milieus and managed to attract young academic staff from, for example, the Netherlands, Germany, Palestine, China, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Greece and Sweden. The PhD student is expected to spend one semester at the Amsterdam School of Communications Research.
A recipient of a PhD scholarship is enrolled as a PhD student in the PhD programme in Journalism Studies at the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences, University of Southern Denmark. The PhD programme in Journalism Studies covers the following areas: journalism in comparative perspective, journalism practice and its effects, political communication, media language and rhetoric and news organisations.
When enrolled, an individual work plan must be drawn up and followed, including PhD courses, seminars and participation in conferences and workshops. In addition, the PhD student will obtain teaching experience and competence in other forms of communication and presentation. The PhD training, including courses, teaching and thesis, must be completed in three years.
Motivated applications are invited from candidates holding a Master’s degree in relevant fields, for instance journalism studies, communication, political science or sociology. Applications must include a max five pages long reflection of the research programme leading to a definition of a research question and a design of an experiment addressing this research question.
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