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by SnorreA | Jun 1, 2021 | Career, News, Uncategorized

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Information Science at MediaFutures

There is a vacancy for a postdoctoral research fellow position at MediaFutures within Media Content Production and Analysis. The position is for a period 4 years with 25% compulsory teaching duties. We are looking for an ambitious and self-motivated colleague to join us in MediaFutures: Research Centre for Responsible Media Technology & Innovation.

Qualifications and personal qualities:

The applicant must hold a Norwegian PhD or an equivalent degree within Information Science, Computer Science, or Artificial Intelligence. They must have submitted their doctoral thesis for assessment prior to the application deadline. It is a condition of employment that the PhD has been awarded.
Strong programming skills are a must.
Background within computational creativity, semantic technologies, and natural language generation is an advantage.
Experience from scientific work (e.g., previous conference and journal publications) is a requirement.
Experience in innovation work, grant writing and proposal authorship is an advantage.
Great motivation for research and innovation work, and interest in the topic and good knowledge of relevant theory and methods is a must.
We are seeking for candidates that has proven skills to work in a team, as well has the ability to work independently and in a structured manner.
Proficiency in both written and oral English (this is the working language of the centre).

Potential candidates may be invited to the centre for an interview.

Position as Research Assistant

There is a vacancy for a 50% Research Assistant position at MediaFutures: Research Centre for Responsible Media Technology & Innovation, the Department of Information Science and Media Studies, University of Bergen. The position is a fixed-term period of up to 2 years.

Research assistant is a recruitment position where the main task is to be a supporting entity to the academic staff in their instructional and research endeavors. The position will provide the opportunity to gain insight into scientific work and methodology. Total employment cannot exceed two years.

The Research Assistant will support the Centre Director in scientific, technical and admin tasks and reports to the Centre Director. Work tasks include:

Contribute to research and innovation projects and proposals where the director of MediaFutures is involved in, e.g., with programming tasks, data collection tasks, and setting up research infrastructure.
Other admin and support tasks on demand.