The Media Change and Innovation Division (Prof. Michael Latzer), Department of Communication and Media Research (IKMZ), University of Zurich is seeking applications for short-term visiting researchers. The successful applicants will work on dedicated topics that align with the division’s research program including the chilling effects of dataveillance, the religion-like digitalization of societies or content creators’ belief systems within the social media ecosystem.
The division’s research program focuses, among other things, on the societal implications of digitalization and the internet, algorithmic selection and artificial-intelligence (AI) tools in everyday life, dataveillance and privacy, governance of media change, religion-like digitalization and implicit everyday religion, cyborgization, digital inequalities, and digital well-being (see https://mediachange.ch/publications/ for the division’s recent publications).
Your responsibilities
- Devise and conduct original theoretical and empirical research in areas that align with the division’s research program
- Collaborate with the division’s team to (co)author academic publications
- Participate in academic exchange (e.g., conferences, departmental talks)
Your profile
- PhD degree in communication or a related discipline (applications from doctoral students who are in the final stages of their PhD are welcome)
- Experience with and/or interest in conducting interdisciplinary research on what digitalization and the internet mean for privacy, autonomy, well-being, reality construction, social order, and democracy
- Excellent abilities to apply quantitative and/or qualitative methods
- Excellent time management, ability to take initiative, and independent work attitude under the guidance of the division chair
- Proficiency in English, excellent written and verbal communication skills