Faculty of Media Communications

Position: Assistant Professor, or higher.

Deadline: January 18, 2015.

Reference number: MEDIA015

The Faculty of Media Communications of the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia invites applications for full-time, tenure-track positions of Assistant Professor, or higher, in all subfields.

The HSE is a young, dynamic, fast-growing Russian research university providing unique research opportunities.

Work Conditions:

• Internationally competitive сompensation package, 13% flat income tax rate and other benefits
• Generous travel support grants provided by the university’s Centre for Advanced Studies (https://iri.hse.ru/)
• Low teaching load
• Heavy emphasis on high quality research

Requirements:

• Recent Ph.D. in Media, Communication science, Journalism or Cultural studies and related fields
• Fluent English (knowledge of Russian is not required)
• Ability and high motivation to conduct high-quality research publishable in reputable peer-reviewed journals and international university presses

Generally appointments will be made for an initial three-year period and upon successful completion of an interim review, contracts would normally be extended for a further three years until the tenure review.

Please provide a CV, a statement of research interest and a recent research paper via online application form. At least 2 letters of reference should be forwarded directly to the attention of CAS Academic Supervisor Martin Gilman at cas@hse.ru no later than January 18, 2015.