Postdoctoral position in platform studies at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen (UCPH)

The research project Level up your money game hosted at The Center for Tracking and Society at The Department of Communication, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), invites applications for a full-time postdoctoral position for a duration of 3 years to be filled by 1 February 2025. The chosen candidate will be employed at the Faculty of Humanities, Department of Communication.

Job content
The position is part of the Level up your money game project which runs from 2025 to 2027 and is funded by the Velux foundation. The candidate’s research activities will contribute to the project’s empirical studies of children and young people’s economic socialisation at the intersection between gaming and finance.

Level up your money game addresses children and young peoples 'money games’ in online environments. With money games we refer to the ongoing convergence between gaming and finance as virtual game economies intersect with wider speculative trading on the internet, new types of ‘finfluencers’ emerge on social media platforms, gaming discourses spread across the financial sector, and gamification techniques are put to use on retail investment platforms. The project addresses children and young people's money games in this digital environment at the level of social practices, creator strategies and platform models. To do this, the project will combine qualitative fieldwork, digital methods and political economic analysis.
For more information about the project, please contact the project PI Anne Mette Thorhauge ([email protected]).

As a postdoc in the project you are expected to contribute to an empirical mapping and exploration of creator strategies at the intersection between gaming and finance in collaboration with the other project participants. We are especially interested in applicants with theoretical and empirical qualifications from within the broad field of digital media and communications research. Experience with creative industry studies with an emphasis on gaming and familiarity with programming and API-based data collection is an advantage.

The work will include:

• Developing API based data collection methods to map creator strategies across a diverse set of platforms with the purpose of comparative analysis.
• Conducting qualitative fieldwork to explore and expand the analysis of the identified creators and creator strategies.
• Linking this work with projects insights on social practices and platform models to contribute to a more general assessment of the platform economies they reflect.

You will be expected to publish scientific articles within the context of the project, and to participate in the organization of activities and research events. As postdoc at the Department of Communication you will be part of an internationally oriented interdisciplinary environment focused on advancing theoretical, methodological and empirical research about digital society.

Qualification requirements and assessment criteria
Employment as a postdoc requires academic qualifications at PhD level.

More information on careers at UCPH and the requirement for the different academic positions is available on:
Career at The University of Copenhagen – University of Copenhagen (ku.dk).

For more about postdoc positions and qualification requirements, see the Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities:
Ministerial Order on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities (ufm.dk).

How to apply
Applications must be submitted online in PDF or Word format. Click on the “Apply now” button at the bottom of this advertisement to apply.

The application must be written in English and include the following enclosures:

1. Letter of motivation
2. CV
3. Documentation of qualifications (exam certificates and PhD diploma)
4. Complete publication list (attached publications must be marked with an asterisk).
   The list must be structured systematically and divided into the following categories:
   • Peer-reviewed publications:
     • Monographs and anthologies
     • Articles in journals
     • Book chapters/anthology contributions, etc.
     
     
   • Non-peer-reviewed publications:
     • Publications disseminating research findings, etc.
     
     
   • Applicants can attach a maximum of 3 publications. The publication dates must be clearly marked on the list. The selected publications must be uploaded as attachments and numbered [1-3].
   
   
5. Research plan.

Should any material submitted consist of work with named co-authors, or work that is otherwise the result of collective academic endeavours, the extent of the applicant’s contribution to the work must be clearly stipulated. The Faculty may ask for a signed statement from the co-authors stipulating the extent and nature of each individual’s contribution.

Only material in Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English will be assessed.

Applicants must possess skills in written and spoken academic English at a high level. If deemed necessary, the Department may request that applicants document their English skills.

Applicants are invited to familiarize themselves with the faculty’s strategic landmarks here: Strategic landmarks – University of Copenhagen (ku.dk).

The recruitment process
Once the deadline for applications has expired, the Head of Department will consider advice from the appointment committee and select applicants for assessment. All applicants will be notified whether they have been shortlisted. The Head of Department will then set up an expert assessment committee to consider the applications. The selected applicants will be informed who is serving on the committee. They will be offered the opportunity to comment on the committee’s assessment of their
application before the appointment is announced.

Further information on the recruitment process at University of Copenhagen can be found here:
Recruitment process – University of Copenhagen (ku.dk).

Salary and terms of employment
Terms of appointment and salary will be in accordance with an agreement between the Ministry of Finance and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC). The salary range starts for Postdocs at DKK 38,575 (EUR approximately 5,170) + a 17,1 % contribution to the pension scheme. It is possible to negotiate salary supplements on an annual basis.

An Equal Opportunity Workplace
The University of Copenhagen is committed in its pursuit of academic excellence to equality of opportunity and to creating an inclusive working environment and therefore encourages all qualified candidates to apply, regardless of personal background, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, ethnicity etc. For more on the diverse working place environment at the University and the University’s participation in the HRS4R HR Excellence in Research, see HR Excellence in Research – University of Copenhagen (ku.dk).

International applicant?
The University of Copenhagen offers a broad variety of services for international researchers and accompanying families, including support before and during your relocation and career counselling to expat partners. Please find more information about these services as well as information on entering and working in Denmark here:
For international researchers at the University of Copenhagen – University of Copenhagen (ku.dk).

Contact information
Further information about this position, including an outline of the Level up your Money Game project, can be obtained from its PI, Associate Professor Anne Mette Thorhauge, email: [email protected].

Information about the recruitment process is available from HR, email: [email protected] - please refer to ID number: 211-1947/24-2I #1.

The deadline for applications is 23:59 [CET] on 27 October 2024.

Any applications or additional material submitted after the deadline will not be considered.

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