Ph D Position in Children's Media and Diversity

Faculteit/Dienst: Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen

Opleidingsniveau: Master

Functie type: Promotieplaats

Sluitingsdatum: 5 november 2024

Vacaturenummer: 13409

• Representations of gender, race, disability, class and/or sexuality in animation, children's books, comics, games, social media, or other media
• Children and celebrity culture; vloggers and influencers
• Children and fandom
• Moral panics, discourses on diversity, and childhood ideologies
• Queer children, queer families and the queering of children's media
• Parental mediation, children, and technology
• Children's media use, identity, and everyday life
• Children as early adopters, target audiences, or future consumers of new media
• Transformations of childhood (and understandings of diversity) across different media ecologies
• Children's media from local and cross-cultural perspectives
• Media and early childhood

• submission of a Ph D thesis within the period of appointment;
• participating in meetings of the project research group and developing a shared database;
• publishing single-authored and co-authored outputs derived from your Ph D research, including peer reviewed academic articles;
• presenting intermediate research results at workshops and conferences, including at least one international conference outside of the Netherlands;
• organising knowledge dissemination activities;
• (co-)teaching courses at BA-level in the second and third year of the appointment (maximum 0,2 fte per year);
• participation in the Research School and Faculty of Humanities Ph D training programmes.

• a completed (research) Master's degree in media studies, cultural analysis, gender studies, disability studies, cultural anthropology, or a related discipline. You may apply if you have not yet completed your Master's degree only if you provide a signed letter from your supervisor stating that you will graduate before 01 February 2025;
• excellent research skills demonstrated by an outstanding Master's thesis and a demonstrable capacity to develop a track record of publishing in high-ranking journals and/or with leading presses;
• demonstrable knowledge of and experience with (most of) the following research methods: textual analysis (narrative, discourse, semiotic and visual analysis; digital analysis), ethnography (participant observation; individual interviews);
• a strong cooperative attitude and willingness to engage in collaborative research;
• enthusiasm for communicating academic research to non-academic audiences;
• excellent command of English.

• Ph D candidates receive a tuition fee waiver;
• Ph D candidates have free access to courses offered by the Graduate School of Humanities and the Dutch National Research Schools;

• excellent possibilities for further professional development and education;
• an inspiring academic and international work environment in the heart of Amsterdam;
• an enthusiastic and professional academic team.

• a motivation letter (750 words);
• a research proposal of 1000-1500 words, showing how you would approach the project, including clear research objectives. This proposal must include an account of context(s) and/or objects which you would explore, the theoretical framing, the method(s) you would employ, relevance and innovation of the research;
• a list of academic sources (5-8) which indicate current ‘state of the art’ knowledge and methodological approach in your field (the area of children`s media and diversity you want to focus on);
• full academic CV including address and contact details, previous education and relevant employment, conference presentations and publications if applicable, grants/honors, language competency and computational skills;
• a list of all Master-level modules you have taken, with an official transcript of grades;
• a writing sample, such as a paper or a chapter of your Master`s thesis
• the names and email addresses of two references, including your advisor, who may be approached by the selection committee.