Professor in Digital Media

Lancaster University’s Department of Sociology is inviting applications from accomplished researchers and teachers to join our team as a Professor in Digital Media. We welcome applicants with a proven record in the social study of digital media at the global scale. We are particularly interested in applicants who are working at the intersection of social understandings of new media technologies, including video gaming, social media platforms and/or mobile media, and who are able to contribute to the department’s strategic focus upon inequalities.

You will contribute to the intellectual life of the department and the wider university through building on an established international research profile and through excellence in teaching. Candidates will typically have an excellent profile of high-quality books and journal articles, a track-record of securing external funding and engagement with international research networks. You must have a PhD in a relevant discipline and will be expected to contribute to its interdisciplinary research centres, for example, the Centre for Science Studies; the Centre for Alternatives for Social and Economic Inequalities and/or the Centre for Gender Studies.

The department is a world-renowned hub of interdisciplinary research and teaching. It is known for its collegiality and its commitment to impactful and creative research, teaching and public engagement. It is an internationally-recognised centre of research and teaching excellence in media and cultural studies, social work and sociology. In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework it was ranked 6th and is ranked 64th of sociology departments in the QS World University rankings. The department takes very seriously its responsibility to help make the world a better place through our research, and to help transform the lives of our students. Hence, it focuses upon research and teaching activity that is publicly engaged and makes a positive impact on society.

Lancaster University and the Department of Sociology is committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential and is expressed by initiatives linked with recruiting, recognising, and supporting protected characteristics including age, disability, gender identity, race, religion and sex and sexual orientation in line with the Equality Act 2010. The Department has an Athena SWAN bronze award.

The post will be based in Lancaster, and the successful candidate will be expected to be able to commute to the Bailrigg campus.

For further details on the role and its responsibilities, please see the job description and person specification. For informal enquiries, please contact the Head of Department, Professor Chris Grover (c.grover@lancaster.ac.uk).