[spectre] Doctoral or Postdoctoral Research Fellowship on Gamification

[Mathias Fuchs]

Doctoral or Postdoctoral Research Fellowship on Gamification

The Leuphana University of Lüneburg in Germany is currently undergoing a 
process of renewal. Since the fall of 2007, Leuphana has been developing 
a new model for higher education that is based on humanist values, 
sustainability and student-centered learning. Having established the 
College, the Graduate School and the Professional School, the University 
now intends to shape its four science initiatives: education, culture, 
economics and sustainability. To strengthen Lüneburg both as a research 
location and as an economic stronghold, Leuphana University realizes a 
large-scale EU project, the so-called Innovation Incubator. Finally, 
Leuphana University is establishing the Centre for Digital Cultures to 
connect and further develop its manifold research activities in the 
field of Digital Media.

Besides its focus on online video and the future of moving images, the 
Centre for Digital Cultures explores the conditions, processes and 
effects of the production, processing, presentation and circulation of 
computer games and mobile games as well as the more general trend 
towards ‘gamification’. The transformations that lead to what is being 
called a ‘digital culture’ or ‘net culture’ affect the social, political 
and economic foundations of society. They reconfigure the rules of 
being-in-common, political participation and media economics – from 
turning consumers into ‘prosumers’ to fragmenting the public into 
dispersed publics, from the emergence of new networks of value creation 
to new forms of financing and marketing. Specifically, under the 
supervision of Prof. Dr. Mathias Fuchs academic and practice–based 
research into computer games and the effects and cause of gamification 
will be investigated.

In order to connect young international scholars with the Centre for 
Digital Cultures, the „Michael Ballhaus Scholarship Programme“ offers

1 Doctoral or Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (12 months)
on
“Gamification“


The fellowship will be awarded with a monthly stipend of 1.200€. It is 
intended for highly qualified candidates, who are motivated to work with 
the Centre’s interdisciplinary team and contribute to the Lab’s research 
output.

Requirements:

Completed PhD in Game Studies, Media Studies, Cultural Studies or Media 
Sociology
(Doctoral candidates are expected to have started a PhD or start one at 
Leuphana University Lüneburg, and are determined to do complementary 
research and project work at the University of Lüneburg)
Demonstrable knowledge of qualitative methodologies, esp. with regard to 
image-based methods and visual ethnography
Demonstrable knowledge of the current state of theory development as 
concerns the field of game studies, new media and digital cultures
Evidence of publication and project delivery through independent, 
original research in an international context (Doctoral candidates are 
expected to be ready for conference publications and papers on a 
national and international level.)
Interdisciplinary understanding of the problems and methods in different 
fields of social-, cultural- and media-theoretical knowledge


The Leuphana University of Lüneburg is committed to increasing the 
proportion of women among academic staff and strongly encourages female 
researchers to apply. Persons with disabilities will be given preference 
in accordance with legal regulations.

For information about the Leuphana University of Lüneburg, a small and 
dynamic university located in the vicinity of Hamburg and within two 
hours distance to Berlin, visit www.leuphana.de/international.

The required application documents include your detailed CV (including 
academic record), a description of your previous research activities, a 
list of your most important publications and a brief research proposal 
(1-2 pages). Please submit your application electronically no later than 
15/10/2012 to annett.kosmalski at leuphana.de

-- 
Prof. Dr. Mathias Fuchs
Leuphana University Lüneburg
Innovations-Inkubator
Segmented Media Offerings

Postal address:
Scharnhorststraße 1
21335 Lüneburg, Germany
Office:
Sülztorstraße 21-35, Raum 331
Residential Address: Ratiborstrasse 18
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phone: +49 3092109654
mobile: +49 17677287011
email: mathias.fuchs at inkubator.leuphana.de
http://creativegames.org.uk/

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