[spectre] Academic Assistant (Postdoc) (m/f/d) Project “Teaching and research infrastructure for Digital Arts"

[Oliver Grau]

Danube University Krems/Department for Image Science 

Danube University Krems is Europe's leading university for continuing
education. As the only public university for continuing education in the
German-speaking area it specialises in upskilling programmes for working
persons and, in teaching and research, is engaged in tackling current
and future social challenges. Currently around 8,000 students from more
than 90 countries are enrolled in Master's studies and brief
programmes.

To strengthen our team at the Faculty of Education, Arts and
Architecture/Department for Image Science we are looking for an

Academic Assistant (Postdoc) (m/f/d)
20 hours/week	Advertisement No. SB20-0022

Your tasks 
●	Participation in the research project “Teaching and research
infrastructure for Digital Arts in Higher Education (LeFo)”
●	Responsibility for the development of exploratory data analysis
and visualization for the “Archive of Digital Art”
●	Further technical development of the Media Art Research
Thesaurus

Your profile
●	Degree (PhD/doctorate) in the area of IT, Data Studies, or
Digital Humanities
●	Compatible research (projects, publications or presentations) in
Media Art research and the Archive of Digital Art
●	Experience in the area of Digital Humanities, particularly with
relational Databases (SQL), knowledge organization systems,
computational data analysis
●	Publication and teaching experience
●	Excellent written and spoken English (minimum B2)
●	High communication and organizational skills
●	Ability to work independently and in teams
●	Willingness to work in an interdisciplinary, international team
●	Programming skills are an advantage (e.g. Python, R)

Your perspective
●	A part-time position (20 hours per week - flexible working
hours) for an initial placement of one year with the possibility of
extension until April 2024 and a gross monthly salary of EUR 3,600 on a
full-time basis, willingness to overpay for appropriate qualifications
and professional experience
●	An innovative and modern working environment at Campus Krems
●	Excellent opportunities of continuing education with the
University's own programmes, a comprehensive offer of health promotion
and Campus Sport; the University's own child care facility "Campus Kids"

●	Good transport links – Campus shuttle bus from the railway
station

Persons with disabilities who meet the required qualification criteria
are expressly invited to apply for this position.

We look forward to receiving your online application by 06.04.2020 via
our online tool: https://www.donau-uni.ac.at/vacancies