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<div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">PhD Scholarship in Organization, Media Theory and Digital Cultures</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Copenhagen Business School’s Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy (MPP) invites applications for a PhD scholarship in the interdisciplinary field of media</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">and
organization theory. The applicant’s proposal should outline a program of research, with a focus on social and political practices that attend new forms and processes of</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">organizing
in contemporary digital cultures.</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Organization studies is beginning to engage with digital culture and the developments precipitated by digital media as a technological condition as well as the kinds of social,</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">political
and cultural consequences produced by their advance. The PhD project is expected to focus on the contemporary orchestration of socio-technical relations and how</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">these
change the logics of informational and affective organization. Empirically, this calls for in-depth inquiries into experiments with new organizational forms and processes</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">of
connectivity, cooperation and control. Conceptually, this calls for new approaches that relate the study of material and affective processes of organization to recent</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">conceptual
developments in theorizing digital media and network cultures.</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">The successful applicant will enter the three-year PhD program at CBS (</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">http://uk.cbs.dk/phd</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">)
and will be enrolled at the PhD School in Organization and Management</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Studies. The PhD project will be carried out in close cooperation
with the Centre for Digital Cultures (CDC), Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">(</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">http://www.leuphana.de/en/zentren/cdc.html</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">).
The scholarship is funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, which supports the CDC, with MPP as cooperating partner. The</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">successful
candidate will thus not only join the doctoral school and MPP’s vibrant research environment; he/she will also be part of an international research project and</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">network
with Leuphana University as a hub. You are thus expected to regularly participate in seminars, workshops and conferences in Lüneburg and at further partner</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">institutions.</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Copenhagen Business School has a broad commitment to the excellence, distinctiveness and relevance of its teaching and research programmes. Candidates who wish to</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">join
us should demonstrate enthusiasm for working in an organisation of this type (highlighting, for example, relevant educational and dissemination activities).</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">For further information please contact: Prof. Timon Beyes, e-mail</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">tbe.lpf@cbs.dkInformation</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">about
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Appointment and salary will be in accordance with the Ministry of Finance’s agreement with the Central Academic Organisation.</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">General information:</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">A PhD scholarship runs for a period of 3 years, and includes teaching obligations equivalent of 1Ž2 year’s work (840 work hours). The scholarships are fully salaried positions,</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">according
to the national Danish collective agreement. The scholarship includes the tuition fees, office space, travel grants plus a salary, currently starting with per month</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">app.
DKK 23.770 (app. 3,160 euro) up to DKK 28.964 (app. 3,860 euro) depending on seniority, plus a pension contribution totalling 17,1 % of 85 per cent of the base salary.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">The
salary level and appointment is determined by the Ministry of Finance’s collective agreement with the Central Academic Organisation.</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">To be considered, the candidate should have a basic training at the Masters level (similar to the 3 + 2 Bologna process). An educational background in the social or cultural</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">sciences
is necessary. The applicant must have successfully completed the Masters degree before commencing PhD at CBS. The applicants must be fluent in English.</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">The application (see link below) must include a 3-page project description. This research proposal should contain a presentation of the candidate’s specific research interest,</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">a
description of the initial conceptual framework and methodology as well as a presentation of the suggested empirical material.</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">In addition to the research proposal, the application must include copies of a Master’s degree certificate or other certificates of a corresponding level, brief curriculum vitae</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">(CV),
a list of papers and publications, and one copy of a selected written work (e.g. Master’s thesis). Applicants must enclose documentation for English language skills.</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">A committee of experts in the field, comprised of representatives of MPP and Leuphana University’s Digital Cultures Research Hub, will assess the applications and select</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">the
successful candidate. The assessment of the applicants will be based on the quality and relevance of the project, including an evaluation of the applicant’s ability to</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">accomplish
it.</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Please find guidelines and further information on scholarships and the Doctoral Programme athttp://</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">uk.cbs.dk/phd</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">.</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Closing date: 30 June 2013.</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Application must be sent via the electronic recruitment system, using the link below. Copenhagen Business School must receive all application material, including all</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">appendices
(see items above), by the application deadline. Details about Copenhagen Business School and the department are available at</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">www.cbs.dk</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">
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