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We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join the core team of Centre for Art and the Political Imaginary (CAPIm).
The Centre for Art and the Political Imaginary is committed to interdisciplinary practice and research in the meeting between contemporary art and the future of politics. Based at two institutions of higher education in art: HDK-Valand and Kungl. Konsthögskolan, the Centre's aim is to facilitate connections between research and education through an engagement with experimental approaches. It is the first Swedish Centre of Excellence in the field of Artistic Research.
The activities of the Centre are organized around four conceptual strands guiding the construction of innovative educational and research frameworks. Climate Imaginaries engages with radical ecological change and environmental futures. Historical Imaginaries addresses decolonial approaches to collective memory and nationalist representations, as well as non-aligned movements and intensifying globalization. Democratic Imaginaries takes its point of departure from the polarization of the public sphere and emerging forms of illiberalism. Technological Imaginaries is focused on the interactions between art and technological developments and their resulting projections of possible futures.
The Centre is co-chaired by Prof. Mick Wilson and Prof. Natasha Marie Llorens, who together with Prof. Jyoti Mistry and Dr. Axel Andersson form its steering committee.
The Royal Institute of Art has been educating artists and architects since 1735. It is Sweden's largest institution of higher education in Fine Art and Architecture. The faculty of artists, theoreticians, and architects at the Royal Institute of Art is highly acclaimed, both at the national level and internationally. Students are trained to enter the field of artistic and architectural practice at the highest level .
The Artistic Faculty at the University of Gothenburg consists of the two departments HDK-Valand Academy of Art and Design and the Academy of Music and Drama.
Our vision
With the challenges society faces today, education and research within the field of the arts are more important than ever; fundamentally, one of the strengths of the arts is the creating of perspective and critical tools, as well as meaning and hope. Our Faculty will be pro-active in issues related to the arts, culture and learning, where creativity and innovation are embraced in a wider sense. Locally established and globally orientated, our Faculty will be a place that accommodates the arts, the creating of knowledge, critique, visions, and transformation. The arts, and culture, are for everyone to enjoy – and our Faculty will be a meeting-place for agents of culture, culture institutions, the creative industries, as well as civil society as a whole. To be a house with many ways in – and even more ways out – will be our goal
Subject areaCrafts & Fine Art
DutiesAs a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Centre for Art and Political Imaginary you will have a major role in shaping the centre's programme. The post is structured as 80% research tasks and 20% educational tasks. The successful candidate will be responsible for:
Research tasks (80% of the total employment)
Teaching tasks (20% of the total employment)
General tasks in support of research and teaching
The duties described above may change over time due to unforeseen circumstances.
EligibilityThe eligibility criteria for employing teaching staff are set out in Chapter 4 of the Higher Education Ordinance and in the Appointment Procedure for Teaching Posts at the University of Gothenburg.
To be eligible for appointment as a postdoc, the applicant is required to have a doctoral degree, a doctoral degree in art or a foreign degree that is deemed to be equivalent to a doctoral degree. This eligibility requirement must be met before the employment decision is made.
In the first instance, those who have completed their degree no more than three years prior to the end of the application period shall be considered. Those who have completed their degree more than three years prior to the end of the application period may also be considered in the first instance if special grounds exist. Special grounds relate to leave of absence due to illness, parental leave, commissions of trust within union organisations, service within the defence services or other similar circumstances, as well as clinical service or service/assignment relevant to the subject area.
Assessment criteriaEssential:
Knowledge base
Organisational competencies
Communication and digital skills
Desirable:
While the position is based at HDK-Valand in Gothenburg, it will require travel to and teaching in Stockholm and some administrative duties within CAPIm. You will be expected to be active in Stockholm and Gothenburg.
We will select the most suitable candidate to carry out the tasks included in the position, cooperate with other personnel, and contribute to a positive development of the environment.
EmploymentThe employment is full time employment, time restricted for two years
The position is based at HDK-Valand Academy of Art and Design in Gothenburg, but because the Centre for Art and the Political Imaginary (CAPIm) spans both and HDK-Valand Academy of Art and Design's campus in Gothenburg and KKH's campus in Stockholm, your responsibilities will also span both campuses.
Start date is 1 September 2024, or the date we later agree upon.
Contact informationIf you have any questions about the position, please contact Prof. Mick Wilson [email protected] If you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact the HR function at HDK-Valand [email protected]
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ApplicationSubmit your application via the University of Gothenburg's recruitment portal by clicking the “Apply” button. It is your responsibility to ensure that the application is complete as per the vacancy notice, and that the University receives it by the final application deadline.
The application should contain:
Publications that cannot be attached to the application in digital format should be sent to the HR function at HDK-Valand
HDK-Valand HR, ref number PAR 2024/222 Box 131 405 30 Gotheburg Sweden
and should be received no later than last application date.
Interviews are planned for May 2024 via Zoom.
Applications must be received by: 22 April 2024.
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