Dear friends and fellow researchers,

we have two short term PhD scholarships for people who are interested to visit 
the CRC Media of Cooperation or who want to develop a PhD project (pre-Doc).

Please circulate to anyone who might be interested and do not hesitate to 
contact me or Christoph Borbach if you have any questions.

Best wishes
Carolin Gerlitz
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The University of Siegen is an interdisciplinary and cosmopolitan university 
with currently about 18,000 students and a range of subjects from the 
humanities, social sciences and economics to natural, engineering and life 
sciences. With over 2,000 employees, we are one of the largest employers in the 
region and offer a unique environment for teaching, research and further 
education.

At the University of Siegen, as of 1 January 2022 the DFG-funded Collaborative 
Research Center (CRC) 1187 „Media of Cooperation“ offers

two Short-Term Scholarships

to promote the work of early-career researchers. The duration of the 
scholarships is 12 months. A longer-term collaboration with the goal of a 
doctorate within the CRC is envisaged. The basic amount of the scholarship is 
based on the maximum rate of the DFG (1.365,- EUR). In addition, an allowance 
for material expenses and, if applicable, a child allowance will be paid.

CRC 1187 “Media of Cooperation“

The CRC is an interdisciplinary research network consisting of 15 projects and 
more than 60 scientists from the fields of media studies, science and 
technology studies, ethnology, sociology, linguistics and literature studies, 
computer science and medicine as well as history, education and engineering. It 
has been funded by the DFG since 2016. The CRC investigates the emergence and 
dissemination of digitally networked, data-intensive media and understands 
these as cooperatively accomplished conditions for cooperation. The research of 
the participating subprojects focuses on data practices that are explored in 
the situated interplay of media practices, infrastructures and public spheres.

The short-term fellowship program of the CRC provides national and 
international doctoral students the opportunity to further develop their 
research project in the CRC, to get to know participating researchers and to 
exchange ideas with them. The research projects of the scholarship holders 
should be thematically related to the subprojects of the CRC, so that their 
work can be supported by the principal investigators and their teams. 
Scholarship holders are assigned to the Integrated Research Training Group 
(MGK) of the CRC and benefit from its structured training program. The CRC 
offers scholarship holders an international environment for interdisciplinary 
media research as well as an extensive program of events and training in 
ethnographic, digital, sensor-based and linguistic methods.

Further information on the CRC’s research agenda and subprojects can be found 
at https://www.mediacoop.uni-siegen.de/en.


Your Profile 

−       Relevant, above-average degree in one of the disciplines participating 
in or related to the CRC, preferably in media and cultural studies, sociology 
or in the field of socio- or business informatics, human-computer interaction 
or information systems (equivalent to a Master’s degree, Magister, Diplom or 
Lehramt/Staatsexamen Sek. II)
−       Individual research project in one of the above-mentioned disciplines 
within the subject area of the CRC. Ideally, you can assign the project to one 
of the subareas of the CRC – infrastructures, publics or praxeology
–       Interest in methods of media research, the analysis of data practices 
and an affinity for working in an interdisciplinary research environment
–       Willingness to participate in the international event program of the 
CRC and the MGK
–       Very good written and spoken English language skills

Your Tasks

Expectations of successful candidates:
–       Regular participation and involvement in the events and the training 
program of the MGK (colloquia, workshops, summer schools, methodology 
workshops, interdisciplinary groups) 
–       Presentation of preliminary results of the individual research project 
within the MGK colloquium

Equal opportunities and diversity are promoted and actively practiced at the 
University of Siegen. Applications from women are highly welcome and will be 
given special consideration in accordance with the federal state equality law. 
We also welcome applications from people with different personal, social and 
cultural backgrounds, people with disabilities and those of equal status.

For further information contact Christoph Borbach (Tel.: +49(0)271 740-5252)
E-Mail: christoph.borb...@uni-siegen.de

Please send your application documents (letter of motivation, curriculum vitae, 
copies of certificates, 5-10-page outline of a project idea) by 2 November 2021 
to Christoph Borbach, Herrengarten 3, 57072 Siegen, Germany. Alternatively, you 
can also send your application in a single PDF file by e-mail (max. 5 MB) to 
christoph.borb...@uni-siegen.de. Please note that risks to confidentiality and 
unauthorized access by third parties cannot be ruled out when communicating by 
unencrypted e-mail.

Information about the University of Siegen can be found on our homepage: 
www.uni-siegen.de.

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