Researcher in ethnography and design research

Researcher in ethnography and design research with a focus on user experience and expectations.

Halmstad University are seeking to appoint a full-time researcher, with expertise in ethnographic research, for up to 9 months from 1st March 2017. This position offers a unique opportunity for an outstanding ethnographer to join and work with a team of internationally leading researchers on an innovative interdisciplinary project about Autonomous Driving Cars.

Research focus
The researcher will work on tasks focused at the interface between academic scholarship and applied practice and will both contribute to applied research as well as engaging with debates in academic scholarship in relation to this.

Principal duties
The successful candidate will work primarily with Professor Sarah Pink (RMIT University) and Associate Professor Vaike Fors (Halmstad University), within a research group focused on applied and design ethnography in dialogue with academic scholarship. They will benefit from working in this international research environment that spans the SCACA group at Halmstad and the Digital Ethnography Research Centre at RMIT University.

The duties will be:
- To support the role of project leader
- To liaise with external research partners as appropriate To undertake literature reviews and ethnographic research and contribute to (and where appropriate leading) publications
- To assist in the development of new interdisciplinary applied research proposals

As a research associate you are expected to be active in the research seminars organised by the research environment EIS at the school of Information Technology.

Qualification
This position is suited to applicants with a PhD (and preferably post doctoral experience) in ethnographic research, using digital video and other innovative techniques in ethnography. Candidates should have been trained to PhD level in anthropology, design or in a cognate discipline such as human geography, sociology, ethnology or a related interdisciplinary field. Candidates will ideally also have existing experience of research in fields of digital technology use, design ethnography and/or in using visual, digital and sensory methods in ethnographic research. The working language in the project is English, so one requirement for the position is fluent speaking and writing in English.

Salary
The salary is settled by negotiation

Application
Applications should be sent via Halmstad University's recruitment system (see link on this page). The last day to apply for the position is 2016-12-31.

The application package shall consist of:

1) a cover letter stating the purpose of the application and a brief statement of why you believe that your goals are well-matched with the goals of this position, together with a description of future research plans

2) an attested CV that includes at least

- a list of previous degrees, dates, and institution, transcripts for higher-education studies until most recent available

- a complete list of publications and a description of previous research and other work experience and links to online copies of the most important publications

3) contact information for at least three references.