Assistant professor at the Department of Globalization and Communication at the

Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences

Organisation/Company University of Wroclaw Department Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences Research Field Cultural studies Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Positions PhD Positions Country Poland Application Deadline 19 Dec 2025 - 23:59 (Europe/Warsaw) Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week Tbd Offer Starting Date 21 Feb 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Reference Number 89.2025.ZGLK.IKul.WNHP.AH Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

University of Wroclaw invites applications for theposition of assistant professor at the Department of Globalization and Communication at the Institute of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences

No 89.2025.ZGLK.IKul.WNHP.AH of 13.11.2025

Institute/Department: Department of Globalization and Communication,Institute of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences

Position:assistantprofessor

Type of position: research and teaching

• in research discipline: cultural and religious sciences
• in research field:humanities

Vacancies/positions:1

Type of contract: full time

Estimated date of the contest settlement: 30.01.2026

Envisaged job starting date: 21.02.2026

Period of employment:temporary

The competition is open to each candidate who meets the requirements set out in the Higher Education and Science Act of July 20th 2018 (Journal of Laws of 2018, item 1668 as amended) and the Statute of University of Wroclaw.

Condition to be met by candidates:

• Leghold a doctoral degree in the field of the humanities, in the discipline of culture and religion studies or a related discipline.
• Proof of publication within the last four years of a research monograph or three highly rated research articles corresponding to the discipline of Cultural and Religion Studies in journals on the ministerial list of bullet journals; or chapters in peer-reviewed collective monographs published in publications on the ministerial list of bulleted publications.
• Knowledge of the theory of culture, philosophy of contemporary humanities;
• Knowledge of cultural anthropology;
• Knowledge of media and communication issues;
• A proven interest in the transformations of contemporary culture, especially in its psychosocial dimension and global reach;
• Documented experience in teaching in higher education institutions and skills in this area (the jury reserves the right to ask the candidates for an open lecture).
• Knowledge of the Polish language (spoken and written) to the extent necessary to conduct lectures
• Active knowledge of at least one congress language as demonstrated by participation in international scientific life: for example, participation in scientific projects, foreign scientific conferences, presenting papers in the congress languages and publishing research papers in this language in foreign publications.

In addition:

• Knowledge of English to the extent allowing for the conduct of classes will be highly valued.
• Preference will be given to candidates with proven experience in obtaining external funds for the implementation of scientific research or the implementation of team research or educational projects certified by managing or participating in a foreign or domestic project financed by funds obtained in domestic or foreign, open competition procedures (including the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, NCN, NCBiR or FNP); or obtaining equivalent financial support for research from domestic or foreign institutions, or submitting at least one application in grant competitions that was evaluated positively (in the case of a known score achieving a minimum of 70%) in the last evaluation stage, but did not gain funding due to lack of funds.

Responsibilities(respectively in the research, teaching, organizational area):

• Preparation of scientific publications, published in high-scoring journals and prestigious publications;
• Conducting classes with students of the BA and MA degree studies (also in English).
• Applying for internal and external (including international) research grants;
• Active participation in conferences;
• Fulfilling duties related to organizational work for the Institute of Cultural Studies;
• Promoting and popularizing science.

The application for the competition should include

• A photocopy of the diploma certifying the master’s degree and Ph.D. or post-Ph.D. academic degree.
• Statement whether the University of Wroclaw will be the primary place of work in the case of winning the competition (download Workplace Statement ).
• Declaration of the discipline in which the candidate will conduct research and in the case of people conducting research in more than one discipline the percentage of their involvement in each of these disciplines (download Declaration of scientific discipline ).
• Self-presentation (information about scientific, organizational, and other achievements).
• List scientific publications in the last ten years.
• Electronic versions of the two most important publications that the candidate considers representative of his or her scientific achievements or an explanation of the lack of them.
• Application for employment addressed to HM Rector.

If you provide us with data voluntarily in your application other than what is necessary for you to participate in the recruitment procedure, we ask for your consent to their processing, which may read:

- in the case of ordinary data: ‘I consent to the processing of my personal data contained in (e.g. CV, cover letter or other attached documents) by the University of Wrocław in the recruitment process for the position…’

- for special categories of data: ‘I consent to the processing of the special categories of my data referred to in Article 9(1) of the GDPR contained in (e.g. CV, motivation letter or other attached documents) by the University of Wroclaw in the recruitment process for the position…’

All the documentsshould be send only in an electronic form to the following address: praca@uwr.edu.pl with the subject of the message: assistantprofessor .89.2025.ZGLK.IKul.WNHP.AH .

Additional information:

• The University of Wrocław reserves the right to contact only selected candidates.
• Selected candidates may be required to undergo an interview by means of electronic communication allowing audio and video transmission.
• The University of Wrocław reserves the right to close the competition without selecting a candidate.
• The University of Wrocław reserves the right to cancel the competition.
• The University of Wrocław does not provide housing.