Company:Università della Svizzera italiana
Location:Switzerland / Lugano
Discipline:Business Anthropology on the Technological Transformation of Consumption and Markets
Employment Type:Permanent Full-time
Posted:2024-03-27
Assistant Professor in Business Anthropology on the Technological Transformation of Consumption and Markets (Tenure Track)
Candidate Profile
The successful candidate has demonstrated research excellence in anthropology-informed studies of the technological transformation of markets, marketing practices, and consumer cultures. She/he has an active research agenda that deals with current and emerging transformations of technology in both their digital and material dimensions, and how they alter the relationships between marketing practice, consumption, and society, including, but not limited to, topics such as algorithmic control, artificial intelligence, automation, datafication, platform economics, and robotics. We prefer a profile which shares the cultural and qualitative/ethnographic focus of the Institute. We expect the successful candidate to challenge hitherto held assumptions and explanations of "digital marketing and the technoscape", critically reflecting on issues such as the tensions between technologies and the "human", dematerialisation and hybridisation, ideologisation of technologies, and datafication in its ontological, epistemological, and methodological implications. We are also interested in questions of social and ecological sustainability related to technological transformation, such as digital vulnerabilities or digital ownership. The ideal candidate should satisfy the following requirements:
Job Description
This post offers the opportunity and resources for a young scholar of excellence to become an important member of a vibrant research group and be involved in the Institute’s research and teaching programmes. The successful candidate will be expected to:
See job advertisement:
https://content.usi.ch/sites/default/files/storage/attachments/imca/imca-assistant-professor-2024.pdf
Contact Person:Prof. Jeanne Mengis, Director of the Institute of Marketing and Communication Management (IMCA) Email: jeanne.mengis@usi.ch
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