Postdoctoral Researcher at The Centre for Art and the Political Imaginary

22 Mar 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

University of Gothenburg

Research Field

Arts » Fine arts

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Sweden

Application Deadline

18 Apr 2024 - 22:00 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Reference Number

1035--1-33737

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

The University of Gothenburg tackles society’s challenges with diverse knowledge. 56 000 students and 6 600 employees make the university a large and inspiring place to work and study. Strong research and attractive study programmes attract researchers and students from around the world. With new knowledge and new perspectives, the University contributes to a better future.

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 area 

Crafts & Fine Art 

Duties 

As 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) 

• Self-set research tasks. Realise own artistic research project within the framework of the Centre’s remit. (50% of the total employment) 
• Assigned research task: Under the supervision of Prof. Mick Wilson, and in concert with colleagues at the CAPIm, contribute to a mapping of the different usages of the imaginary across the contemporary art field with particular reference to: (i) contrasting constructions of the imaginary; (ii) instances of the political imaginary deployed as a specific formulation and operational term within artistic research; and (iii) evaluating claims for the viability of applied research/practice based research on specific aspects of  the political imaginary. (30% of the total employment.) 
• Collaborate with colleagues at CAPIm and its broader research community to support activities (e.g annual seminars with invited researchers, a bi-annual international summer school, conferences organized by CAPIm, etc.) 
• Communicating research and research results to various publics in various forms of publication (e.g., artistic production, academic journals, academic and public presentations, organising seminars, workshops, symposia, online media dissemination) 
• Maintaining, and sharing on a regular basis, detailed documentation of the research process 
• Participating in collaborative research funding applications based on both the assigned and self-set research 

Teaching tasks (20% of the total employment) 

• Working together with colleagues in the Text Area at KKH to develop experimental educational formats and workshops 
• Contribute teaching inputs and innovations to a range of courses at HDK-Valand that address different aspects of the political imaginary, public-ness and related matters 

General tasks in support of research and teaching 

• Attending regular in-person and online team meetings  
• Contributing to joint publications by the core team and other collaborative programme activities 
• Other tasks and duties connected to the educational and research programme of the centre 

The duties described above may change over time due to unforeseen circumstances.  

 

Eligibility and assessment criteria 

For full description of eligibility assessment criteria, see the full job ad on the University of Gothenburg's web page for vacancies https://www.gu.se/en/about-the-university/work-at-the-university-of-gothenburg/vacancies

Employment 

The 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 information 

If 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]  

 

Application 

Submit 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.   Full description of the expected content of the application is in the full job ad on the University of Gothenburg's web page for vacancies https://www.gu.se/en/about-the-university/work-at-the-university-of-gothenburg/vacancies

Interviews are planned for early May 2024 via Zoom.

Applications must be received by: 22 April 2024

Information for International Applicants 

Choosing a career in a foreign country is a big step. Thus, to give you a general idea of what we and Gothenburg have to offer in terms of benefits and life in general for you and your family/spouse/partner please visit: 

https://www.gu.se/en/about-the-university/welcome-services 
https://www.movetogothenburg.com/  

The University works actively to achieve a working environment with equal conditions, and values the qualities that diversity brings to its operations.

Salaries are set individually at the University.

In accordance with the National Archives of Sweden’s regulations, the University must archive application documents for two years after the appointment is filled. If you request that your documents are returned, they will be returned to you once the two years have passed. Otherwise, they will be destroyed.

In connection to this recruitment, we have already decided which recruitment channels we should use. We therefore decline further contact with vendors, recruitment and staffing companies.

Requirements

Research Field

Arts

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Languages

ENGLISH

Level

Good

Research Field

Arts » Fine arts

Years of Research Experience

1 - 4

Additional Information
Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

University of Gothenburg

Country

Sweden

City

Göteborg

Postal Code

40530

Street

Vasagatan 50

Where to apply

Website

https://web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/1035/main?site=7&validator=9b89bead79bb725…

Contact

City

Göteborg

Street

Vasagatan 50

Postal Code

40530

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