MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2025 – Transformation of Journalism and Media

at  OsloMet storbyuniversitetet

Oslo Metropolitan University is Norway’s third largest university with almost 22,000 students and over 2,500 employees. We have campuses in central Oslo and at Romerike. OsloMet educates students and conducts research that contributes to the sustainability of the Norwegian welfare state and the metropolitan region.
Faculty of Social Sciences offers study programmes within archivistics, library and information science, journalism and media studies, social work, social policy and child welfare, public management and business.
The faculty has about 4200 students and nearly 280 members of staff.
The Department of Journalism and Media Studies has approximately 450 students and 30 employees. Study programmes and research are closely connected and exhibit our international profile.

AREA OF RESEARCH FOR THE PROJECT PROPOSAL

This call invites proposals exploring the transformation of journalism, emphasizing interdisciplinary and cooperative innovations in journalistic production and dissemination. As democracy faces mounting challenges in a precarious global context, and with a growing number of journalists losing their lives in the line of duty or being jailed, harassed or silenced in other ways, this initiative seeks candidates committed to investigating alternative collaborations and co-productions between journalism and interdisciplinary partners, with a particular focus on emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI).
Successful applicants will collaborate with the department’s newly established research group, Transform, while also having opportunities to contribute to other research groups within the department and OsloMet at large, including the research group on Product Design and Cultural Sustainability, led by Professor Arild Berg, which focuses on transmedia storytelling and multimodality. The Transform research group engages in cutting-edge research addressing journalism and media engagement and operates across disciplines such as art, communication, drama, media production, product development, social anthropology, human geography, and other humanities fields.
We are seeking applicants eager to investigate the dynamic interplay between journalism and new technologies like AI, alongside exploring interdisciplinary and co-production methodologies in journalism and media education.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

• The applicant should have a PhD degree in Journalism, Media Communication, Social Sciences, Humanities or related fields by the end of June 2025. PhDs with interdisciplinary focuses are encouraged to apply.
• The applicant must have a maximum of eight years of research experience, from the date of the award of their PhD degree. Experience outside research and career breaks will not count towards the above maximum, nor will experience in research in third countries, for nationals or long-term residents of EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries who wish to reintegrate to Europe.
• The applicant must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Norway for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the call deadline, 10 September 2025
• Must be able to relocate to Norway. Teleworking will not be permitted.

We are looking for applicants who have

• a solid understanding of journalism and communication in relation to transdisciplinary, transformative research practices, community engagement etc.
• It is beneficial with understanding and a particular interest in AI concepts, technologies, and their applications within the domain
• strong methodological skills
• an excellent track record in research and publications
• commitment to develop a competitive MSCA-PF grant application an open and cooperation-oriented nature, with strong abilities for independent academic work
• excellent command / highly proficient spoken and written English

Please refer the Job description for details