Doctoral Fellowship in the field of Educational Science/Media Education

Technische Universität Dresden Arbeitsstätte Dresden; Dresden; On-site; EUR 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Office workspace

Research infrastructure access

Schaufler Residency opportunities

Conference travel support

Writing retreats

Job summary

Die Technische Universität Dresden schreibt im Schaufler Lab@TU Dresden ein Doktoratsstipendium aus, das frühe Forscherinnen und Forscher im Bereich Educational Science/Media Education unterstützt. Die Förderung umfasst eigenständige Forschung, Dissertation und interdisziplinären Austausch mit STEM-Partnern und Künstlern.

Es wird stark auf englischsprachige Lehr- und Forschungsaktivitäten gesetzt; ein Teil des Programms umfasst Outreach, Schreib-retreats und interdisziplinäre Kollaboration.

Qualifications

• Abgeschlossenes Hochschulstudium in Bildungswissenschaften oder Medienpädagogik oder vergleichbaren Bereichen mit Bezug zu Medienbildung oder Bildungswissenschaften.
• Englische Sprachkenntnisse mindestens C1 werden vorausgesetzt.
• Teamfähigkeit und interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit sind erwünscht.

Responsibilities

• Eigenständige Forschung und akademische Weiterqualifizierung mit dem Ziel der Promotion an der TU Dresden.
• Vermehrte interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit mit STEM-Partnern des Schaufler Lab sowie Kooperation mit Künstlerinnen und Künstlern im Rahmen der Schaufler Residency.
• Mitwirkung an Wissenschaftsvermittlung und Outreach.

Skills

Teamwork

Interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit

Englische Sprachkenntnisse

Education

Universitätsabschluss in Bildungswissenschaften/Medienpädagogik

Job description

Introduction

In the Schaufler Lab@TU Dresden, researchers from the Social Sciences and Humanities as well as artists explore the relationships between technology, science, and society. The Lab was initiated by The Schaufler Foundation together with TUD Dresden University of Technology. The Lab's guiding theme for the upcoming third funding phase (April 2027–September 2030) is \"Energy Cultures in Transition\". The guiding theme is investigated from a humanities, cultural, social, and educational science perspective, explored through artistic practice, and communicated to the public. For the third funding phase, the Schaufler Lab@TU Dresden comprises eight doctoral fellowships and an annually changing Artist in Residence program.

TUD embodies a university culture that is characterized by cosmopolitanism, mutual appreciation, thriving innovation and active participation. For TUD, diversity is an essential feature and a quality criterion of an excellent university. Accordingly, we welcome all applicants who would like to commit themselves, their achievements and productivity to the success of the whole institution.

Doctoral Fellowship

For a period of 2 years, with the option of extension by 1.5 years, starting on April 1, 2027. The fellowship (EUR 1,850 per month, plus a grant for material costs of EUR 150 and, where applicable, a family supplement of EUR 315 per child) is aimed at early-career researchers in the field of Educational Science/Media Education. Primary supervision will be provided by Prof. Dr. Andreas Spengler, Chair of School Education / Media Education.

The guiding theme Energy Cultures in Transition understands energy as a cultural phenomenon deeply inscribed in aesthetic, historical, political, ecological, economic, and socio-technological practices and systems. Building on the dynamically growing research fields of the Energy Humanities, Science & Technology Studies, and the Digital Humanities, the aim is to examine how modern energy regimes—from petromodernity, to nuclear culture, and post-carbon futures—have shaped not only material infrastructures but also subjectivities, power relations, progress narratives, geopolitical orders, ecologies, and knowledge systems, while simultaneously being shaped by them. Interdisciplinary perspectives from the social sciences, cultural studies, humanities, and educational research represented at the Schaufler Kolleg@TU Dresden enable the analysis of the multifaceted entanglements of energy, culture, and society. The focus is on questions concerning the representation, communication, and aesthetics of energy transitions and resource paradigms as well as continuities between resource economies and information economies, the relationships between energy, labor, environment, and consumer culture, and the role of colonialism, gender, nationalism, geopolitics, education, and social justice in deciding energy futures and navigating collective transformation processes.

Research Areas and Questions

Re/presentations, relations, practices, utopias and critiques of energy relations and energy transformations from an educational research perspective

The role, significance and changing nature of energy in contexts of self-formation/Bildung, education and socialization

Critical perspectives on the relationship between, and production of, energy and transformation in educational and social contexts

Tasks

• Your tasks include independent research and academic further qualification with the goal of completing a doctorate at TUD, as well as writing a dissertation on a topic within the guiding concept \"Energy Cultures in Transition\" in the discipline of Educational Science/Media Education.


• The fellowship requires a high degree of willingness to engage in interdisciplinary dialogue, particularly with the STEM partnerships of the Schaufler Lab@TU Dresden, as well as to conduct joint research with artists within the framework of the Schaufler Residency.


• In addition, engagement in the areas of science communication and outreach is expected.


• Shared office spaces will be made available to the fellows.


• Participation in the Kolleg's English-language training program is mandatory.

Requirements

• You hold an excellent university degree, preferably in the field of Educational Sciences, Media Education with a focus on cultural or media studies, or in comparable, related fields with clear connections to Media Education or Educational Sciences.


• In addition, you have relevant experience in these areas in the educational- or socialization-theoretical discourse on the relations between subjects and society and energy transitions, the environment, technology, everyday life, and/or work (e.g., in the context of Cultural Studies in Education, Cultural-Aesthetic Media Education, Educational] Research on Subjectivation, [Educational] Studies on Governmentality, Media Criticism in Media Education, or Science & Technology Studies).


• You have a strong ability to work in teams and enjoy interdisciplinary collaboration.


• As the training program is conducted in English, you have English skills at a minimum of C1 level.


• In accordance with the doctoral regulations of the Faculty of Education, the dissertation may be written in either German or English—if you choose to write it in German, corresponding German language skills are required.


• Beyond this, German language skills are desirable but not mandatory.

Offer

• You will receive a fully equipped office workspace on the premises of TUD and access to an excellent research infrastructure, including participation in Research Studios and writing retreats.


• The Graduate Academy and other central institutions of TUD offer numerous further training and qualification opportunities.


• Within the limits of the available project funds, the Schaufler Lab will cover the costs of conference travel.

Inclusion and equal opportunities

Inclusion and equal opportunities are important to us.

We therefore look forward to receiving applications from people regardless of gender, origin, sexual orientation, worldview, or disability.

TUD strives to employ more women in academia and research.

We therefore expressly encourage women to apply.

The University is a family-friendly university.

We welcome applications from candidates with disabilities.

If multiple candidates prove to be equally qualified, those with disabilities or with equivalent status pursuant to the German Social Code IX (SGB IX) will receive priority for employment.

The fellowship does not constitute an employment relationship.

TUD is a founding partner in the DRESDEN-concept alliance.

Reference to data protection: Your data protection rights, the purpose for which your data will be processed, as well as further information about data protection is available to you on the website: https://tu-dresden.de/karriere/datenschutzhinweis.