Assistant professor at the Department of Image Communication, Institute of Journalism and Social Communication

No 44.2026.ZKW.IDKS.WKSM.MR of May 13, 2026

Institute/Department: Department of Image Communication, Institute of Journalism and Social Communication, Faculty of Social Communication and Media
Position: assistant professor
Type of position: research and teaching
– in the discipline Social Communication and Media Studies
– in the field social sciences
Vacancies/positions: 1
Type of contract: full time
Deadline for submission of documents: June 12, 2026
Expected term of decision:  June 30, 2026
Expected commencement of the employment: October 1^st, 2026
Period of employment: fixed-term, 2 years

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.

Requirements
The candidate is required to have:

1. At least the academic degree of doctor in the discipline of social communication and media studies.
2. The professional title of Master of Law.
3. Scientific output in the field of social communication and media studies published in journals from the MNiSW list, as well as documented active participation in scientific conferences or work in a research team.
4. Teaching experience at a higher education institution – including conducting classes in the field of social communication and media studies and in the field of law.
5. Knowledge of the Polish language at a level enabling the conduct of teaching classes in this language.

Responsibilities

1. In the research area: conducting individual and team research in the field of social communication and media studies, regular publication of research results, undertaking efforts to obtain grants, and active participation in scientific conferences.
2. In the teaching area: conducting classes in the field of: social communication, copyright law, empirical research, and discourse analysis.
3. In the organisational area: participation in work related to the organization of scientific conferences, editorial work on scientific publications, and activities promoting science.

Required documents

1. Personal questionnaire of the person applying for employment (download Personal questionnaire).
2. Curriculum Vitae.
3. Photocopy(s) of diploma(s) attesting to the award of the professional title of Master and doctoral degree.
4. Statement of whether the University of Wroclaw will be the primary workplace in the event of winning the competition (download Workplace statement).
5. Declaration regarding the scientific discipline in which the candidate will conduct research; in the case of persons conducting research in more than one discipline: percentual commitment in each of the disciplines (download Declaration of scientific discipline).
6. Self-presentation containing a description of the scientific activity, degree of internationalization, organizational activity, and teaching activity of the candidate.
7. A list of the candidate’s research works published in the last 10 years.
8. Electronic versions of the two most important publications that the candidate considers representative of his or her scientific achievements.
9. Application for employment addressed to His Magnificence the Rector.
10. Declaration in connection with Article 113 of the Higher Education and Science Act (download Declaration – Article 113).

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 category 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 Wrocław in the recruitment process for the position …’

All the documents should be send only in an electronic form to the following address: praca@uwr.edu.pl with the subject of the message: “assistant professor.44.ZKW.IDKS.WKSM.MR“.

Additional information:

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

Information clause for persons participating in the recruitment process