Detailed information
Work location : Tohoku district - Miyagi
Date of publication : 2024/04/11
National University Corporation Tohoku University Graduate School of Information Sciences Call for Applicants (Professor level)
D124040848
Tohoku University
Research field : Humanities & Social Sciences - Educational technology | Humanities & Social Sciences - Sociology | Humanities & Social Sciences - Social psychology | Humanities & Social Sciences - Economic statistics
Professor level : Regular employee - Tenured - Non-tenure track - Probationary period absent
Job description
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Background of the recruitment and description of the project
The successful candidate will be an expert in a field that takes a mathematical and statistical approach to human issues related to education and information literacy in the information society. The issues include education, in which knowledge is conveyed by teachers and news, whereby information is conveyed to mass audience, while the means of conveyance include ICT such as e-Learning, face to face communication, and mass media. Any field of study is acceptable as long as it studies either micro- or macro-phases of the process of information transmission, reception, and communication. In addition to educational technology and computational social science, the fields include adjacent fields such as sociology, social psychology, cognitive science, and econometrics.
Subjects to be taught: Specialized courses in the Master's and Doctoral Programs of the Graduate School of Information Sciences, including courses related to media informatics, and university-wide education courses. -
Work content and job description
Successful candidates will be engaged in research and education in Information Literacy
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Assigned department
Existing departments
Department of Information Literacy, Division of Media and Information Sciences, Department of Human-Social Information Sciences, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University
Job type
- Professor level
Research field
- Humanities & Social Sciences - Educational technology
- Humanities & Social Sciences - Sociology
- Humanities & Social Sciences - Social psychology
- Humanities & Social Sciences - Economic statistics
Wages
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Annual Salary : 7 million yen ~
Salary: to be determined in accordance with Tohoku University’s employment regulations.
Allowances for transport, housing, and dependents may be provided depending on circumstances.
Working hours
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Working hours :08:30-17:15
Break time :12:00-13:00
Holidays : Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, New Year’s Holidays (Dec. 29 - Jan. 3)
Overtime and other explanations : Discretionary labor system for specialized work applied (discretionary labor system in which employees are deemed to have worked 7 hours and 45 minutes per day)
Application requirements
Qualifications
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Education and Degree Requirements
Ph.D. / Doctor
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Work experience
(a) have outstanding international achievements and perspectives in one of specialized fields described in section 5.
(b) have a strong desire for research and education in one of specialized fields described in section 5 and an enthusiasm for interdisciplinary research.
(c) be able to give lectures and conduct business in Japanese, although candidates of any nationality are welcome to apply.
(d) be able to cooperate with other faculty members in a leadership position in research, education, and administrative duties.
Employment Type
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Regular employee
Contract period
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Tenured - Non-tenure track
Probationary period absent
Work location
- 980-8579 Miyagi Tohoku University, Aobayama Campus (6-3-09 Aza-Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Compensation
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Various systems
Pay increase system : available
Bonus : available
Retirement allowances : available
Transportation expenses : available
Retirement age : available
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Insurance
Employees' Health Insurance : available
Employees' Pension Insurance : available
Worker's accident insurance : available
Employment insurance : available
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Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace
No smoking on campus
Application Considerations
Number of hired
1 person(s)
Hiring date : 2025/04/01
Starting date : 2025/04/01
Application period
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2024/04/11~2024/06/24 Deadline for receipt
Application Deadline : Application documents must arrive by 18:00pm (JST) on June 24, 2024
Application method
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Application documents (specified forms)
- CV (Tohoku University format).xlsx
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Attached documents
Application Form : Online SubmissionCurriculum Vitae (Tohoku University format)Achievements and Activities : Online Submission1) Books
2) Research papers
3) Presentations at international conferences (specify presenters)
4) Other noteworthy achievements (awards received, competitive research funding received, academic and social activities, etc.)
Note: For all achievements 1) through 3) above, please specify whether they are peer-reviewed or not.Other online application forms
(a) Reprints and summaries of five major achievements from (1) and (2) above (about 80 words each)
(b) A summary of your current research theme and its outline, as well as your aspirations for research and education in the future (about 800 words). Please specify any experience in research and education related to information science.
Please submit each of the submitted documents (1) through (4) in pdf format and use only one-byte alphanumeric characters in the file names to prevent garbled characters. Please send them as an attachment in a zipped file. If the file size exceeds 25MB, please contact us individually. If it is difficult to submit the full text of your book as a pdf file, a pdf file of the cover to the table of contents is acceptable. -
Return of application documents
We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.
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* Out of application period.
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Selection / Notification of result
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Selection
Selection Process: After screening of application documents, an interview will be conducted. (Travel expenses are to be paid by the applicant. Interviews may be conducted online.)
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Notification of result
You will receive an e-mail confirming receipt of the submitted documents within a few days from Dr. Kono. If you do not receive the confirmation email within a few days, please be sure to contact us:
Contact details
Tohoku University
Department of Human and Social Information Sciences, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University
Tatsuhito Kono
0227957945
kono(at)tohoku.ac.jp
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Notes
Remarks:
•Tohoku University promotes activities to increase Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and encourages people of varied talents from all backgrounds to apply for positions at the university.
•Pursuant to Article 8 of the Act on Securing, Etc. of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment, Tohoku University shall, as a measure for increasing the presence of women among the academic staff, prioritize the hiring of women deemed qualified for each job opening, based on impartial evaluation.
•Tohoku University has the largest on-campus childcare system of all Japanese national universities. This network comprises three nurseries: Kawauchi Keyaki Nursery school (capacity: 22) and Aobayama Midori Nursery school (116), both open to all university employees, as well as Hoshinoko Nursery school (120), which is open to employees working on Seiryo Campus. In addition, Tohoku University Hospital runs a childcare room for mildly ill and convalescent children which is available to all university employees
•See the Tohoku University website for information on these and other programs that Tohoku University runs to assist work-life balance, to support researchers, and to advance gender equality, including measures to promote childcare leave among male employees.
