Assistant Professor of Digital Transformations and Didactics of Aesthetic Fields

The School of Communication and Culture at Aarhus University invites applications for the position of assistant professor of digital transformations and the didactics of aesthetic fields, based at one of the three departments within the aesthetic disciplines: Dramaturgy and Musicology, Literature and Rhetoric, or Art History, Aesthetics & Culture and Museology.

The assistant professorship is a full-time, three-year fixed-term position. Subject to the availability of funding, there may be an opportunity to apply for a subsequent associate professorship. The position will begin on 1 August 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.
The School of Communication and Culture is committed to diversity and encourages all qualified applicants to apply regardless of their personal background.

The position

The creative industries and the cultural sector – including literature and rhetoric, music, visual arts and theatre – are undergoing profound transformations driven by digitalisation. We are seeking a colleague who can help strengthen the school’s research and teaching profile in this area, with a focus on how digital technologies and platforms transform creative practices, cultural production and the broader conditions for art and culture. Possible focal areas include AI and algorithmic creativity, digital media aesthetics, data-driven culture, new forms of the dissemination of art, literature, theatre and music, and digitally mediated collaboration.

At the same time, the position addresses the need to explore how such digital transformations affect university education and didactics within the cultural and aesthetic fields. The successful applicant will therefore be expected to engage with digital pedagogies and investigate how teaching and learning in culture, art and the creative disciplines can evolve to equip graduates with digital literacy, creative agency and the critical reflection skills required in a rapidly changing labour market.

We welcome applicants with a research profile that bridges digital cultural analysis, creative practice and pedagogical innovation, and that may also include practice-based or experimental forms of research and dissemination.

The successful applicant will be expected to work closely with colleagues across the school, the university’s innovation hub, The Kitchen, and relevant cultural and creative institutions such as theatres, museums, concert venues, literature centres and festivals, contributing to collaborative projects and knowledge exchange.

The position will be based in one of the three departments within the aesthetic disciplines – Dramaturgy and Musicology, Literature and Rhetoric, or Art History, Aesthetics & Culture and Museology – but the successful applicant will be expected to develop the digital and didactic profile across all three departments.

In sum, we are looking for an innovative and dedicated applicant who will strengthen the research and teaching profiles of one or more of the three departments, both nationally and internationally, and who will also contribute to Aarhus University’s core activities in research, teaching and supervision, talent development and knowledge exchange.

Research

The aesthetic disciplines at the School of Communication and Culture at Aarhus University have a pronounced and significant international profile and robust research networks. Researchers in the aesthetic disciplines engage with both contemporary and historical aspects of fields such as literature, music, visual arts and theatre, and they often collaborate with external partners from the creative industries and the cultural sector.

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