Associate Professor of Cultural and Creative Industries

The School of Communication and Culture at Aarhus University invites applications for the position of associate professor of cultural and creative industries, based in the dramaturgy section within the Department of Dramaturgy and Musicology.

The associate professorship is a permanent, full-time position. The appointment will commence on 1 December 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

Studies of cultural and creative industries (CCI) are central to several departments within the School of Communication and Culture, including the interdisciplinary environment behind the supplementary BA subject in CCI, currently anchored in the Department of Dramaturgy and Musicology. By CCI, we understand the cultural and creative industries as interconnected sectors involved in the production, circulation and use of culture, media and creativity, including their social, economic, political, technological and aesthetic conditions, infrastructures and transformations. To strengthen research and teaching in this area, we seek applicants with a strong profile in CCI studies.

While applicants may have particular expertise in selected CCI sectors, we also expect an interest in and engagement with the broader CCI field, including how current social, cultural, political, financial, legal and media conditions shape the cultural and creative industries across sectors.

Applicants should demonstrate competence in qualitative research methods. Experience with quantitative and mixed-methods approaches will also be considered relevant, alongside knowledge of comparative perspectives across different parts of the cultural and creative industries (e.g. screen industries, publishing, podcasting, gaming, music, performing arts, and the gallery and visual arts sector). Experience with interdisciplinary and/or collaborative research approaches will be considered an advantage.

We particularly welcome applicants with documented research and teaching experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Digital transformation in CCI: Research on how digitalisation, platformisation, datafication and AI are reshaping cultural production, distribution, circulation and creative labour, including critical perspectives on technological infrastructures, governance and power relations.
• User, audience and participation studies: Research on audiences, users and cultural participation across digital and non-digital contexts, including questions of engagement, communities, consumption practices, inequality and inclusion.
• Organisation, policy and labour in CCI: Research on the organisational, economic and political dimensions of CCI, including cultural policy, entrepreneurship, labour conditions, precarity, sustainability and changing business models.
• Media, formats and innovation in CCI: Research on emerging media forms and formats, such as podcasts, streaming formats, immersive and interactive media, transmedia storytelling, creator-driven content, virtual production and AI-generated cultural content, including innovative, collaborative and/or practice-based approaches to cultural production and cross-sector development.

The successful applicant is expected to contribute to the department’s research and teaching at an international level and to Aarhus University’s core activities in research, education, supervision and knowledge exchange.

Teaching and supervision

We are looking for applicants with teaching and supervision experience in the field of CCI at university level.

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