Assistant Professor (Tenure Track)/Associate Professor in French and Francophone Communication

The School of Communication and Culture at Aarhus University invites applications for the position of assistant professor (tenure track) or associate professor in French and Francophone communication, based in the Department of German and Romance Languages.

The tenure-track assistant professorship is a full-time, fixed-term appointment of five years, with a view to permanent employment as a tenured associate professor, typically within three to five years. Further information on attaining tenure is provided in the section ‘Tenure review and the tenure-track assistant professorship’ below.

The associate professorship is full-time and tenured.

Applicants must state which category of position they are applying for (tenure-track assistant professor or tenured associate professor). Applications in which this is not specified will not be considered.

The position begins on 1 January 2027 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 Department of German and Romance Languages has a strong international research and teaching profile in the study of language, culture and cross-border communication. We are looking for an applicant who can contribute to and strengthen the development of the department’s research and teaching profiles in Francophone and international communication in French. The successful applicant will be expected to teach on the department’s bachelor’s and master’s degree programmes in Francophone and international communication in French, or in a closely related area.

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

Research

The Department of German and Romance Languages at Aarhus University has a strong and well-established international profile and a dynamic research network.

The successful applicant will pursue research that explores the interaction between language, culture and communication in French-speaking contexts, including the ways in which meaning, identity and values are negotiated across cultural, institutional or linguistic boundaries. Possible areas of specialisation include communication in professional and societal contexts – such as sustainability and ESG communication, crisis and reputation management, or branding and identity – as well as intercultural encounters in Francophone societies, cultural transfer, narratives and representation, language and identity, translation and mediation, and the teaching and learning of French as a foreign language. Research that integrates theoretical, empirical and didactic approaches with humanistic and/or societal perspectives will be particularly welcome.

Given the increasing role of language technologies – including AI, corpus linguistics and digital communication tools – in professional and societal communication and in language education, it will be an advantage if the applicant is able to integrate these technologies and methods into research and teaching.

The successful applicant will be expected to develop research projects that result in peer-reviewed publications. The successful applicant will also be expected to engage actively in the department’s research community, collaborating with internal and external partners and contributing to applications for external research funding.

Deadline

1 November 2026

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