Assistant Professor or Lecturer – Game Design Armstrong Institute for Interactive Media Studies Miami University Oxford, Ohio, USA The Armstrong Institute for Interactive Media Studies (http://aims.muohio.edu/) at Miami University invites applications for the Armstrong endowed position as a full-time, tenure-track or lecturer faculty position on the Oxford campus. The new faculty member in Game Design will be working with other game faculty within AIMS and across Miami University that comprise the AIMS Game Center (http://aimsgamecenter.com). Miami University’s digital game studies program has been ranked No. 12 among public universities and colleges in the United States by Animation Career Review (ACR)…

Assistant Professor History of Digital Media University of California, Santa Cruz The History of Art and Visual Culture Department (havc.ucsc.edu), at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professorship in the History of Digital Media. We seek a teacher and scholar with expertise in the history and theory of one or more of the following areas: Internet culture, video games, digital imaging and design, social media, and related applications. Priority will be placed on hiring an interdisciplinary scholar who attends to the visual culture of digital media and analytically examines the social and historical…

Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Human-Computer Interaction University of Bath, Department of Computer Science Salary: Starting from £38,511, rising to £45,954 Closing Date: Friday 16 October 2015 The Department of Computer Science at the University of Bath wishes to appoint an academic with an excellent track record, a strongly interdisciplinary outlook, and the clearly demonstrated potential to be an international leader in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). The Department’s research is structured in four groups: HCI, Computer Vision & Graphics, Intelligent Systems, and Mathematical Foundations. The HCI group at Bath is highly regarded internationally, very successful in research publication and…

Research Associate / Research Assistant Open Lab (formerly Digital Interaction Group at Culture Lab) School of Computing Science, Newcastle University Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne Salary: £26,274 to £27,864 (PhD not yet awarded); £28,695 to £37,394 (PhD awarded) Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Contract / Temporary Placed on: 4th August 2015 Closes: 1st September 2015 Job Ref: 80611 You will be contributing to the design and technical development strands of the ESRC-funded CuRAtOR (http://curator.r1zeek.net/) and LIDA (http://lida-project.org/) projects, both of which are investigating the role of digital technologies in fostering empathy, trust and dialogue between disconnected and stigmatised groups.…

Research Professor Knowledge Media Institute (KMi) Based in Milton Keynes, UK Permanent position http://kmi.open.ac.uk/jobs/#11396 Deadline September 16th Interviews likely to be held in October This is a permanent appointment as Research Professor at the Open University’s Knowledge Media Institute (KMi), an 80-strong interdisciplinary laboratory founded in 1995 and located in attractive offices at The Open University’s main campus in Milton Keynes, UK. KMi undertakes high-profile advanced research and development in Knowledge Media: a convergence of research in Cognitive and Learning Sciences, New Media Technologies, Ubiquitous Computing, and Semantic and Data Technologies. We offer a creative and flexible working environment. The…

[From Dr. Sebastian Deterding, Northeastern University] If you are or know someone who might want to work with me and the fab faculty at the Northeastern University on game design, gameful design, embarrassment, motivation, and all that fun stuff: I have a postdoc position open immediately. Of course, if you have any questions, feel free to ask. GENERAL INFO Position Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate Requisition Number: STFR002325 Division/College: College of Arts, Media and Design Location: Boston Main Campus Full-time/Part-time: Full Time Posting Date: 07/13/2015 Link: http://neu.peopleadmin.com/postings/36635…

Vacancy: Professor (lector) Interactive Narrative Design HKU University of the Arts Utrecht, Netherlands http://www.hku.nl/Homeen/AboutHKU/VacancyProfessorLectorInteractiveNarrativeDesign.htm HKU is searching for a Professor (lector) Interactive Narrative Design HKU is a dynamic organisation with 8 Schools and 4 Expertise Centres. Research is one of the university’s spearheads. Professors are active on a HKU-wide basis and are connected to several schools and/or expertise centres. Professors give account directly to the Executive Board. HKU is a broad university of the arts with a profile based on three cornerstones: The arts (visual arts and design, music and theatre) Media (technology and creative & design practices in media…

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS The Imagineering Institute Research Fellowship (Excellent international level remuneration) The Imagineering Institute is a new research lab funded by the Malaysian government, with the vision “Invent the Future of Internet” It is a collaboration with City University London, Osaka University Japan, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), and Multimedia University (MMU). We invite applications for Research Fellows (Post-Doctoral Fellows). Successful candidates will work with Professor Adrian David Cheok, a world renowned inventor and scientist famous for his pioneering work in mixed reality and multisensory communication (www.adriancheok.info). To apply send your CV to jobs@imagineeringinstitute.org. We are looking for people who…

Job: Research Fellow 0.5 in Digital Cultures: The Automation of Everyday Life Digital Cultures Research Centre, UWE Bristol (Fixed term one-year and 0.5 FTE) £31,342 to £37,394 (pro rata) Ref: 1470539 Applications due: 3 August 2015 Software agents, predictive systems and recommendation services, robotics, drones, and artificial companions, non-player virtual characters, automated text and design experiments, the internet of things – all indicate that the automation of choices, actions and production is already a crucial theme in the emergence of 21st century digital culture. As a result of a significant expansion of the Digital Cultures Research Centre activities in this…

Postdoctoral Research Position at New York University’s Game Innovation Lab The Game Innovation Lab at New York University is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to work on game generation (the procedural generation of complete games) or other closely related topics at the intersection of artificial/computational intelligence and game design. Tasks would include collaborative research with an interdisciplinary team of faculty and PhD students at the forefront of game engineering, mentoring research students and contribute to further research proposals. The successful candidate would report to Professor Julian Togelius, and also be expected to collaborate with Professor Andy Nealen and other lab…

Postdoctoral Research Assistant – 3D learning using haptic interfaces (REF: SF08048) School of Systems Engineering, University of Reading, Reading UK Full-time, fixed term for three years We seek to appoint a PDRA for a 3 year post on an interdisciplinary project that is investigating the role of simulated haptics (touch and manipulation) in 3D learning. The project draws on expertise within the University of Reading, as well as King’s College London Dept of Education and two local schools, and will investigate haptic access to science teaching. This position will be primarily concerned with the technical aspects of the research especially…

Design Researcher (0.6 fte) at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA) for a position within the Media, Creation and Information Knowledge Centre. Hours: 24.0 hours per week Salary: maximum € 4365 Education: Doctorate www.academictransfer.com/28247 Apply for this job within 19 days JOB DESCRIPTION The research project is part of the Amsterdam Creative Industries Network programme at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, and more specifically at the Interaction & Games Lab. The Play and Civic Media lectureship, under which this position falls, focuses on research into digital and nondigital play and urban interaction design that optimizes the user experience.…