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NTNU is a broad-based university with a technical-scientific profile and a focus in professional education. The university is located in three cities with headquarters in Trondheim.
At NTNU, 9,000 employees and 43,000 students work to create knowledge for a better world.
You can find more information about working at NTNU and the application process here.
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About the position
Are you ready to take your research career to the next level? We offer an exciting 3-year postdoctoral position that gives you the opportunity to develop a strong profile as a researcher. You will also gain valuable experience that might be relevant for your further career.
The purpose of a postdoctoral position is to build up a researcher profile that qualifies for a position as associate professor. The position may also offer additional skills that are relevant to the postdoctoral fellow's future career.
Apply for this position to become part of our research environment and take the next step in your career with us.
Planned starting date for this position is 01.09.2026.
Your immediate leader will be the Head of Department.
About the project
This postdoctoral position is offered in the international research project “European AI Commons – Shaping AI for the Creative and Cultural Industries” (EAiCCI), funded by Horizon Europe, which works in a consortium of nine partners including universities, art schools, and CCI companies in Germany, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal and Czechia. EAiCCI’s ambition is to strengthen and transform Europe’s creative and cultural industries (CCI) by fostering AI literacy rooted in European values, developing technologies that enable new forms of artistic expression, and empowering stakeholders with the agency to actively shape innovation. Central to this ambition is the role of creative and artistic thinking as a driver of cultural, technological and economic development, and the imaginative exploration of scenarios for European AI.
The postdoctoral position is anchored in two work packages under the leadership of NTNU. The main tasks are related to the work package “Mapping of the European AI Landscape: Current Realities, Relationships, and Future Imaginaries” (WP4), which feeds into further work packages within the consortium, as well as the cross-cutting WP 7 “Quality and Impact Assurance, Validation and Formal Evaluation” of the project.
Duties of the position
- Contribute substantially to NTNU’s main work package tasks within the EAICCI project
- Coordinate and collaborate with the international project partners and other work packages
- Carry out research of high quality in a multi-method (qualitative, quantitative) research context
- Handle data curation, formal analysis and ontological mapping
- Conduct, code and analyze the collected data (interviews, surveys, workshops and AI dialogues)
- Oversee monitoring, validation processes and impact management
- Prepare academic publications, project reports, and industry-facing and popular science dissemination
- Participate in international activities such as conferences and/or research stays at foreign educational institutions
- Teaching in Film and Media Studies might be added depending on the department's needs. If the candidate accepts the teaching duties the position will be prolonged accordingly
- Other career-promoting work
Required selection criteria
- You must have completed a doctoral degree in Film Studies, Media Studies, or a related discipline. A doctoral degree obtained through artistic research or practice-based research in the relevant fields is also eligible
- Very good oral and written presentation skills in English
- Knowledge of AI technologies, current discussions on policies and ethics for generative AI, as well as state-of-the-art humanities-based scholarship on generative AI
- Knowledge of European Creative and Cultural Industries
PLEASE NOTE: For detailed information about what the application must contain, see paragraph “About the application”.
If you do not already have educational competence that meets the requirements for a position as associate professor in Norway, NTNU will arrange for you to acquire such competence during the employment period. In such cases, you will also be assigned relevant teaching as part of the career-promoting work.
The appointment is to be made in accordance with NTNUs guidelines for recruitment positions and Regulations concerning the degrees of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD) and Philosophiae Doctor (PhD) in artistic research at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) for general criteria for the position.
Preferred selection criteria
- Documented prior research, publications or artistic projects on generative AI
- Knowledge of and experience with EU-funded research and/or creative projects
- Documented prior project management experience
- In addition to English proficiency, good oral and written presentation skills in one or more of the languages spoken within the project consortium, which includes partners from Germany, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal and Czechia
Personal characteristics
Working as a Postdoctoral fellow requires that you
- Work structured, set goals and make plans to achieve them
- Present and discuss your research with other professionals
- Work constructively under pressure or in the face of adversity
- Analyze data, assess different perspectives and draw well-founded conclusions
Emphasis will be placed on personal qualities.
We offer
- An exciting job with an important social mission
- Developing tasks in a strong and international professional environment
- Career guidance throughout the postdoctoral program and together with you we will prepare a career plan, which contains the skills and knowledge you will acquire
- Open and inclusive working environment with committed colleagues
- Favourable terms in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund
- Free Norwegian language training up to intermediate level (B2)
As a Postdoctoral Fellow at NTNU, you will have access to employee benefits.
Diversity
Diversity is a strength, and at NTNU we aim to be an employer that reflects the diversity in society and that makes use of the potential of the population's collective skills. Our vision is Knowledge for a better world and our values are creative, critical, constructive and respectful. We believe that an organization that is equal, diverse and gender-balanced is essential for us to achieve our goals.
We strive to attract employees with different skills, life experiences and perspectives to contribute to even better problem solving of our societal mission in research and education.
If you think this position is relevant and interesting, we encourage you to apply, regardless of gender, functional ability and cultural background, or whether you have been out of work for a period of time.
At NTNU we want to increase the proportion of women in scientific positions. We have a number of measures to promote equality.
Salary and conditions
As a Postdoctoral Fellow (code 1352) you are normally paid from gross NOK 633 400 per annum before tax, depending on qualifications and seniority. From the salary, 2% is deducted as a contribution to the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund.
The period of employment is 3 years.
The position is conditional on external funding.
As an employee at NTNU, it is important to keep yourself up to date with academic and organizational changes and to adapt to them.
For the necessary professional and social interaction, it is a prerequisite that you are physically present and available to the institution on a daily basis.
The appointment is carried out in accordance with the principles of the State Employees Act, and Export control (legislation that regulates the export of knowledge, technology and services). Candidates who, after assessment of the application and attachments, are considered to be in conflict with the criteria in the latter act, will not be able to be employed.
About the application
The attachments (including a description of your scientific work) must accompany the application as these documents form the basis of the application assessment. The documents must be in English.
Please note: the application will only be assessed on the basis of the information we have received by the application deadline. Therefore, make sure that your application clearly shows how your skills and experience meet the criteria described above.
The application and all attachments must be sent electronically via Jobbnorge.no. If you are invited to an interview, you must bring certified copies of certificates and diplomas upon request.
The application must include:
- Transcripts and diplomas for Bachelor's, Master's and PhD degrees.
- CV
- A copy of the doctoral thesis
- Academic works related to the topic area - published or unpublished (up to 3 items)
- Name and contact information of three referees
If all or parts of your education has been taken abroad, we also ask you to attach documentation of the scope and quality of your entire education. Description of the documentation required can be found here. If you already have a statement from Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir), please attach this as well.
Joint works will be considered. If it is difficult to identify your contribution to joint works, you must attach a brief description of your participation.
If you have had leave or another break in your career, it is important that this is stated in your application so that the selection committee can take this into account and that the amount of your research may be reduced as a result.
In the evaluation of which candidate is best qualified, emphasis will be placed on education, experience and personal qualities. Motivation, ambitions and potential for research will also be emphasized in the assessment of the candidates.
NTNU recognizes a wide range of academic contributions and is committed to follow evaluation criteria for research quality according to The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment DORA and the obligations in CoARA (responsible assessment of research and recognition of a greater breadth of academic contributions in accordance with NTNU's social mission).
General information
A public list of applicants with name, age, job title and municipality of residence is prepared after the application deadline. If you wish to be exempt from entry on the public list of applicants, this must be justified. Assessment will be made in accordance with current legislation. You will be notified if the exemption is not granted.
If you have any questions about the position, please contact Associate Professor Skadi Loist, phone: +47 7355 9209, email: skadi.loist@ntnu.no. If you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Martin Jakobsen, email: martin.jakobsen@ntnu.no.
Application deadline: 14.05.2026
For practical information about working at NTNU, please visit this webpage.
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The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) creates knowledge for a better world and solutions that can change everyday life.
Department of Art and Media Studies
We conduct research and teaching in media studies, film studies, film and video production, art history and drama/theatre. Teaching in film and media studies and research at the department have a clear humanities profile. The Department of Art and Media Studies is one of six departments in the Faculty of Humanities.