Ad Astra Fellow – Assistant Professor in Digital Music Cultures, School of Music

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Ad Astra Fellow – Assistant Professor in Digital Music Cultures, School of Music

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University College Dublin

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Ad Astra Fellow – Assistant Professor in Digital Music Cultures, School of MusicEmployer Location Dublin, Leinster (IE) Salary £54,259.11 – £85,921.11 per annum Closing date 21 Feb 2025View more categoriesView less categoriesAcademic Discipline , Job Type , Contract Type HoursSave jobClick to add the job to your shortlistYou need to or to save a job.Job DetailsApplications are sought for Ad Astra Fellow – Assistant Professor in Digital Music Cultures within the College of Arts and Humanities.Applications are sought for an Ad Astra Fellow in Digital Music Cultures, to be based in the UCD School of Music.The UCD School of Music is a vibrant centre for research and teaching that has played a leading role in Irish musical life for over a century. It is home to a diverse faculty of scholars and practitioners, with strengths across historical musicology, ethnomusicology, performance, and composition. The University has recently made substantial investments in music and in the creative industries, including new state-of-the-art rehearsal facilities and a blackbox theatre and media lab. UCD is now a world top 100 performing arts institution (QS subject rankings 2023 and 2024). The successful applicant will have opportunities to collaborate with colleagues in the UCD School of Art History and Cultural Policy, the UCD School of English, Drama, and Film, and elsewhere in UCD, as well as with the Creative Futures Academy, a groundbreaking partnership between UCD, the National College of Art and Design, and the Institute of Art, Design, and Technology.The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to research initiatives in digital cultures and the creative industries. They will apply for research funding and will be encouraged in particular to apply for Horizon Europe funding, whether through the European Research Council (under pillar 1), the Culture, Creativity, and Inclusive Society research cluster (pillar 2), or the European Institute of Technology (pillar 3). We are especially keen to receive applications from candidates with interests in developing collaborations across disciplines, schools, and institutions and from candidates whose work could speak to policy issues in the digital creative industries.Following an initial three-year period with a reduced teaching load, the successful candidate will teach on undergraduate programmes in Music and in Creative and Cultural Industries and on the School of Music’s MMus Music and Culture programme. They will also supervise a fully funded doctoral student from no later than the second year of their appointment.We seek applicants with expertise in the creative industries, interpreted broadly, and in digital music cultures in particular. Areas of interest include:

• cross-media uses of digital music, including games, advertising, and social media;
• mobile-based digital music cultures;
• the economic foundations and impacts of digital music-making;
• precarity, resilience, and sustainability in digital music cultures;
• AI-generated and algorithmic music and their effects on music cultures, including ethical aspects;
• the use of music in emerging immersive technologies, including virtual, augmented, and mixed reality systems;
• digital music policy, including in relation to copyright, income distribution, privacy and data security, and/or community safety;
• diversity, equity, and inclusion in digital music cultures.

95 Lecturer/Asst Professor Above the Bar (7943) Salary Scale: €62,855 – €99,533 Per Annum
Appointment will be made on scale and in accordance with the Department of Finance guidelines.Closing date: 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on the 21st February 2025.Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time of 12:00 noon (Local Irish Time) on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system. UCD are unable to accept late applications.Please note: the eRecruitment system only requests the names of two referees. The full list of 3 referees should be included in the text of your application.UCD do not require assistance from Recruitment Agencies. Any CVs submitted by Recruitment Agencies will be returned.Note: Hours of work for academic staff are those as prescribed under Public Service Agreements. For further information please follow the link; https://www.ucd.ie/hr/t4media/Academic Contract.pdf#WorkatUCDCompanyIreland’s Global University with over 160 Years of Education.UCD is one of Europe’s leading research-intensive universities; an environment where undergraduate education, masters and PhD training, research, innovation and community engagement form a dynamic spectrum of activity.As Ireland’s largest university, with its great strength and diversity of disciplines, UCD embraces its role to contribute to the flourishing of Ireland through the study of people, society, business, economy, culture, languages and the creative arts, as well as through research and innovation.Tackling Global Challenges: Research and Innovation at UCD
Research and innovation are essential drivers of a dynamic economy, an informed society and a vibrant culture. The spectrum of research and innovation at UCD encompasses individual scholars, research groups, start-up companies and large-scale collaborations with industry and other partners. is conducted within each of the University’s extensive range of disciplines, and in multidisciplinary research programmes addressing challenges of global scale.
In 2022/23 UCD researchers secured €161 million in research grants from national and international funding agencies, companies and foundations. Since 2012/13 UCD researchers have secured over €1.3 billion in such grants. Their research underpins national research and technology institutes and centres, including the . UCD is the national leader in winning European Union research funding.Over the last decade UCD researchers have increased their annual number of papers in the international literature by 62% and have authored more than 40,000 papers in total. These papers are cited by other researchers at a rate that is 74% above the world average. In addition, 62% of the papers were co-authored with institutions in other countries/regions, underlining UCD’s role as Ireland’s global university.
As Ireland’s leader in innovation, technology transfer and commercialisation, UCD’s commitment to innovation and entrepreneurship recognises the importance of active participation and collaboration to exploit leading-edge research and development outputs. Supports for innovation include – the Centre for New Ventures and Entrepreneurs, – the Industry Partnership Centre and the at UCD Lyons Farm. Since 2003 UCD has provided support to over 550 companies and early-stage ventures through the services and supports provided across the university, through NovaUCD, and through business support programmes run and managed by NovaUCD.Excellence in research and innovation that delivers strong and meaningful impact is central to all we do in University College Dublin.UCD is a community of world class academics making fundamental discoveries with real, far-reaching impact for people and our planet.Company info Telephone +(353)17167777 Location BELFIELD
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Fri, 24 Jan 2025 05:10:17 GMT

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