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Project assistants: Futures of higher education

About the position
The Department of political science is announcing at least one position as project assistant. The positions are mainly related to the initiative “LU@375 - Ingenuity and exploration through troubled times”, which is a collaborative project on the future of higher education, and funded through LU Futura. Through a series of short, playful and creative workshops with a wide variety of LU people, we will collect and explore ideas and visions of how higher education might change, and how it might not. With the material generated by these workshops, we will communicate the possible outcomes of trends in higher education in the Swedish context in an accessible and entertaining form; a jubilee-version of LU’s magazine ‘LUM’ from 2041 (please see the project summary for more info). 

We are looking for people with a profile that contains, for example:

• Experience with design and implementation of (participatory) futures-oriented methodologies.
• Experience with workshop design and facilitation for diverse stakeholder groups, using online tools
• Familiarity with publication design, editorial and production processes
• Ability to analyse and synthesize workshop outcomes to create outputs suitable for use in continued research
• Familiarity with (design) research methods
• Familiarity with Storytelling / narrative design methods

Qualifications

• Excellent command of English (oral and written)
• Adaptable and proactive, able to work with deadlines and manage workload.

Job description
Since we are searching for at least one project assistant, suitable candidates could have complementary profiles. One person could be oriented towards workshop design while the other toward storytelling or general project facilitation. To be able to take the lead in designing and facilitating the series workshops, the first three bullet points are mandatory requirements. 

The project assistant will support the team with the preparation, execution and follow-ups of the workshops. Work tasks may include conducting desk research, facilitating participant invitations, fielding queries from prospective participants and project stakeholders, collecting and logging data (note-taking) during workshops, proof-reading and formatting documents, supporting the project team with data management,  overall administration. 

Scope of the employment: 3 or 7 months, 20 – 50%. Employment from April 15 to October 31, 2021 (Start and end-date to be subject to discussion with Johannes Stripple).