COSE II
The second phase of COSE is starting in 2027 at the trilingual (English, Italian, German) Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy! This is why we are hiring and opening several calls for postdoc positions. If you are an enthusiast for online culture and curious to find out about how internet art and its ecosystems can be found, researched, analysed, restored and communicated in innovative ways, come and join our interdisciplinary team! For questions and inquiries regarding the open positions, but also for other forms of collaboration, contact us!
Currently open positions
Technologist
1 position
up to 5 years
full call
application deadline: September 18, 2026, 12:00 noon CET
We’re hiring a First-Level Technologist to join a hands-on role at the intersection of software engineering and digital heritage. You’ll help set up and expand an experimental lab at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano — building the infrastructure that lets researchers run, analyse, and reverse-engineer networked software-based art from the 1990s to today, often on obsolete operating systems, languages and libraries no longer supported anywhere else. You will work with an interdisciplinary team of technology-affine humanists and artists. Collaborative publishing is very welcome.
Your work: manage a Linux server, develop and integrate tools for analysis, help establish a Software Art Lab, reverse engineering and restoration of digital artworks, and shape interfaces for both technical and non-technical users.
Ideal for profiles in Applied Computer Science, Software Engineering, Media Informatics, or Conservation/Restoration of New Media and Digital Information who want technical work with real cultural stakes.
Soon to be opened positions
Humanists
3 positions
up to 2 years
full call
application deadline: October 15, 2026
We’re hiring three scholars from the Humanities.
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