Lab Photo
MLE Logo
NOTE: Media Lab Europe closed in January 2005. The pages on this web site are for historical reference only.

about
people
research
news
events
partners
recruitment
   general information
   research associateships
   research internships

contact

Copyright © Media Lab Europe Limited.
All rights reserved.

Research Associateship programme
Application form

Welcome to the online application form for Research Associate positions at Media Lab Europe.

Please note that this form is still a work in progress. We recommend that you work on your answers offline in a word processor and then copy/paste them into this form before submitting, just in case there are any difficulties with your web browser. If you encounter any problems, please contact associateships@medialabeurope.org.

Personal details

First name
Last name
Mailing address
Telephone number
Alternate telephone number
Email address

Please double-check the spelling of your email address as it will be our main way of getting in touch with you, and please include country code with telephone numbers.

Academic experience and degrees

Please give details about your most recent academic experience and degrees received. Up to three experiences are accepted in this form, but you may include more information in your supplementary documents. You may leave fields blank if you feel they are not applicable to a particular experience.

Academic experience 1

Name of university/institute
Address of university/institute
Name of department/course
Name of degree/qualification
Name of academic advisor
Dates attended
Are you still enrolled
in this degree programme? 		Yes No

Academic experience 2

Name of university/institute
Address of university/institute
Name of department/course
Name of degree/qualification
Name of academic advisor
Dates attended
Are you still enrolled
in this degree programme? 		Yes No

Academic experience 3

Name of university/institute
Address of university/institute
Name of department/course
Name of degree/qualification
Name of academic advisor
Dates attended
Are you still enrolled
in this degree programme? 		Yes No

Work experience

Please give details about the three most recent major positions you have held in companies or other organizations. Up to three experiences are accepted in this form, but you may include more information in your supplementary documents. You may leave fields blank if you feel they are not applicable to a particular experience.

Work experience 1

Name of employer
Address of employer
Name of department/group
Job title
Dates employed
Are you still employed
at this organization? 		Yes No

Work experience 2

Name of employer
Address of employer
Name of department/group
Job title
Dates employed
Are you still employed
at this organization? 		Yes No

Work experience 3

Name of employer
Address of employer
Name of department/group
Job title
Dates employed
Are you still employed
at this organization? 		Yes No

Personal Statement

Please enter your personal statement in the space below. This statement should give us an impression of "what makes you tick". Who are you? What do you know how to do? What excites you about Media Lab Europe and the research groups you wish to apply to? What ideas are you passionate about pursuing? What research questions are you eager to tackle? Concrete project proposals are not required. This statement should be plain text and should not be longer than 750 words in length (or about one page of text in a standard word processor with a normal font size).

Additional information

Expertise keywords

In what do you consider yourself an expert or near-expert? Please enter a short list of key words and phrases that describe your main skills and areas of expertise. (For example: programming in C and Java, ethnography, computer vision, industrial design, tuba performance...)

Research groups

What research groups are you most interested in joining? Please look at Media Lab Europe's research page for more information about each group. Please select at most 3 groups from the list below. Do not choose every group! We receive a very large number of applications, and this list helps us prioritize who will read your application; it will not eliminate you from consideration for the groups you did not select. Also, please note there may be new research groups beginning operation in the next few weeks and your application will be considered by those groups as well.

Adaptive Speech Interfaces
Common Sense
Everyday Learning
Human Connectedness
Liminal Devices
MindGames
Palpable Machines
Story Networks

Specific positions (optional)

Most research groups recruit directly from the Lab's general call for research associate applications, but some groups have advertised on the Lab's recruitment page for research associates with specific kinds of skills and backgrounds. If you wish to target your application to one or more of these specific calls, please enter the specific recruitment codes of those positions here (these codes may be found in the advertisements). Entering a code here will not eliminate you from consideration for other general positions; it merely helps us prioritize who will read your application.

Timing information

Would you be available to commence a research associateship on approximately the 1st of September of this year?
Yes No

Research associateships are offered for terms of two years. Would you be available for this full duration?
Yes No

Most research associateships commence on the 1st of September and last for 2 years (no initial appointments are made for more than 2 years). However, sometimes hires are made earlier or later in the year or last for different periods of time. If you are able to begin your fellowship earlier in the year, or if you are not able to begin it until later, or if you are interested in a term shorter than 2 years, please give detailed information below:

Academic programme arrangements (optional)

Media Lab Europe does not grant traditional academic degrees at this time. However, it may be possible to pursue a degree at another institution while in residence as a research associate at Media Lab Europe if a suitable arrangement can be forged among all the parties involved, including the academic institution in question, your academic advisor at that institution, and the Media Lab Europe principal investigator leading the group you wish to join. If you have already been accepted or are currently enrolled in an academic degree programme and you are interested in pursuing an arrangement like this, please give detailed information below. Please note there is no guarantee that Media Lab Europe would be able to support such an arrangement, so please state clearly if you would not be able to join our Lab without it.

Letters of recommendation

Two letters of recommendation are required as part of your application. These letters can come from professors of courses you have taken; supervisors of internships, practicums, or research; people for whom you worked during summers or while in school and if appropriate, supervisors of full-time professional employment...

Letters of recommendation should ideally comment on things like: skills and performance in comparison to others in a specified group, personal and professional maturity, enthusiasm and initiative, ability to work individually and in groups, preparedness for a research role at Media Lab Europe, and so on.

Please ask your referees to submit their letters directly to associateships@medialabeurope.org and to put your full name as specified on this application form followed by the word "RECOMMENDATION" on the subject line of the email. These reference letters may be written in plain text in the email or included in an attached document (PDF format is preferred).

Please enter the requested information for your two referees. You may leave fields blank if you feel they do not apply to a particular referee.

Referee 1

Full name
Title
Organization
Address
Email address

Referee 2

Full name
Title
Organization
Address
Email address

Group-specific materials and supplementary documents

You are welcome to submit additional CV details and other information in a supplementary document. Check any information presented by individual research groups you wish to target for additional materials that may be required in your application.

Please send any supplementary documents to associateships@medialabeurope.org by the application deadline. Please try to collect any additional materials into a single Adobe PDF-format document, and please put your full name as specified on this application form followed by the word "SUPPLEMENT" on the subject line of the email. Please select 'yes' to the question below so that we know to look for your documents.

Will you be submitting supplementary materials by email?
Yes No

On-line or downloadable portfolio

If you have a web-based portfolio or one that is accessible for download that you wish to offer as part of your application, please enter the URL below:

Alternatively, you may submit a portfolio as a single PDF-format supplementary document to the email address stated above.

Physical documents

We highly encourage submitting any additional materials in electronic form via the ways mentioned above, but if there are physical documents (or a DVD or CDROM, for example) that you wish to submit with your application, you can post them to this address:

Research Associate applications
Media Lab Europe
Sugar House Lane, Bellevue
Dublin 8
IRELAND
Please mark your package clearly with your full name as specified on this application form. Please make sure your additional documents arrive by the application deadline, and do not send materials directly to any group leader.

Will you be submitting supplementary materials by physical mail?
Yes No

Feedback

This is the first year we have used an online application form. It is still in development and we know it is not perfect. We would appreciate any feedback, good, bad or indifferent on this application form:

Submission

Please take a moment to check you have filled out all sections of this form. When ready, please click the button below to submit your application to Media Lab Europe. You will receive a confirmation email that recounts all of your answers on the form.

If you encounter errors during the submission process, please contact associateships@medialabeurope.org.

Media Lab Europe considers all applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, membership in the travelling community, sexual preference, age, marital status, medical condition, disability, or other legally protected status.