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Fwd: Postgraduate funding in sts at Edinburgh
by Jeremy Hunsinger 15 Feb '06

15 Feb '06

> > > The University of Edinburgh postgraduate programme in Science and > Technology Studies has been awarded six ESRC quota awards for > students studying towards the PhD. We are now looking for > outstanding candidates to apply for these awards. I would be very > grateful if you could bring this to the attention of any potential > applicants. > > UK students are eligible for fees plus maintenance awards. EU > students are eligible for funding on a fees-only basis, unless they > have been living in the UK for three years or more, in which case > they are eligible for maintenance payments also. > > ESRC quota awards are available on a 1+3 basis, incorporating the > MSc by Research in STS plus the PhD. Alternatively, if candidates > have already completed an ESRC-approved programme of research > training in STS, they awards may be made on a +3 basis. > > Applicants should submit the normal University application form for > an MSc by Research or PhD in STS, together with a covering letter > stating that they wish to be considered for ESRC funding. Details > of the postgraduate programme in STS are available athttp:// > www.sps.ed.ac.uk/gradschool/>http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/gradschool/, > as are downloadable copies of application forms. > > The deadline for applications is Friday 31 March 2006. However, > applicants are also strongly encouraged to apply for University of > Edinburgh College Awards, the deadline for which is 24 February > 2006. Application forms for College Awards are available at > http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/Postgraduate/index.htm>http:// > www.hss.ed.ac.uk/Postgraduate/index.htm > > For further information, or to discuss possible topics and > supervisory arrangements, please contact the Postgraduate Advisor > in STS, Dr Steve Sturdy,<mailto:s.sturdy@ed.ac.uk>s.sturdy(a)ed.ac.uk > > All best wishes, > > Robin > -- > Professor Robin WILLIAMS > Director > Research Centre for Social Sciences > Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation > The University of Edinburgh > High School Yards > Edinburgh EH1 1LZ > Tel: +44-131-650-6387 > Fax: +44-131-650-6399 > mobile: 07717 220477 > email: R.Williams(a)ed.ac.uk > http://www.rcss.ed.ac.uk/ > http://www.issti.ed.ac.uk/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------- > NEW BOOK > Robin Williams, James Stewart and Roger Slack (2005) > Experimenting with Information and Communication Technologies: > Social Learning in Technological Innovation, Edward Elgar > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------- jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu jeremy.tmttlt.com www.tmttlt.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://http://www.stswiki.org/ sts wiki

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Re: [Air-l] Job Vacancy: Senior Research Associate @ QUT, Brisbane
by Dan L Burk 15 Feb '06

15 Feb '06

On 15 Feb 2006, Marcus Foth wrote: > A Senior Research Associate is required to work collaboratively with > a team of researchers based at Queensland University of Technology, > Australia on an international development communication research > project. The researcher will join an international development > research project 'Finding a Voice'. Using ethnography and action > research, the project aims to integrate ICTs with local communication > networks in the Asia-Pacific region, and specifically to explore and > develop opportunities for local content creation. This position > relates especially to work in Indonesia. > > Closing date 8 March. > > More information at: > http://www.hrd.qut.edu.au/recruitment/forapplicant/careersatqut/ > 26056.jsp > > > cheers, marcus > > > -- > Marcus Foth > MA(DigitalMedia) BCompSc(Hons) BMultimedia > m.foth(a)qut.edu.au - http://www.vrolik.de/ > > Research Fellow > Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation > Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) > Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia > Mobile +61 407 745 021 - Fax +61 7 3864 3723 > http://ici.qut.edu.au/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > The air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > Dan L. Burk Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly Professor University of Minnesota Law School 229 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA *************************************** Voice: 612-626-8726 Fax: 612-625-2011 bits: burkx006(a)umn.edu

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Extended deadline for OII Summer Doctoral Programme
by Vicki Nash 15 Feb '06

15 Feb '06

Dear Colleagues, please note that due to the confirmation of further scholarship support, we are extending the deadline for applications to the OII Summer Doctoral Programme to 12 noon (GMT) on the 24th February. New bursaries are available from the Open Society Institute for students from developing or transition countries studying issues of ICT policy and regulation. This is in addition to scholarships kindly provided by Hefce, the Annenberg School of Communication at University of Pennsylvania and the Creative Industries Faculty at Queensland University of Technology. Full details and the application form can be found at www.http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/teaching/?rq=sdp&year=2006 Dr Victoria Nash Policy and Research Officer 01865 287231 Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford 1, St Giles OX1 3JS www.oii.ox.ac.uk

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Job Vacancy: Senior Research Associate @ QUT, Brisbane
by Marcus Foth 15 Feb '06

15 Feb '06

A Senior Research Associate is required to work collaboratively with a team of researchers based at Queensland University of Technology, Australia on an international development communication research project. The researcher will join an international development research project 'Finding a Voice'. Using ethnography and action research, the project aims to integrate ICTs with local communication networks in the Asia-Pacific region, and specifically to explore and develop opportunities for local content creation. This position relates especially to work in Indonesia. Closing date 8 March. More information at: http://www.hrd.qut.edu.au/recruitment/forapplicant/careersatqut/ 26056.jsp cheers, marcus -- Marcus Foth MA(DigitalMedia) BCompSc(Hons) BMultimedia m.foth(a)qut.edu.au - http://www.vrolik.de/ Research Fellow Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Mobile +61 407 745 021 - Fax +61 7 3864 3723 http://ici.qut.edu.au/

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Re: [Air-l] Research on online neighborhood forums, freecycle, craigslist
by Peter Timusk 14 Feb '06

14 Feb '06

Can you open one of your forums up for Ottawa Canada? I requested this before but heard nothing after visiting the web site. On 13-Feb-06, at 3:37 PM, Steven Clift wrote: > > In http://E-Democracy.Org land we are receiving a planning grant to > develop > a proposal for up to 5 pilot online "Neighborhood Forums" in > Minneapolis. In > an important twist, these forums will be geared to connect immigrant > communities and active citizens in very local places. > > I see such forums as a more localized mix of our online civic > dialogue from > city-wide Issues Forums (using the open source GroupServer e-list/ > web forum > tool) combined with community announcements you might see on > Craigslist > along with "I have extra black dirt for the taking" Freecycle types of > posts. Over the years I've been quite impressed with the Cleveland > Park and > Adams Morgan neighborhood forums in Washington DC as well. > > Anyway, I'd like to inform our efforts based on existing research > in this > arena or on these projects specifically. Any suggestions? > > Research on local online content/service marketing/interest to > immigrant > populations would also be of interest. This will help us draft our > recommended forum "charters" (topical scope) and ideas for on the > ground > forum recruitment. > > Watch this space: > http://e-democracy.org/wiki/Minneapolis_neighborhood_forums > > Thanks, > Steven Clift - Reply to: clift(a)publicus.net > E-Democracy.Org > > P.S. Prof. Stephen Coleman at Oxford did an analysis of the new Issues > Forums in the UK. One of our agreed challenges is outreach to > those less > likely to participate - social inclusion. If we receive a full > grant (even > if we don't since our model is very low cost and can happen with > volunteer > interest) engaging local immigrant communities from the launch of a > forum > will generate many important lessons. The Oxford report: > http://www.e-democracy.org/wiki/Oxford_e-democracy_evaluation > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Steven Clift - clift(a)publicus.net > > Web: http://publicus.net > Blog: http://dowire.org/notes > NGO: http://e-democracy.org > > Replies to slc@ may be missed. > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > > _______________________________________________ > The air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http:// > listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/

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Databases of ICT texts?
by Ylva Hard af Segerstad 14 Feb '06

14 Feb '06

Hi all! Does anyone of you know of databases of tagged CMC (or ICT or whatever we call it now...) texts written by children aged, say, 5-18? I'm applying for a research grant and need to have a clue whether there are similar databases for languages other than Swedish?! Actually, I'd be grateful to know whether there are any databases of ICT texts at all that are tagged and available in any form?! All the best! Ylva H ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------- Ylva Hard af Segerstad , PhD. Dept. of Linguistics Goteborg University Box 200 SE-405 30 Goteborg Sweden ylva(a)ling.gu.se www.ling.gu.se/~ylva/ +46 31 773 4532 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------

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history of Internet Studies?
by Norman Clark 13 Feb '06

13 Feb '06

I have a student who is trying to do some background research into "the development of Internet Studies as a discipline." I first of all told her that Internet Studies probably doesn't warrant the term "discipline" yet, but that's the sort of answer that doesn't help much. So, does anyone know of any resources/readings that detail how Internet Studies as a field (if it is such a thing yet) developed, and how Internet Studies programs came into being? Thanks, Norm Clark Appalachian State University (where we do have an Internet Studies major, but it's housed in Interdisciplinary Studies, so it doesn't really "count" in some folks eyes as a "real" major)

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CATaC'06 deadline extended
by Charles Ess 13 Feb '06

13 Feb '06

Dear AoIR-ists, because of more than a few requests, we are extending the submission deadline for CATaC'06 to 27. February. a little more formally: == International Conference on CULTURAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION (CATaC'06) **Submission deadline extended: 27 February 2006** 28 June - 1 July 2006 University of Tartu, Estonia http://www.catacconference.org == Please distribute this information to interested colleagues and lists accordingly. And thanks! - cX Charles Ess Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies <http://www.drury.edu/gp21> Drury University 900 N. Benton Ave. Voice: 417-873-7230 Springfield, MO 65802 USA FAX: 417-873-7435 Home page: http://www.drury.edu/ess/ess.html Co-chair, CATaC'06: http://www.catacconference.org Co-chair, ECAP'06: http://www.eu-cap.org Professor II, Globalization and Applied Ethics Programmes Norwegian University of Science and Technology NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway http://www.anvendtetikk.ntnu.no/pres/bridgingcultures.php Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23

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CFP: DEXA/EGOV06 - (Krakow/Poland Sep 4-9, 2006)
by Jochen Scholl 13 Feb '06

13 Feb '06

Apologies for cross-postings. Please distribute freely. ****CALL FOR PAPERS & ****Announcement of joint EGOV and Demo-net PhD Colloquium & ****Change of submission deadline for research papers* *EGOV06* *Fifth EGOV conference* Krakow (Poland), September 4 - 8, 2006 The EGOV Conference Series assesses the state of the art in e-Government and e-Governance and provides guidance for research and development in this fast-moving field. The annual conferences bring together leading researchers and professionals from all over the globe and from many disciplines. Over the years, the interest has increased tremendously: the 2005 conference saw more than one hundred accepted contributions and over 150 participants coming from more than 30 countries, also including several developing countries. Hence, the EGOV Conferences have become a reunion for academics and professionals as well as an important ground for networking. The EGOV Conference Series hosts four distinct formats of contributions: Scientific papers, project presentations, workshops, and panel discussions. These formats have been found attractive for both researchers and practitioners. They encourage scientific rigor and discussions of state of the art in the field, but also welcome innovative research work in progress, and studies of practical eGovernment projects and systems implementation. Following the success of last year¹s pilot, the series also includes a PhD student colloquium, which provides doctoral students with a forum for presenting their work, with networking opportunities as well as with cross-disciplinary inspiration. Over the years, the organizers have witnessed that organisational and user-related issues long discussed among researchers have finally gained importance in practice. Also, while many topics have maintained high attention and relevancy over the years, nowadays also the issues of assessment of eGov efforts , the role of eGov, and ICT in general, for development have made it to the top of the agenda. However, these new topics have not yet been thoroughly researched. For the fourth EGOV conference, hence, the list of topics includes the following: *The eGovernment environment* * Frameworks and guidelines for eGovernment and eGovernance * eGovernment policies, strategies and implementation ** * Legal, societal and cultural aspects of eGovernment** *eGovernment implementation* * Participation, eDemocracy and eVoting * One-stop government, electronic service delivery, mobile services * Interoperability and standards, semantic standardisation * Trust and security: provisions and instruments** *Conceptual design and frameworks for eGovernment * * Administrative process design and change, collaborative activities, legal interpretation * Knowledge management, public information, decision process support * Change management and new organisational arrangements: public-private-partnerships, virtual teams * Enterprise architectures and other whole-government approaches *Assessment of eGovernment* * Methods and tools for assessment * Experiences from assessment trials * Analysis of values for eGovernment stakeholders * Public value generation through eGovernment *Emerging technologies in eGovernment * * Mobile technologies * Media integration, e.g. integration of VoIP and mobile phones with eGov services * Web services * Semantic web technologies * eGov ontologies *eGovernment and development* * International and regional projects, case studies and best practice * International dimensions: cooperation, comparisons, networks * The role of eGovenment in development (ICT4D) *eGovernment research and education* * Teaching eGovernment * Methods and tools for eGovernment research * Exemplars of inter- and multidisciplinary research Submission information Submissions may qualify as follows: * Research papers * Communication of ongoing research, projects, and general development issues * Workshops and panels on pertinent issues * PhD colloquium submissions Section 1 EGOV research papers The* Research section *invites both empirical, theoretical and conceptual work. While there is a strong focus on scientific rigor, relevance for eGovernment development is equally important. Papers in this section may be max 12 pages. ** Papers in this section will be double blind reviewed by 3 reviewers for rigor, relevance, originality and clarity of presentation. Accepted papers will be published by Springer in "Lecture Notes in Computer Science" (LNCS). Section 2 eGovernment Communications The* Communications section *invites* * * Ongoing research max 8 pages in traditional scientific paper format * Project and case descriptions max 8 pages project descriptions and discussion of ongoing or completed projects. Papers in this section will also be double blind reviewed, but focus is more on relevance than scientific rigor. Accepted papers will be published by Trauner Druck. Section 3 Workshops and panels The *Workshop & panels section* invites ** * Proposals for workshops/panels max 3 pages abstracts. Workshops and panels on topics pertinent to eGov issues or developments. Proposals will be reviewed for quality and relevance by at least two members of the organising committee (*not* blind review). Proposals should be max 3 pages and they should indicate the intended participants of the workshop/panel discussants. PhD student colloquium The PhD student colloquium, held in conjunction with the DEXA conference (either before or after the conference days) and in cooperation with the Demo-net project, invites students to submit their PhD project and thesis proposals which will be reviewed and discussed by other PhD students and senior eGov researchers. This is useful for bringing PhD students who are scattered across countries and disciplines more together. Contributions will be published by Alcatel in a PhD colloquium brochure. Among the PhD students, the senior eGov researchers and EGOV organising committee will award a PhD students prize based on the quality of the submitted paper, presentation and the underlying research project. Proposals will be reviewed by the organising committee for rigor and relevance. Students may come from any discipline relevant to eGovernment research and practice. Papers must be max 7 pages. Important dates For submission details, review criteria, paper registration and electronic submission see http://www.dexa.org starting from the *first week of December 2005*. Submission of research papers and communications: March 1, 2006- - extended!!! Submission of workshop/panel proposals: April 15, 2006 Submissions to PhD colloquium April 15, 2006 Notification of acceptance for papers April 15, 2006 Notification of acceptance for Workshops/panels/PhD submissions May 15, 2006 Camera-ready copies due May 31, 2006 Organsing Team / inquiries *General chair:* Roland Traunmüller *Program chairs: * Ake Grönlund, Sweden Maria Wimmer, Germany Kim Viborg Andersen, Denmark Hans Jochen Scholl, USA Further information on the EGOV conference is available under: http://www.uni-koblenz.de/FB4/Institutes/IWVI/AGVInf/Conferences/egov2006/, and on the DEXA conference cluster in general: http://www.dexa.org.

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Vá: [Air-l] history of Internet Studies?
by Ildiko Kaposi 13 Feb '06

13 Feb '06

Hi, Additionally, you could also try Laura Gurak's chapter 'Internet Studies in the Twenty-First Century' in Gauntlett and Horsley (eds): Web.Studies, 2nd Edition (2004). The same book also has a chapter on methodological frameworks for studying the Web from Nina Wakeford. Ildiko >>> clarkne(a)appstate.edu 06. 02. 13. 3:24 >>> I have a student who is trying to do some background research into "the development of Internet Studies as a discipline." I first of all told her that Internet Studies probably doesn't warrant the term "discipline" yet, but that's the sort of answer that doesn't help much. So, does anyone know of any resources/readings that detail how Internet Studies as a field (if it is such a thing yet) developed, and how Internet Studies programs came into being? Thanks, Norm Clark Appalachian State University (where we do have an Internet Studies major, but it's housed in Interdisciplinary Studies, so it doesn't really "count" in some folks eyes as a "real" major) _______________________________________________ The air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/

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