We are delighted to announce the inaugural CCI Winter School <http://www.cciwinterschool.org/> to be held in Brisbane, Australia from 21-27 June 2012, and hosted by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation <http://www.cci.edu.au/> (CCI). The Winter School will offer selected doctoral students and early career researchers a week-long program of interdisciplinary study, collaboration and social interaction in the broad area of creative industries and innovation research, drawing on the Centre's expertise in media, cultural and communication studies, economics, policy, education and law, in relation to the creative economy. Approximately 30 participants will be selected via a competitive process. Successful applicants will work with leading international researchers, engage in intensive workshop activities and receive direct feedback and individual mentoring on their own work. Social activities will provide additional opportunities for participants to get to know each other and form collaborative relationships that will benefit them for years to come. Applications close on 7 February 2012. We welcome applications from emerging scholars working on related topics in the social sciences and humanities, including but not limited to: * Cultural, media and creative industries policy * Digital society * Community arts and media * New business models in the creative economy * Innovation studies * Economics of the creative industries * The creative industries in Asia * Transmedia * Internet studies * Copyright and intellectual property * The challenges of 'big data' * Creative workforce careers For further details please visit http://cciwinterschool.org <http://cciwinterschool.org/>. -- -- -- Dr Jean Burgess Deputy Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries & Innovation http://cci.edu.au Creative Industries Faculty Queensland University of Technology http://creativeindustries.qut.edu.au Phone: +61 3138 8253 Twitter: @jeanburgess http://twitter.com/jeanburgess Personal blog: http://creativitymachine.net Mapping Online Publics project website: http://mappingonlinepublics.net Digital Storytelling at QUT http://digitalstorytelling.ci.qut.edu.au