Dear AoIR colleagues, I am hiring the second PhD position for my European Research Council-funded project PAY4PLAY: Entrepreneurial Organizing in the Platform Society. The position is focused on VTubers - content creators who use virtual avatars - and I'm looking for someone who wants to study their cultural, technological, and industrial aspects. It's a 3-year, fully funded position at Aarhus University. The deadline to apply is November 1st. Please share with interested applicants, and feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions. For details about the position, see: https://phd.arts.au.dk/applicants/open-and-specific-calls/phd-call-2026-11 For details about the project, see: www.pay4play.eu<http://www.pay4play.eu> Best, Blake -- Dr. Blake Hallinan (they/them) Associate Editor of New Media & Society Associate Professor of Platform Studies Dept. of Media and Journalism Studies, Aarhus University Helsingforsgade 14, 8200 Aarhus N. Building 5335, Room 235 www.blakehallinan.com<http://www.blakehallinan.com/> Recent Publications: Algorithmic conspiracies<https://dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10.1145/3589335.3651970> (2026) Copyright at the margins: Mapping informal platform governance through Wikitubia<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/14614448261458280> (2026) Priorities and exclusions within Trust and Safety industry standards<https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251357225> (2026)