Apologies for x post - may be of interest to some. all the best Kate --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ph.D. studentship on the World of Uncertainty The World of Uncertainty will be an educational computer game. In it decision-makers will learn how to manage scientific uncertainty. No longer will they be forced to make decisions based on simple certain narratives that fit into a TV debate on global warming. In a computer game, players can explore alternatives as they wander through a world of uncertainty. They will practice until they are as good as a bookmaker at estimating uncertainty. The EPSRC is funding QUB, UCL and Brunel University to develop and evaluate this game. The School of Management and Economics in Queen's University Belfast is now offering a postgraduate research studentship to work as part of the project team and complete a Ph.D evaluating the educational effects of the game. Full details of the post, studentship and requirements are online at http://is.mgt.qub.ac.uk/research/uncertainty/phdadvert.html . Or contact Dr. Brian Webb (e-mail: b.webb@qub.ac.uk or tel: +44 (0)28 90 27 3592) for further particulars. (Note that decision-makers, or those who try to teach them about uncertainty, are welcome to contact me <d.r.newman@qub.ac.uk> to discuss possibilities of evaluating the game when it was ready, or talk about possible scenarios for a computer game in their field. Potential students should contact Brian Webb for further details or send their applications to Sonia O'Hare as mentioned on the web page, since, as I'm on the interview panel, I may not correspond with individual applicants, following Northern Ireland fair employment procedures.) -- Dr. David R. Newman, Queen's University Belfast, School of Management and Economics, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland (UK) Tel. +44 28 9097 3643 FAX: +44 28 9097 5156 mailto:d.r.newman@qub.ac.uk http://www.qub.ac.uk/mgt/