Apologies for any cross-posting. Below are details for an 19 month vacancy currently available at the ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition (CRIC) at The University of Manchester. Further detail are available online at http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/RB902.html Jase -- Mobile Entertainment Industry and Culture (REF 628/02) Applications are invited for a European Commission funded post to join the internationally recognised ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition, (CRIC), at the University of Manchester/UMIST. Applicants should have substantial research experience in a relevant social science discipline, a PhD (or equivalent), demonstrated capacity for conducting text-and interview-based research and the ability to interpret qualitative data. Applicants must be able to contribute to the authorship of publishable outputs of research, be computer literate, and possess strong organisational skills. A willingness to travel is also required. The post is tenable for 19 months commencing September 1st 2002 (or as soon as possible thereafter) and will involve interviewing mobile gamers, co-ordination of dissemination and participation in organising user workshops and conference. (REF 628/02) Salary: £17,626 - £21,503 (pay award pending) according to relevant experience and qualifications. Further information about CRIC can be found at http://www.cric.ac.uk/cric . Informal enquiries about the post should be addressed to Jason.Rutter@man.ac.uk or Sharon.Hammond@man.ac.uk. Application forms and further particulars are also available from the Office of the Director of Personnel, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL: ++44(0)161 275 2028; fax ++(0)161 275 2471; Minicom (for the hearing impaired): ++(0)161 275 7889; email personnel@man.ac.uk Quote ref 628/02. Closing date 14 August 2002. As an equal opportunities employer the university welcomes applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community regardless of race, religion, gender or disability. -- Dr Jason Rutter (Research Fellow) ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition (CRIC), The University of Manchester, Harold Hankins Building, Booth Street West, Manchester, M13 9QH PH: +44 (0) 161 275 6859 Fax: +44 (0) 161 275 7361 http://www.cric.ac.uk/cric/Jason_Rutter