Dear AoIRers Please pass onto people interested in doing a phd in the following project: Government Web Portals as New Government Actors Government web portals provide the entryway to online government, yet their effectiveness and role in contemporary government is unknown. This study examines the architectures, rationales, effectiveness and power effects of government web portals. The study uses new digital research methods (hyperlink network analysis and web experiments) to comparatively assess 10 hi-tech countries. https://graduate-school.uq.edu.au/project-scholarships (School of Social Science) Paul Paul Henman Associate Professor of Digital Sociology and Social Policy Director of Bachelor of Social Science School of Social Science University of Queensland QLD 4072 T: +61 7 3365 2765 | E: P.Henman@uq.edu.au<mailto:P.Henman@uq.edu.au> | W: www.digitalsocialpolicy.com<http://www.digitalsocialpolicy.com/> Selected recent publications: Critical encounters with performance measurement in social and public policy<http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cpos20/37/6?nav=tocList>, Policy Studies, 37(6) 'When rating systems do not rate: Evaluating ERA's performance', Australia Universities Review, 59(1) 'Models of Disability Support Governance<http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=494616352464650;res=IELHSS>: a framework for assessing and reforming social policy', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 50(3) UQ ALLY - Supporting the diversity of sexuality and gender identity at UQ. CRICOS Provider Number: 00025B