Dear colleagues Please forward this notice to any PhD students and early career researchers you think might be interested in applying. Best Jean CCI Winter School 21-27 June, 2012 <http://cciwinterschool.org<http://cciwinterschool.org/>> Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI) Queensland University of Technology Brisbane, Australia The CCI's 2012 Winter School offers 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. 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 Participants 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 last for years to come. Applications close on 31 January, 2011. For further details and the online application form, visit http://cciwinterschool.org<http://cciwinterschool.org/> For information about the Centre, visit http://cci.edu.au<http://cci.edu.au/> -- -- -- 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