*Research Assistant (or Postdoc) position at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford* Grade 6: Salary £25,751 - £30,747 p.a. We are a leading international research and policy Institute looking for a full-time Research Assistant to work with Dr Mark Graham on the ESRC-DFID funded project, The Promises of Fibre-Optic Broadband: A Pipeline for Economic Development in East Africa. Employing case-studies, interviews, surveys and textual analysis in Kenya and Rwanda, this project examines the expectations and stated potentials of broadband Internet and compares those expectations to on-the-ground effects that broadband connectivity is having in the production networks of three economic sectors: tea production, ecotourism, and business process outsourcing. Applicants should have a graduate or postgraduate qualification in one of the social sciences, experience of social science research, and be willing to conduct extended fieldwork in East Africa. The successful candidate will be able to take a lead in project management, data collection and analysis, and the dissemination of results. Based at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, this position is available from 1st October 2011 for 28 months in the first instance, with the possibility of renewal thereafter funding permitting. It may be possible to hire at Postdoctoral Research Fellow level given the right candidate. Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. Only applications received before 12:00 midday on the 21st July 2011 can be considered. Interviews for those short-listed are currently planned to take place in the week commencing 8th Aug 2011. Full job details and online application are available at the following link: https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobsp... More details about the project available here: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/projects/?id=59 Please share this position widely and feel free to get in touch with any questions. Mark ------------------------------------------ Mark Graham, Ph.D. Research Fellow Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford 1 St Giles Oxford OX1 3JS United Kingdom Telephone +44 (0) 1865 287 203 Fax +44 (0) 1865 287 211 www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/graham www.geospace.co.uk www.wikichains.com twitter.com/geoplace