Dear all, Greetings from the IR9 (conferences.aoir.org) conference chair: I'm very pleased to announce that Professor Klaus Bruhn Jensen will be organising this year's Doctoral Colloquium in relation to the Internet Research 9.0 conference. The colloquium, which is sponsored by Danish National Research School for Media, Communication,and Journalism, will take place on Wednesday October 15th at the IT University of Copenhagen (at which the conference also take place). Further details below! Best Lisbeth Klastrup Please circulate :) **************************************************::: Call for Participation Doctoral Colloquium Association of Internet Researchers (A.o.I.R) Annual Conference 2008 Internet Research 9.0 Copenhagen, Denmark =================== The Internet Research 9.0 Doctoral Colloquium offers Ph.D. students working in internet research or a related field a special forum on Wednesday,October 15, 2008 where they will have a chance to briefly present their dissertations-in-progress and discuss them at length with peers and established senior researchers. Interested students should prepare a two page summary of their research. This should provide a context for the research, describe the methods being used, the progress to date, and expectations and hopes from the colloquium. Faculty mentors include: Axel Bruns, Australia Sue Fragoso, Brazil Alex Halavais, USA Caroline Haythornthwaite, USA We hope to announce additional mentors shortly. SUBMISSION/PARTICIPATION Please submit the two page application by Friday, May 23, 2008 to: Klaus Bruhn Jensen : kbj@hum.ku.dk. Applicants will be notified of acceptance by June 15, 2008. Successful applicants will be asked to prepare an eight page paper on their research and the issues they wish to discuss by August 15, 2008. For further details, please visit the doctoral colloquium webpage at http://conferences.aoir.org/dc.html or contact the organizer of the Doctoral Colloquium, Klaus Bruhn Jensen : kbj@hum.ku.dk The Internet Research 9.0 Doctoral Colloquium is sponsored by the Danish National Research School for Media, Communication and Journalism.