PhD STUDENTSHIPS
Electronic Democracy
School of Computing, Napier University, Edinburgh
There are several PhD studentships available to suitably
qualified applicants, for research study within the School of
Computing at Napier University, Edinburgh. The School has around 70
academic staff; there are active research groups in
Database and Object Systems
Distributed Systems and Mobile Agents
E-Democracy
Emergent Computation
Human Computer Interaction
Social Informatics
and the School has a variety of current research grants worth around
£1.5m.
Each studentship provides a standard living allowance (of £9,000 pa in
2003-04) and also covers full fees up to a level appropriate to UK/EU
applicants, for up to three years subject to satisfactory
progress. Studentships normally start in October or in March.
Applicants should normally have, or expect to get, a first or
upper-second class degree or a Masters degree.
I am interested in hearing from applicants who are interested in research in
electronic democracy and in particular in the use of CSAV techniques to
support deliberation and online consultation.
Further details about e-democracy research at Napier can be found at
<http://itc.napier.ac.uk/>.
General details of research within the School can be found on the
School's website:
http://www.soc.napier.ac.uk
and more general information can be found on the website of the University
Research Office:
http://www.napier.ac.uk/depts/research/research_office.html
and an application form can be found on either site. On the School's
site the application form can be found by following the link
"Information for: Research Students". If you are interested in
applying, you may wish first to contact me: Professor Ann Macintosh,
[log in to unmask] to discuss your own research interests;
or for general issues contact
Professor Peter Ross, [log in to unmask], 0131 455 2766.
Applicants are strongly advised to include as much detail as they can
about their research interests and what topics they would like to
investigate, on additional sheets.
Formal application should be sent to the address on the form: The
Research Office, Napier University, Merchiston Campus, 10 Colinton
Road, Edinburgh, EH10 5DJ. Please apply by Friday June 18th 2004;
early applications are preferred.
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