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Sent: 05 February 2009 17:07
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Subject: OII News [2009.02.05]: SDP, Recruitment, Working Papers and Events
Dear friends and colleagues,
New scholarship funding is now available for the 2009 Summer Doctoral Programme 'Creativity, Innovation and the Internet' to be held in Brisbane with the Creative Industries Faculty (QUT) in July. The funding will cover one full or two half scholarships (fees only) and will be available to support students who would not otherwise be able to attend.
We're also delighted to announce that programme tutors will include Nancy Baym, Stuart Cunningham, Jack Linchuan Qiu, Brian Fitzgerald and Axel Bruns. Together with other participating tutors, these faculty members will lead a programme that will cover topics such as the growth and implications of user-generated content, citizen media and community journalism, and regulatory barriers to innovation online. The full list of tutors includes faculty from the OII and the Berkman Center, who have taught on the Programme since its establishment in 2003, and is still being updated.
The application process closes on Monday 16 February 2009:
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/teaching/sdp/Y2009.cfm
Finally, a note that students in the areas of information science, library science, web science, Internet studies, or related disciplines are invited to attend the Information and Web Science Doctoral Workshop being held at the OII on Wednesday 18 March 2009 (details below).
Best wishes,
Victoria Nash, Director of Graduate Studies
1. Events Diary: February and March
2. Recruitment: Grade 7/8 Research Fellows, Research Assistant
3. Information and Web Science Doctoral Workshop
4. Humanities on the Web: Is it working?
5. New Working Papers: eResearch / Network Society
6. Student Diary: Modes of Governance Workshop
Stop Press (University of Oxford, 05 Feb 09):
OII Director Bill Dutton appointed Chair of Ofcom Advisory Committee
http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2009/090105.html
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1. Events Diary: February and March
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Two seminar series are running this term: the ESRC Public Services Programme / OII Public Service Workshop Series (Wednesdays) and the OII-Nuffield Social Networks Seminar Series (Mondays).
Mon 9 Feb:
Vanina Jasmine Torlo: The Network Dynamics of Individual Performance in Organizations
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=235
Wed 11 Feb:
Nikolas Rose: Confluence of Consumerism Technology in Personalising Medicine
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=231
Mon 16 Feb:
Sam Roberts: Constraints and Communication in Personal Networks
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=235
Wed 18 Feb:
Rose Luckin: Personalising Education
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=231
Mon 23 Feb:
Tom Snijders: Analysing the Joint Dynamics of Several Networks
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=235
Wed 25 Feb:
Mary Dixon Woods: Technoregulation: Doctors and Design-based Approaches to Patient Safety
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=231
Mon 2 March:
Albert Alla: Holding on to Structural Holes, a Game Theoretic Approach
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=235
Wed 4 March:
Roger Burrows: Geodemographics, Commercial Sociology and Public Policy
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=231
Wed 11 March:
Kieron O'Hara: Autonomy, Privacy and Online Personalisation: Rights and Responsibilities
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=231
Fri 13 March:
Doug Schuler: Civic Intelligence: If it didn't exist, it would be necessary to invent it
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=234
Wed 18 March:
Information and Web Science Doctoral Workshop
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=239
Thurs 19 March:
Humanities on the Web: Is it working?
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=238
Thurs 26 March:
Modes of Governance in Digitally Networked Environments: Interdisciplinary Workshop
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=236
Thurs 26 March:
Michael Cusumano: The Changing Business of Software
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=233
Mon 30 March:
Roger Brownsword: Regulating Technologies
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=241
Wed 6 May:
Elizabeth Judge: Lecture
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=240
All the Events:
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/
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2. Recruitment: Grade 7/8 Research Fellows, Research Assistant
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We are seeking two Research Fellows to complement our multidisciplinary team undertaking research into the societal implications of the Internet and related information and communications technologies.
Our preference is for candidates with a strong theoretical and/or methodological background in computer science, law or one of the social sciences, including communication, information, media studies, economics, political science, social psychology or sociology; and with an interest in research which will complement one of our current research areas.
Research Staff Grade 8 (£36,532 to £43,622 p.a.)
Research Staff Grade 7 (£28,839 to £35,469 p.a.)
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/newpositions.cfm
Deadline: 12:00 noon on Wednesday 25 February 2009
Interviews: expected on Tuesday 10 March 2009
Based in the heart of Oxford, the posts are available from October 2009 for two years in the first instance with the possibility of renewal thereafter.
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We are also seeking a Research Assistant in Communication and Development [Grade 6: Salary £25,623 - £30,594 p.a. (pro rata)] to work with a new project team. The project will create and employ an electronic collaboration platform to support an international network of individuals in discussing innovations in regional development and co-producing public events and documents that support regional development goals. The Research Assistant must be bilingual in oral and written Spanish and English at a high level.
Based at the OII, this position is available immediately for 12 months in the first instance, with the possibility of renewal thereafter. Applicants wishing to work part-time will also be considered.
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/newpositions.cfm
Deadline: 12.00 GMT on Thursday 19 February 2009
Interviews: currently planned for Monday 2 March 2009
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3. Information and Web Science Doctoral Workshop
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OII Workshop: Wednesday 18 March 2009 10:30-21:00
Application Deadline: 24 February 2009
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=239
Doctoral students in the areas of information science, library science, web science, Internet studies, or related disciplines who are working on topics related to the Internet and other networked technologies are invited to apply to attend this workshop, offered by the OII and Aberystwyth University Dept of Information Studies.
Three sessions will address operationalizing research questions using an appropriate framework, addressing potential ethical issues in research, and practical considerations when working with data obtained from others. The workshop is free to accepted applicants (20 max.), including travel expenses (up to £60), meals, and optional accommodation in one of Oxford's colleges on the night of 18 March.
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4. Humanities on the Web: Is it working?
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OII Workshop: Thursday 19 March 2009 10:00 - 16:00
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=238
The web now contains the results of many initiatives to digitize resources for the humanities but how successful are these initiatives and how much information has now been archived online?
This workshop discusses these issues, centred on two recent JISC Digitisation Programme-funded projects: Measuring impacts of digitized collections online ('Digitized Resources: A Usage and Impact Study'), and extracting materials from the Internet Archive and making the resulting dataset accessible for analyses ('World Wide Web of Humanities').
This one day event will present the results of both projects in the context of general panel discussions about the role of digitization in the practices of humanities researchers now and in the future.
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5. New Working Papers: eResearch / Network Society
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den Besten, M. and David, P.A. (2009) Data and Information Access in e-Research: Results from a 2008 Survey among UK e-Science Project Participants [PDF, 750kb]
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/publications/RR18.pdf
Helsper, E.J., Dutton, W. and Gerber, M. (2008) To Be a Network Society: A Cross-National Perspective on the Internet in Britain [PDF, 340kb].
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/publications/RR17.pdf
OII Working Paper Collection:
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/publications.cfm
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6. Student Diary: Modes of Governance Workshop
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Malte Ziewitz writes:
On 26 March 2009, we will host an interdisciplinary workshop on 'Modes of Governance in Digitally Networked Environments'. The basic idea is as follows: Digitally networked environments are often assumed to magically govern themselves. Especially when traditional modes of governance like law and centralized regulations fail, researchers tend to resort to rather vague ideas like 'self-regulation', 'decentralization', or 'peer production' to describe the complex interactions and mechanisms that take place in large-scale, loose-knit socio-technical networks.
In this workshop, we will adopt a different approach and take a closer look at new and non-obvious modes of governance in digitally networked environments. Specifically, we would like to explore what these modes are, how they work, and who or what controls them.
The theme is exploratory, the format informal, the target group PhD students and Post-Docs. If you are interested, have a look at the call:
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~kebl2964/netgov-workshop-cfp.pdf
The deadline for submissions is 20 February 2009.
This workshop is supported by the EPSRC 'Networks for Web Science' grant (EP/F0/3701/1).
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