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Subject: OII News [2009.10.20]: Professorship Recruitment, teaching, Events Diary and webcasts



Dear friends and colleagues,



We have opened our search for our Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation, just at a time that might well be among the most critical in the history of the Internet. I would welcome your help in bringing this to the attention of top candidates from economics, law, information studies, science and technology studies and other relevant disciplines.



This new professor will join two new OII Research Fellows: Dr Mark Graham joins us from the Department of Geography at Trinity College Dublin to focus on 'cybergeography' and the role of the Internet and related ICTs for development. Greg Taylor joins us from the Department of Economics at the University of Southampton to focus on the microeconomics of marketplaces that exist on, or that are mediated by, the Internet.



On behalf of all the friends and colleagues of the OII, I would like to extend a warm welcome to the new DPhil students and our very first intake of Masters students. Our MSc in 'Social Science of the Internet' is an intensive 10 month full-time Master's degree that provides students with research skills and allows them to focus on areas including Internet economics, law and the internet, and social networks (see http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/teaching/). The 13 MSc students come from more than half a dozen countries and have a wide range of backgrounds and interests.



The application process for our DPhil and MSc programmes is now open: the first deadline is 20 November (2010/11 entry). If you would like to know more about what it's like to study at the OII, be sure to attend our open day on 25 November to talk to tutors and current students:

http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=329



Finally, visitors continue to add immensely to the vitality of the Institute. This week, Manuel Castells, our Distinguished Visiting Professor of Internet Studies, is teaching a seminar for our students, focused on his most recent book, and giving a public lecture on Thursday 22 October that will address the global economic crisis (details below). On Friday, Duncan Watts, a physicist and Principal Research Scientist at Yahoo! Research, will be speaking about the role of the Internet in social research. Other current visitors include: Helen Peterson, Desiree Miloshevic, Gregory O'Hare, Mingqiu Song, Yong Jin Park, Edgar Gomez and Tony Wales.



In November we are looking forward to the arrival of Associate Professor Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, now based in Singapore, and Visiting Fellow Damien Tambini, former director of PCMLP at Oxford.



Best wishes,



William Dutton

Director





1. Events Diary

2. Recruiting: Professorship of Internet Governance and Regulation

3. Webcasts: Social Media Convention



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1. Events Diary

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Thursday 22 October:

Manuel Castells: The crisis of global capitalism: towards a new economic culture?

http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=275



Friday 23 October:

Duncan Watts: Using the Web to do Social Science

http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=267



Monday 26 October:

Johan Koskinen: Social Roles and Settings in Network Evolution: Placing the Individual in Context

http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=334



Monday 2 November:

Dean Lusher: Attitudes, Perceived Attitudes, Status and Norms in Groups

http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=334



Monday 9 November:

Nick Harrigan: Co‐evolution Models for Large Social Networks

http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=334



Monday 16 November:

Caroline Haythornthwaite: Analyzing Online Conversations

http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=334



Tuesday 17 November 2009:

Michael Froomkin: Those Golden Eggs Come From Somewhere: Internet Regulation at a Crossroads

http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=333



Wednesday 18 November 2009:

Viktor Mayer-Schönberger: The Virtue of Forgetting   

http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=330



Mon 23 November:

Naomi Baron: The Dark Side of Mobile Communication

http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=327



Monday 23 November:

Pip Pattison: Exponential Random Graphs Models for Social Networks: The Model Specification Problem

http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=334



Tuesday 24 November:

Rebecca McKinnon: Cybertarianism: The future of freedom in the Internet Age

http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=331



Wednesday 25 November:

Departmental Open Day for Students

http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=329



Thursday 26 November:

William Dutton, Michael Starks, David Levy, Damian Tambini: After the digital switchover ...

http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=332



Monday 30 November:

Felix Reed‐Tsochas: The Spontaneous Emergence of Social Influence in Online Systems

http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=334



Friday 4 December:

Forum on Relationships and the Internet

http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=326



All the Events:

http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/



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2. Recruiting: Professorship of Internet Governance and Regulation

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Oxford Internet Institute in association with Keble College



The University of Oxford intends to make an appointment to the Professorship of Internet Governance and Regulation in the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) from 1 October 2010, or as soon as possible thereafter. The professor will play a central role in maintaining the OII as an internationally leading research centre that shapes policy and practice in internet governance and regulation.



The successful candidate will be a scholar of international standing with a distinguished and active record of high-quality publication and recognised intellectual leadership in the social sciences (such as economics or information studies), law and policy or computing sciences and a recognised intellectual leader in research on the policy and regulatory issues concerning the market and non-market shaping of the internet’s role in the innovation, production and distribution of information and communication products and services.



The appointee will be expected to manage advanced collaborative research projects, to publish in high quality academic outlets and to present his or her work in ways that engage practitioners and the policy community in its substance and significance. He or she must demonstrate a record of success in obtaining and managing research funding in areas that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries. The successful candidate will also be expected to play a central role in postgraduate teaching, and therefore must demonstrate an ability to teach at postgraduate level and to work effectively with colleagues as part of a professional team.



Please see the further particulars at http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/fp/wd148-099.shtml for more details about the post and for full instructions before making an application.



Applications, including a covering letter and full CV, and naming three referees should be received no later than 16 November 2009, by Dr Gwen Booth, Personnel Officer, Senior Appointments at mailto:[log in to unmask] If you have a query about how to apply, please contact Mrs Elaine Eastgate at mailto:[log in to unmask] or telephone 01865 280189.



The closing date for applications is 23:59 GMT on Monday 16 November 2009.



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3. Webcasts: Social Media Convention

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Social Media Convention (18 September 2009):



Breaking News: The Changing Relationship Between Blogs and Mainstream Media

http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/?view=Webcast&ID=20090918_293



Making Science Public: Data-sharing, Dissemination and Public Engagement with Science

http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/?view=Webcast&ID=20090918_294



Social Media, So What? Assessing the Impact of Blogs and Social Media

http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/?view=Webcast&ID=20090918_295



The Growth of the Corporate Blog: 'Letting go' of Information Control or Maintaining the Official Line?

http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/?view=Webcast&ID=20090918_296



Parties, Campaigns and Representation: The Political Impact of Blogs and Social Media

http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/?view=Webcast&ID=20090918_297



Blogging at 20? The Future and Potential of Social Media

http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/?view=Webcast&ID=20090918_298



And other webcasts:



Daniel J. Solove

The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet   

http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/?view=Webcast&ID=20090625_290



Anne Adams

Is the User STILL the Enemy?

http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/?view=Webcast&ID=20090619_289



Martin Kay and Yorick Wilks

Moments in History of Language on Computers

http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/?view=Webcast&ID=20090618_291



All the webcasts:

http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/







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