[情報] 2 PhD scholarships at Aarhus Univ.
2 PhD scholarships at Aarhus University - (Participatory Information
Technology)
Applications are invited for a PhD fellowship/scholarship at the Graduate
School of Science and Technology, Aarhus University, Denmark, within the
interdisciplinary AU Center PIT (Participatory Information Technology)
available from October 1, 2012.
Title:
Participatory IT (two projects):
1. Future technological platforms for Participatory IT.
2. Collaborative appropriation of public IT – concepts, methods and
technologies.
Research area and project description:
The newly started AU Center PIT has two open PhD positions within Computer
Science, in the two research groups of Computer Mediated Activity and
Ubiquitous Computing and Interaction.
The overall ambition of PIT is to modernize and enhance the Scandinavian
tradition of democratic participation in ways that fit current society and
information technology. Today every citizen is auser of IT, but public IT
systems are often designed for workers and administrators rather than for
this public. PIT brings the citizen into focus as a participant in design
and in use of IT. Inspiration for such participation is found in grass-root
movements and on-line communities.
The research questions address IT support for new forms of human
participation and cooperation. How do we identify and encourage such new
forms? How can they be supported through improved design methods and IT
platforms? How can we understand the possibilities and problems of this
development?
PIT builds on the participatory design tradition, but adds to earlier
research by combining a focus on aesthetics and art with the more
traditional usability and usefulness of participatory design and
human-computer interaction. In PIT, these research traditions meet in
research through design proceses, which focus on specific empirical cases
(for more see pit.au.dk).
Modernizing participation through information technology involves
modernizing the technology itself. PIT will not be limited by what
technology is readily available, instead we will push the limits of
technology–whether it is peer-to-peer networking or ad-hoc distributed
user interfaces.
The two PhD projects are:
1. Future technological platforms for Participatory IT.
2. Collaborative appropriation of public IT – concepts, methods and
technologies.
Qualifications and specific competences:
Applicants to the PhD positions must have a background in Human-Computer
Interaction, with an interest in Interaction Design, Social and
Collaborative Computing and/or Participatory Design.
For at least one of the positions (No 1) we seek an applicant with a strong
technical profile to work on future technological platforms for
Participatory IT.
For both positions and interest in interdisciplinary research is required.
The successful applicants must be interested in working with users in
design cases.
Place of Employment and Place of Work:
The place of employment is Aarhus University, and the place of work is
IT-Byen Katrinebjerg.
Contacts:
Applicants seeking further information are invited to contact:
Professor Susanne Bødker (bodker@cs.au.dk) or associate professor
Niels-Olof Bouvin (bouvin@cs.au.dk)
Application procedures:
Please apply for this specific project here:
http://talent.au.dk/phd/scienceandtechnology/opencalls/
Choose August 2012 Call with deadline 1 August 2012.
You will be directed to the call, and must choose the programme 'Computer
Science'
Then you must fill out the information regarding:
* Personal information
* Academic background
* Admission
* Financing (if any)
* Study: In the dropdown menu you must choose the project: "Participatory
IT"
* Source (how you found out about the call)
* References (as a minimum 1 must be uploaded)
* Application material (pdf only, max 20 MB, no zip): Motivation, CV,
Diploma and transcript of records, project description
Please be aware that you cannot save the application and continue working on
it later. Therefore, you must have all relevant appendices, attachments,
addresses for referees, etc. ready when you apply, as the entire
application must be uploaded to the system in one go.
As a minimum you need to upload the application material:
* one reference letter
* curriculum vitae,
* motivation (max. 1 page)
* transcripts and diploma(s) in one merged file. Please enter your
unweighted grade average calculated and based on your transcript’s grading
scale, BSc and MSc separately.
* project description (½-4 pages) For technical reasons, you must upload a
project description. When - as here - you apply for a specific project,
please simply copy the project description above, and upload it as a PDF in
the application
You cannot submit the application if one or several of these documents have
not been uploaded.
Please note that the project will only be initiated if final funding (from
GSST/the faculty) is secured.
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