1 December: fyi -- phd funding, NL
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we still have a vacancy to offer for an interested student with
knowledge in quantitative methods of data analysis. The Ph.D. position
at Eindhoven University of Technology (NL) is funded for 4 years. If
you are interested in analyzing disclosure and use of information in
different social contexts then you should consider applying. Deadline
is December 18.
I'm available for any questions you might have.
Best regards,
Uwe Matzat
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The Eindhoven University of Technology has the following vacancy
PhD student on the project "Surfing the information waves: Finding,
revealing, and evaluating information online"
at the School of Innovation Sciences.
Job description
The Ph.D. student is expected to do research leading to a Ph.D. thesis
in the project "Surfing the information waves: Finding, revealing, and
evaluating information online". At the core of this project lies the
question how people deal with the reliability of information on the
Internet, to what extent the formal and informal mechanisms that
facilitate reliable exchange of information offline have online
equivalents, and to what extent new online mechanisms and tools are
and can be developed to facilitate reliable information exchange.
Typical questions of interest are: How do people discern useful and
reliable information from useless and unreliable information in online
settings? How can users be motivated to provide reliable information
and how can the provision of unreliable information be minimized? To
what extent do the answers to these questions depend on the kind of
online setting? For the project we anticipate doing research in
several areas of application, such as medical information sites and
groups, social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Plaxo,
Xing, etc), and general economic and consumer sites, such as eBay,
Amazon.
Requirements
The candidate should have a Masters degree (or equivalent) in the
social sciences (sociology, psychology, political or communication
science), excellent knowledge and skills in quantitative methods of
data analysis, and familiarity with new forms of online
communication. Most of all, we are looking for someone with a natural
curiosity with respect to online interaction of any kind. Knowledge
about theories pertaining to the topic in (social) psychology or
sociology would be an additional asset. The candidate should be
proficient in English (speaking and writing).
Organization
The candidate will work at the school of Innovation Sciences at the
Department of Technology Management at Eindhoven University of
Technology (NL), at the Chair of Sociology of Technology and
Innovation. Research interests in and around that chair generally
include the way in which humans interact with technology and how that
interaction can be improved, both from the user-level as from the
level of policy- making. Additional information can be found at:
http://www.tue-tm.org/snijders/PhD/
Conditions of employment
We offer a (full-time) Ph.D. position for 4 years. Gross salaries are
in the range of EUR 28K gross per annum in the first year and EUR 35K
during the fourth year and include attractive benefits (e.g. technical
infrastructure, child care, sports facilities). A small teaching load
can be part of the job.
Application
Send your application or requests for further information by email to
Prof. dr. C. Snijders (c.c.p.snijders `atī tue.nl). The application
should consist of a motivation for your application, and extended
curriculum vitae, a description of your obtained scientific degree,
and a list of courses and the grades you obtained for those courses.
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Uwe Matzat
Sociology Section, Department of Technology Management
Eindhoven University of Technology
P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven
The Netherlands
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phone +31 40 247-8392, fax +31 40 247-4646
http://www.tue-tm-soc.nl/~matzat
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