4 May: FYI -- PhD funding (Dublin)
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The School of Communications at Dublin City University is now inviting
applications from qualified candidates for up to five PhD Scholarships.
The School of Communications at DCU is one of the top Communications
departments in Europe. It is a vibrant, outward-looking department that
combines intensive research activity with the strongest commitment to high
quality undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. Our staff are committed to
producing cutting-edge research across a range of (inter)disciplinary fields
including (new) media studies, media history, journalism studies, science
communication, political communication, social media studies, film and
television studies, music industry studies, advertising, and cultural studies.
In the past five years, we have supported approximately 40 doctoral students
to achieve PhD awards through this scheme.
The School now has an opening for up to five funded PhD scholarships. As well
as a tax-free stipend of not less than €14,000 plus fees, we also support our
students with funding for conference travel and research and offer PhD
students opportunities to teach courses.
While scholarships are open to those working in a wide array of theoretical,
epistemological and methodological approaches relevant to our school, this
year, we particularly welcome applications in the following areas:
Journalism / Media History: Fellowship(s) in this area should ideally involve
the design, development and implementation of an oral history project centred
on the working lives of former journalists and editors. (For further
information contact Dr. Mark O’Brien – mark.obrien@dcu.ie)
Activism & Protest in the Digital Age: Fellowship(s) in this area should
ideally focus on the relationship between citizens, digital media, and the
communicative affordances shaping activism and mass protest today,
particularly in developing or failed states, as framed by growing populist
politics, authoritarian threats to independent media, internet freedom and
human rights, and the development of alternative media spaces for debate,
expression, and dissent. (For further information contact Dr. Tanya Lokot –
tanya.lokot@dcu.ie)
Digital Methodologies in Communications: Fellowship(s) in this area should
ideally be concerned with analysis of education technologies, online
communications, and political discourse. Research incorporating structured
data in mixed methods approaches (e.g. social media “big data”) is
particularly relevant. (For further information contact Dr. Donal Mulligan –
donal.mulligan@dcu.ie )
Potential candidates should provide a 2,000 word application outlining your
research proposal as well as a CV detailing academic qualifications and
professional experience to date.
Candidates must have consulted with a potential supervisor before applying.
Closing date: Friday 2nd June 2017
General enquiries to: Dr. Jim Rogers (jim.rogers@dcu.ie)
Applications to: Ms. Mary Nulty (mary.nulty@dcu.ie)
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Dr. Jim Rogers
School of Communications
Dublin City University
Glasnevin
Dublin 9
Ireland
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