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Humanist Archives: Oct. 8, 2024, 9:04 a.m. Humanist 38.176 - PhD studentships (QUT, Brisbane); research fellowships (Edinburgh)

				
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    [1]    From: Axel Bruns <a.bruns@qut.edu.au>
           Subject: 2 PhD Scholarships Available: Polarisation and Partisanship in Australian and International Public Debates (104)

    [2]    From: Mohammad Amir Anwar <mohammad.anwar@ed.ac.uk>
           Subject: Research-Fellow_Positions-UKRI-Project-Edinburgh (36)


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        Date: 2024-10-08 07:54:05+00:00
        From: Axel Bruns <a.bruns@qut.edu.au>
        Subject: 2 PhD Scholarships Available: Polarisation and Partisanship in Australian and International Public Debates

Dear friends,

I am now calling for expressions of interest to fill the last two PhD
positions in my current Australian Laureate Fellowship project on the
drivers and dynamics of partisanship and polarisation in online public
debate, based in the Digital Media Research Centre at Queensland
University of Technology.

If you are aware of anybody in your networks who may be interested in
this opportunity, I would very much appreciate it if you could pass this
information on to them. We are hoping for these PhD students to start in
Semester 1/2025 (in late February 2025), so prospective PhD students
should contact me as soon as possible. Here are the details:

2 PhD Scholarships: Polarisation and Partisanship in Australian and
International Public Debates

Start date: Semester 1/2025 (enrolment by 24 February 2025)

Stipend: A$32,192 per annum for a maximum duration of 3.5 years /
A$45,000 per annum for Indigenous candidates (tax-free)

Institution: Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of
Technology, Brisbane, Australia

For further information, see
https://www.qut.edu.au/study/fees-and-scholarships/scholarships/polarisation-
and-partisanship-in-australian-and-international-public-debates-2-phd-
scholarships
and contact Prof. Axel Bruns (a.bruns@qut.edu.au).


Research Outline:

We offer two scholarships on this topic, and specifically seek at least
one Indigenous Australian candidate. Students from diverse and
multilingual backgrounds are also especially encouraged to apply.

Candidates may come from a range of backgrounds within the humanities
and social sciences, and have an interest in working within media and
communication studies, with a particular interest in populism,
propaganda, and/or polarisation. At least one candidate should also have
an interest in affect, emotion, identity, and fandom in public and
political communication, and the way that these factors overlap and
intersect with partisanship and populism.

Candidates should have an interest in, and early experience with,
working with qualitative, quantitative, and/or mixed-methods research
approaches; our work provides options for drawing on big data from news
media and social media sources as well as for deep analysis of small,
targeted collections of content. In particular, this may also include
multi-modal approaches which investigate the "video first" Internet and
the way that this emphasis on audiovisual content affects the dynamics
and drivers of partisanship and polarisation.

Indigenous Australian candidates are welcome to address any relevant
topic. Indigenous candidates may be interested in addressing topics like
the recent Voice to Parliament referendum in Australia and/or similar
processes elsewhere in the world; however, there is absolutely no
requirement for Indigenous candidates to address only such topics.
Successful Indigenous Australian candidates will be eligible for the
Indigenous Postgraduate Research Award (IPRA), which supersedes the
'Polarisation and Partisanship in Australian and International Public
Debates' scholarship stipend.

These two PhD projects will contribute to the work of the Australian
Laureate Fellowship project Drivers and Dynamics of Partisanship and
Polarisation in Online Public Debate, a groundbreaking research project
led by Prof. Axel Bruns and funded by the Australian Research Council
for the period of 2022-27, and join a team of more than ten doctoral and
postdoctoral researchers working on related issues.

The successful candidates will be supervised by Professor Axel Bruns and
other members of the Laureate team, and have the opportunity to engage
in an innovative and highly active team of researchers using
cutting-edge qualitative and quantitative methods ranging from in-depth
manual content analysis through computational social science to
AI-enhanced analysis of public communication data from news media and
social media sources.

The candidates will join the vibrant scholarly community of the
world-leading QUT Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC), and have an
opportunity to connect with researchers across its domestic and
international partner networks. As a member of the DMRC, you will also
join a supportive and welcoming environment that prides itself on our
respectful and diverse community.


--
Prof. Axel Bruns FAHA FQA (he/his)
Australian Laureate Fellow, 2022-26: Polarisation and Partisanship
a.bruns@qut.edu.au -- http://snurb.info/ -- @snurb_dot_info

Programme Leader: Digital Publics
QUT Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC)
https://research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/ -- @qutdmrc -- @socialmediaQUT

Chief Investigator: Australian Search Experience
ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)
https://www.admscentre.org.au/ -- @admscentre

Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
Z6-503, Creative Industries Precinct, Kelvin Grove, Qld. 4059, Australia
GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Qld. 4001, Australia -- TEQSA PRV12079 CRICOS 00213J

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        Date: 2024-10-08 07:34:12+00:00
        From: Mohammad Amir Anwar <mohammad.anwar@ed.ac.uk>
        Subject: Research-Fellow_Positions-UKRI-Project-Edinburgh

Dear All,

I am hiring TWO Research Fellows on my UKRI-funded project on Planetary
AI, which explores the value chains of artificial intelligence systems,
particularly looking at data work in the Global South.

Duration: 42 months
Location: Edinburgh

Details about the project and the requirements for the positions are
given in the links below.

Deadline is : 28/10/2024, 23:59 GMT.

1. https://lnkd.in/eMWVj_2d

2. https://lnkd.in/eesXY7iD

For any informal queries about these positions, get in touch with me.

Also, please share this with people in your network.

Best Wishes
Amir

Dr. Mohammad Amir Anwar, SFHEA
Senior Lecturer (Assoc Prof.), University of Edinburgh
Office Hours: By Appointment
Twitter: @ibalilebali

Affiliations:

   *   Senior Research Fellow (Honorary) British Institute of East
Africa, Nairobi.
   *   Senior Research Associate: School of Tourism and Hospitality,
University of Johannesburg.


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