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PhD student workshop: Collecting and analysing social media data The ESRC-funded “Social Media – Developing Understanding, Infrastructure & Engagement” (ES/M001628/1) award based at the University of Aberdeen is organising a workshop for PhD student researchers in the social sciences to come together to explore the challenges of collecting and analysing social media data. The workshop…

Three PhD scholarships in internet research The Department of Media, Cognition, and Communication, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, invites applications for three 3-year PhD scholarships. The successful candidates will be affiliated with the Peoples’ Internet (PIN) project sponsored by the Carlsberg Foundation. The candidates are expected to begin October 1, 2016, or as…

Biomedical Big Data Sciences Pre-doctoral Training University of Missouri Informatics Institute Biomedical Big Data Sciences Pre-doctoral Training Funded by NIH T32 (2016-2021)   Training Theme: Massive and Complex Data Analytics — Pre-doctoral Training in One Health   Financial Package: Stipend – $23,376 annually Tuition and fees are covered Travel allowance: $3,000 annually Allowance for other…

PhD student positions in Library and Information Science One or two PhD student positions in Library and Information Science  at the Department of Archival Science, Library and Information Science, Museology and Cultural Heritage Studies (ALM) with starting date September 1, 2016 at the earliest. Education at the doctoral level consists of 4 years doctoral studentship…

De Gruyter Saur / IFLA Research Paper Award 2016 Digital Libraries: Knowledge creation and sharing Goal: Advance research on Digital Libraries as environment facilitating collaboration, creation and sharing of knowledge Submissions are invited to focus on one of several of the following subthemes: Intersection of Digital Libraries and Digital Humanities User participation and crowdsourcing Linked…

Call for Proposals – Libraries and Archives in the Anthropocene: A Colloquium May 13-14, 2017 New York University As stewards of a culture’s collective knowledge, libraries and archives are facing the realities of cataclysmic environmental change with a dawning awareness of its unique implications for their missions and activities. Some professionals in these fields are…

Fully-funded PhD: Migrants’ heritage and its management in local cultural institutions (deadline 18 March 2016) Fully-funded PhD: Migrants’ heritage and its management in local cultural institutions (deadline 18 March 2016) https://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=72964&LID=2712 This interdisciplinary project will explore how local cultural institutions (museums, libraries, and archives) can better prepare themselves to embed and manage migrants’ cultural heritage…

Fully-funded PhD: Migrants’ heritage and its management in local cultural institutions (deadline 18 March 2016) Fully-funded PhD: Migrants’ heritage and its management in local cultural institutions (deadline 18 March 2016) https://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=72964&LID=2712 This interdisciplinary project will explore how local cultural institutions (museums, libraries, and archives) can better prepare themselves to embed and manage migrants’ cultural heritage…

4 PhD positions in the Department of Culture and Media Studies Open for applications: 4 PhD positions in the Department of Culture and Media Studies Ume? University! http://www.kultmed.umu.se/om-institutionen/jobba-hos-oss/ – One PhD position in Ethnology (digital humanities is a prioritized field at the faculty) – One PhD position in Literary Studies – One PhD position in…

Opportunity: 2016 Summer Internship at IBM Research – Almaden IBM is looking for talented students who are interested in applying for this competitive position to join a project for the summer. Full posting:  https://krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGWebHost/jobdetails.aspx?partnerid=26059&siteid=5016&AReq=29486BR Description:  The Accelerated Discovery Lab at IBM Research – Almaden has an opening for a Summer Intern.  The focus of the…