Call for Participation
In keeping with its commitment to students’ scholarship in the Association of Internet Researchers, the Internet Research 13.0 Doctoral Colloquium offers PhD students working in internet research or a related field a special forum on October 18, 2012. Participants will have a chance to present their dissertations-in-progress and discuss them at length, with peers and established senior researchers.
This year, Klaus Bruhn Jensen, University of Copenhagen, will coordinate the Doctoral Colloquium, and will be joined by colleagues including:
- Nancy Baym, Microsoft Research New England
- Axel Bruns, Queensland University of Technology
- Mia Consalvo, Concordia University
- Charles Ess, Drury University
- Alex Halavais, Arizona State University
- Rasmus Helles, University of Copenhagen
- Annette Markham, Umea University, Sweden
- Michael Zimmer, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
(Others to be announced)
Interested students should prepare a two-page summary of their research. This should provide a context for the research, describe the methods being used, the progress to date, and expectations and hopes from the colloquium. Participants will be encouraged to discuss their research problems, methodologies, ethics, and the process of ‘bringing it all together’ in the dissertation.
SUBMISSION/PARTICIPATION Please submit the two-page application by Friday, June 1, 2012 to: Klaus Bruhn Jensen: kbj@hum.ku.dk
Applicants will be notified of acceptance by July 1, 2012. Successful applicants will be asked to prepare a four-page paper on their research and the issues they wish to discuss by August 31, 2012.
