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[ecrea] PhD summer school on the Political Economy of ICT

Thu Mar 24 14:25:48 GMT 2011


The sixth PhD summer school on 'The Political Economy of Information and Communication Technologies'

*Dates*: 16-21 August 2011

*Place*: Skagen, Denmark

*Organizer*: Center for Communication, Media and Information technologies (CMI), Aalborg University, Denmark

*Deadline for registration*: 15 May 2011

*Information and registration*: http://phdsummerschool.nordict.aau.dk


 Topic: New architectures and value configurations

During the past couple of decades, telecommunications, IT and the media have gone through fundamental changes technologically, economically and politically resulting in new challenges and crossroads. Convergence of telecommunications, IT and the media has reached a stage where entirely new value configurations are taking shape. The role of users is also changing with the widespread growth of social networks and other user centered and user generated applications.

Among the outstanding developments is the increasing focus on platforms not only in a technological sense of the concept but also market-wise. Multi-sided platforms have a long history but have gained prominence with the use of ICT in different business areas. Cloud computing is another important development trend. Cloud computing is not only a 'hot topic' but raises a range of technological, business-oriented and regulatory issues so far only little explored in-depth. Furthermore, the media have witnessed serious challenges regarding their traditional business models and content. This applies to the written media as well as video and audio media.

Such developments raise questions regarding technological architectures as well as value configurations and content and services. The summer school puts focus on these interlinked developments examining the relationships between network issues and business, content and service issues. Attendants to the course will be PhD students with a technology background as well as students with a business or media background.


Specific topics included:

. Convergence of telecommunications, IT and the media

. New technology architectures

. Changing value configurations

. Multi-sided platforms

. Cloud computing

. Social media

. New media business models

. The interrelationships between technology, market developments and regulations

The summer school is organized in cooperation with CTIF (Centre for TeleInFrastructure), the CAMMP project (Converged Advanced Mobile Media Platform), and is part of the activities of the Mobile and Wireless Cluster CWMC (Copenhagen Wireless and Mobile Consortium) located at CMI.


 Aims and objectives

The aim of the course is to refine the level of knowledge of the participating Ph.D. students on the economic and political structures and mechanisms affecting technology development in the information and communication technology (ICT) area. It also considers the impact of implementation and application of ICTs on the economy and broader social developments. It is a course in the political economy of technology development with a disciplinary point of departure in economics and social science. This theme is explored at a company (micro), sectoral (meso) and/or societal (macro) level. This will depend on the specific topics chosen in the course. The course targets Ph.D. students with a technology background combined with an economics and/or social science approach and students with an economics and /or social science background focusing on technology development.


 Lecturers

William H. Melody, Professor, CMI, Aalborg University

Robert Picard, Professor, IMA, Jönköping International Business School

Ramjee Prasad, Professor, CTIF/AAU

Knud Erik Skouby, Professor, CMI

Anders Henten, Professor, CMI

Reza Tadayoni, Associate Professor, CMI


 More Information

For more information please refer to the course web site: http://phdsummerschool.nordict.aau.dk/

Or contact Reza Tadayoni or Anders Henten.

Center for Communication, Media and Information Technologies
Aalborg University
Lautrupvang 1A,
DK-2750 Ballerup,  Denmark

Phones:
+45 9940 2510 (Reza Tadayoni)
+45 9940 2512 (Anders Henten)

E-mails:
(Tadayoni /at/ cmi.aau.dk) <mailto:(Henten /at/ cmi.aau.dk)> (Reza Tadayoni)

(Henten /at/ cmi.aau.dk) <mailto:(Henten /at/ cmi.aau.dk)> (Anders Henten)


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