[ecrea] Urban Data PhD Scholarship at Melbourne Uni

A PhD scholarship for research in the field of urban data is available 
through the Melbourne Networked Society Institute at the University of 
Melbourne.


Cities around the world increasingly deploy varied and multiple data 
streams — from apps on user-devices to distributed sensor networks — in 
order to inform better settings for service provision and resource use. 
This scholarship is available for a student investigating existing and 
emergent urban data practices in the context of contemporary smart city 
agendas.  The research will focus on new opportunities for citizen 
engagement and the development of new models of planning and governance. 
  Additionally, the research will address conceptual and practical 
challenges concerning practices of data acquisition and utilisation, 
including growing concerns around the effect of growing surveillance and 
the impact on privacy.

Details about applying are available at:

http://networkedsociety.unimelb.edu.au/research/opportunities/urban-data-phd-scholarship 


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Dr. Scott McQuire,
Associate Professor and Reader,
Media and Communication Program,
School of Culture and Communication,
University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia.

E: (mcquire /at/ unimelb.edu.au) <mailto:(mcquire /at/ unimelb.edu.au)>
W: www.public-cultures.unimelb.edu.au

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