[ecrea] Relating to data through visualisation: three funded PhD studentships in the UK

Subject: Relating to data through visualisation: three funded PhD
studentships in the UK
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Deadline for applications: 5^th March 2016.*

*Start date: October 2016.*

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/Relating To Data: understanding data through visualisation/ is a
network of three funded PhD studentships which focuses on how people
relate to data through their visualisation, the narratives and meanings
people attach to visualisations and the potential understanding produced
by them. The successful candidates will be located at one of the
universities of Leeds, Sheffield or York, depending on the studentship
for which they apply (see below). The network brings together
supervisors with expertise in data visualisation, big data/data power
and user-centred digital design with two world-leading and award-winning
data visualisation agencies, Clever-Franke
(https://www.cleverfranke.com/) and Visualising Data
(http://www.visualisingdata.com/). As such it provides exciting
opportunities for three PhD students interested in the social scientific
study of data in society.

The network is funded by the UK’s ESRC (Economic and Social Research
Council) WRDTC (White Rose Doctoral Training Centre). As such, it is
only open to UK and EU nationals. Applicants who have been resident in
the UK for three years prior to the start date will be eligible for a
fees + maintenance award; applicants not resident in the UK for the
three years prior to the start date will be eligible for a fees only award.

*Studentship topic 1: */Developing Visualisation Literacy. /

  * Principal Supervisor: Helen Kennedy, Department of Sociological
    Studies, University of Sheffield.
  * Co-Supervisor: Alex Hall, Department of Politics, University of York

*To apply: *https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/postgradapplication/**

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*Studentship topic 2: */Engaging Diverse Users in Visualisation
Production and Evaluation/.


  * Principal Supervisor: David Beer, Department of Sociology,
    University of York.
  * Co-Supervisor: Rosemary Lucy Hill, Department of Sociology and
    Social Policy, University of Leeds

*To apply:
*https://www.york.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/fees-funding/research/esrc/***


Studentship topic 3: */Measuring Visualisation Engagement.**///

  * Principal Supervisor: Christopher Birchall, School of Media and
    Communications, University of Leeds.
  * Co-Supervisor: Paul Clough, Information School, University of Sheffield

*To apply:
*http://www.leeds.ac.uk/rsa/postgraduate_scholarships/ESRCWRDTCNetworkProjectForm-BirchallC**

For more information about the network and the studentships, visit
http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/socstudies/prospt/ppr/scholarships/datanetworkorcontact 

the academic lead,**Helen Kennedy, for more information.




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Professor Helen Kennedy
Department of Sociological Studies / Faculty of Social Sciences
Elmfield, Northumberland Road
Sheffield S10 2TU
E: (h.kennedy /at/ sheffield.ac.uk) <mailto:(h.kennedy /at/ sheffield.ac.uk)>


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