[ecrea] Fully-funded PhD studentships for ERC project DATAJUSTICE

/2 fully-funded PhD studentships to work on the ERC Starting Grant 
DATAJUSTICE at Cardiff's School of Journalism, Media and Cultural 
Studies. Candidates will be part of the recently established Data 
Justice Lab (a further post-doc position in computer science and a 
post-doc position focused on law/policy will be advertised soon). /

The project DATAJUSTICE explores the meaning of social justice in an age 
of datafication.

It is premised on two significant developments:

 1. the shift to a focus on the collection and processing of massive
    amounts of data across social life
 2. the increasing concern with the societal implications of such 
processes.

Whilst initial concern with the technical ability to ‘datafy’ and 
collect information on ever-more social activity focused on surveillance 
and privacy, increasing emphasis is being placed on the fact that data 
processes are not ‘flat’ and do not implicate everyone in the same way, 
but, rather, are part of a system of ‘social sorting’, creating new 
categories of citizens, and premised on an emerging order of ‘have’ and 
‘have nots’ between data profilers and data subjects. In such a context, 
questions of social justice and datafication require detailed study. 
This project frames this research agenda around the notion of ‘data 
justice’.

The project will focus on developments in Europe and will combine the 
study of technical systems with the study of practices, experiences and 
policy frameworks in different contexts. It is principally concerned 
with examining the impacts of datafication on marginalized communities 
and implications for social and economic rights.

Projects should particularly engage with developments in Europe 
concerning data systems and algorithmic decision-making in relation to 
one or a combination of the following areas:

  * governance of refugees and migrants
  * hiring and management of low-wage work
  * discrimination in law enforcement and policing.

European Research Council (ERC) <https://erc.europa.eu/> studentships 
are highly competitive. You should hold a 1st or strong upper 2nd class 
Master’s or equivalent degree in one of the following disciplines: 
sociology, media and communication, politics, international relations, 
development studies, criminology, industrial relations or related 
disciplines.

Experience working with social justice issues and marginalized 
communities will also be considered, and applicants with such 
backgrounds are especially encouraged to apply.

Deadline for applications: October 20th, 2017

Interview date: November 8th, 2017

Start date: February 1st, 2018

Apply here: 
https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/funding-and-fees/view/erc-phd-in-journalism-studies-data-justice-understanding-datafication-in-relation-to-social-justice-datajustice 


For queries, please contact the Principal Investigator, Dr Lina Dencik 
((DencikL /at/ cardiff.ac.uk))

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Dr Lina Dencik
Senior Lecturer / Director MA Journalism, Media and Communication
Co-Director, Data Justice Lab
School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
Bute Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3NB
Email: (DencikL /at/ cardiff.ac.uk) <mailto:(DencikL /at/ cardiff.ac.uk)>, Tel: +44 
(0)29 208 75461
Twitter: @LinaDencik
Fellow, Center for Media, Data and Society, Central European University


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