[Commlist] QUT PhD scholarship in Digital Platform Regulation

*QUT PhD Scholarship in Digital Platform Regulation*

**

This is a unique opportunity for a PhD student to work with a 
world-leading team on a major Australian Research Council (ARC) 
Discovery Project,***The Platform Governance Project: Rethinking 
Internet Regulation as Media Policy*.

The project is led by researchers in theQUT Digital Media Research 
Centre <https://research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/>, working in collaboration 
with an international team including University of Sydney, Duke 
University, and the University of Salzburg. You will be working with 
internationally renowned researchers such as Professor Terry Flew 
(current President of the International Communication Association) and 
Professor Nicolas Suzor (ARC DECRA Fellow).

We are seeking a PhD candidate whose work can situate digital platform 
companies in the shifting political economy of digital media, with 
particular reference to the changing nature of media industries and 
markets, issues around content governance, and the turn towards greater 
regulation of digital platforms as global tech giants increasingly 
dominate the internet.

You must have:

•          Completion of Masters qualification or equivalent higher 
qualification in Media & Communications, Law, or other relevant social 
science discipline (e.g. economics, political science);

•          Received first-class honours (H1) in fields as listed above.

You’ll receive:

  * a living allowance for 3 ½ years indexed annually ($A27,496 in
    2019). This scholarship can be used to support living costs.
  * a total of $A3,000 (over a 3 ½ year period) to support other related
    research costs.
  * additional research support for the attendance of conferences,
    symposia, industry events, and other activities related to the ARC
    Discovery-Project.

Applicants are advised to follow the required scholarship submission 
guidelines available 
at:https://www.qut.edu.au/research/annual-scholarship-round.

For more information on the Digital Media Research Centre and the 
Creative Industries Faculty go tohttps://research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/ and 
https://www.qut.edu.au/creative-industries/about 
<https://research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/%20and%20https:/www.qut.edu.au/creative-industries/about>

See also ‘DMRC Research Training’ 
<https://research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/research-training/>:

For further information on this exciting opportunity, in the first 
instance please contact Professor Terry (Flewt.flew /at/ qut.edu.au) 
<mailto:(t.flew /at/ qut.edu.au)>

This scholarship will close on 30th September 2019.


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