[Commlist] PhD funding to research the challenge of delivering equitable provision of future media in the context of growing digital inequalities.

*PhD funding to research the challenge of delivering equitable provision 
of future media in the context of growing digital inequalities.*

The University of Liverpool and BBC R&D are offering a 4-year full-time 
EPSRC/BBC funded PhD studentship, to start in October 2022. Funding 
covers fees and provides a £16,062 annual living allowance plus a £5,000 
training and development support budget.

The successful applicant will research the challenge of delivering 
equitable provision of future media in the context of growing digital 
inequalities.

Data-centric technologies, including AI, are at the centre of the BBC 
technology and innovation plan and will transform audiences’ experiences 
in the future. However, not everyone has equal access nor the same 
capacity to engage and benefit. People who are excluded are often 
already experiencing social, cultural, and economic marginalisation. As 
part of the BBC’s commitment to universality, this PhD will contribute 
to understanding digital inclusion in a data-driven society.  The PhD 
will undertake research to that can support technology policies and 
strategies that will address individual’s and household’s ‘digital 
living standards’.

https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/research-themes/digital/minimum-digital-living-standard/ 
<https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/research-themes/digital/minimum-digital-living-standard/>

https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-and-social-sciences/research/research-themes/centre-for-digital-humanities/projects/digital-living-standard/ 
<https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-and-social-sciences/research/research-themes/centre-for-digital-humanities/projects/digital-living-standard/>

It will sit alongside UK studies led by the University of Liverpool 
exploring digital inclusion and digital lived experience.  We are 
looking for candidates with a good methodological background – 
preferably mixing both quantitative and qualitative methods.  
Disciplinary backgrounds may vary across social sciences – Media & 
Communications, Sociology, HCI, Information Studies, Politics or related 
disciplines.

The student will be supervised by Professor Simeon Yates at the 
University of Liverpool and Dr Rhianne Jones from BBC R&D (based in 
Salford’s Media City and Central London).

The studentship is part of a wider multidisciplinary cohort of four 
industrial PhD projects: /Designing for All/ (BBC R&D blogpost) 
<https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2022-03-phd-research-fund-public-service-digital-equality-designing-for-all> There 
will be opportunity to conduct research at the BBC, and to collaborate 
with the other students in the cohort. In addition to PhD fees and a 
generous enhanced stipend, the studentship also covers travel, research 
costs and equipment.**

**

*The Person*

This is a multidisciplinary research challenge. We are keen to receive 
applications from people from Sociology, Media & Communications, HCI, 
Information Studies, Politics or related disciplines or with relevant 
professional experience. Key areas of interest are:

  * digital media; social and digital inequalities; digital inclusion;
    data-driven technologies; value-sensitive design; responsive
    innovation; public service media
  * quantitative and qualitative methods; co-production; participatory
    design; deliberative inquiry; speculative design; prototyping.

The successful applicant should have the equivalent of a UK a first 
class or high upper second class honours degree and preferably a Masters 
or comparable professional experience.

A key aim of this cohort-based studentship is to develop future research 
leaders with experience of working in multidisciplinary teams and across 
academic and industry contexts. Candidates should expect to learn new, 
cross-disciplinary skills, including those related to empirical research 
design, data science/analysis and cutting-edge technology.

*How to Apply*

Applications should be submitted via the Postgraduate Online Application 
systemhttps://www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research/how-to-apply/ 
<https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research/how-to-apply/>

*Important: When completing the form please ensure the following:*

Under Programme Applied For select: *Communications and Media - Doctor 
in Philosophy (PhD)*

Under Finance select: *Studentship *and put “*Reference BBC iCase 
award*” as the type of studentship.

Applications should be accompanied by a personal statement of no more 
than two pages describing:

  * Your research interests, a central question for this project and an
    indicative methodology
  * Your experience to date that makes you suitable for this
    studentship, and what you would learn through this opportunity
  * the impact you hope to make through working with us on this project.

Applicants applying for more than one of the ‘/Designing for All’ 
/studentships should indicate this in their personal statement.

*For queries about the application process: *(pgarts /at/ liverpool.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(pgarts /at/ liverpool.ac.uk)>**

*For further Information about the PhD: *Prof.**Simeon Yates 
((simeon.yates /at/ liverpool.ac.uk) <mailto:(simeon.yates /at/ liverpool.ac.uk)>) or 
Dr Rhianne Jones ((Rhia.Jones /at/ bbc.co.uk) <mailto:(Rhia.Jones /at/ bbc.co.uk)>).**

Interviews will take place in late July 2022

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