[Air-l] Fwd: Vacancy for PhD-researcher (1, 0 fte): ''The Geography and Evolution of the European Internet infrastructure''

[jeremy hunsinger]

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> From: Ragna Zeiss <R.Zeiss at fsw.vu.nl>
> Date: January 20, 2005 9:01:04 AM EST
> To: eurograd at lists.utwente.nl, STSGRAD-L at cornell.edu
> Subject: Vacancy for PhD-researcher (1,0 fte): ''The Geography and 
> Evolution of the European Internet infrastructure''
> Reply-To: R.Zeiss at fsw.vu.nl
>
>
>
> Vacancy for PhD-researcher (1,0 fte)
>
>  ''The Geography and Evolution of the European Internet 
> Infrastructure''
>
>  Job description
>  The project aims to understand why certain Internet nodes have grown 
> out to
>  major European hubs of high-end Internet and other nodes have not. We
>  expect, apart from the traditional determinants of geographical 
> location
>  and population density, that two other factors affect the growth of
>  bandwidth of a node. First, following Barabasi’s evolving network 
> model,
>  the self-reinforcing mechanism of preferential attachment  future
>  connectivity is positively related to current connectivity is 
> important.
>  The time of entry of a location in the Internet will thus affect its
>  current bandwidth. Second, the more a host region is specialised in
>  specific internet-intensive activities (both in academia and 
> industry), the
>  faster its bandwidth grows. The project aims to model these 
> relationships
>  using graph theory, and to estimate the resulting model statistically 
> using
>  data on bandwidth, price (dependent variables), location, population
>  density, year of entry, and specialisation in internet-intensive 
> activities
>  (independent variables) for multiple European countries for the past 
> twenty
>  years. The effect of institutions and policies is also investigated by
>  means of case studies on selected Internet nodes in The Netherlands.
>  The project is financed by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific
>  Research (NWO-NVN). The candidate will become a member of the Urban 
> and
>  Regional research centre Utrecht (URU) and will follow Ph.D. courses
>  provided by NETHUR, ETIC and SIME. The project is a collaborative 
> effort
>  with dr. A. Scharnhorst (KNAW-NIWI) and prof. R. Cowan (MERIT, 
> Maastricht
>  University).
>
>  Qualifications
>  Candidates with a Master’s degree of equivalent (drs.) in geography,
>  transportation studies, economics, sociology, operations research or
>  related discipline, preferably with experience with quantitative 
> research.
>
>  Terms of employment
>  A full-time PhD-position for four years duration. Gross monthly salary
>  increases from € 1.813 in Year 1 to € 2.394 in Year 4. We also offer a
>  pension scheme, a health insurance allowance and flexible employment
>  conditions. Conditions are based on the Collective Employment 
> Agreement of
>  the Dutch Universities and salaries are supplemented with a holiday 
> bonus
>  of 8% per year and a year-end bonus of 2% per year.
>
>  Further details
>  For more information, including the complete research proposal, please
>  contact dr. K. Frenken at k.frenken at geog.uu.nl or (0031) (0)30 253 
> 2466.
>
>  How to apply
>  Applications, including curriculum vitae, a list of referees (with 
> e-mail
>  contact info) and a description of experience relevant to the research
>  project, should be sent before 11th February 2005 to:
>  Utrecht University, Personnel Department, Faculty of Geosciences, 
> Dept. of
>  Human Geography and Urban and Regional Planning, PO Box 80115, 3508 TC
>  Utrecht, The Netherlands, or e-mailed to peno at geog.uu.nl. Please 
> mention
>  where you originally saw our advertisement and quote vacancy number 
> 72025
>  in all communications.
>
>
>
>  Koen Frenken
>
>  Home-page: http://econ.geog.uu.nl/frenken/frenken.html
>  Section of Economic Geography: http://econ.geog.uu.nl
>
>
>
>
Jeremy Hunsinger
Center for Digital Discourse and Culture
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