[Air-l] Doctoral workshop for UK Internet Research students

[Anoush Simon]

[With apologies for cross-posting and to those for whom this is not 
relevant...]

Dear all,

We hope that this workshop will be of interest to UK-based students. Please 
forward to those who you think might be interested - thanks!


Research training residential workshops

*Free places available for doctoral students*


“Quantitative methods for Internet Research”: workshop with Mike Thelwall

6-8th April 2006, University of Wales Aberystwyth, UK

The Department of Information Studies at Aberystwyth is pleased to announce 
the first in a series of training workshops and seminars aimed at research 
students involved in researching Internet use, or using the Internet as a 
tool in their research.

Professor Mike Thelwall, is based at the University of Wolverhampton, and 
is a leading researcher in web bibliometrics and link analysis 
(Webometrics). He has published extensively in these areas.  He will 
introduce students to research techniques for investigating Internet use, 
including link analysis and blog analysis. Attendees will be shown how to 
take advantage of existing online data sources and will also be introduced 
to new specialist research software.

This is an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) -funded workshop 
series which aims to acquaint doctoral researchers with some of the many 
ways that the Internet can be used both as a research tool and as a subject 
of research itself.  PhD students at ANY stage of their research are 
invited to attend – the intention is to provide training, facilitate 
discussion and allow research students from the various Information Studies 
and Information Systems departments in the UK to meet and forge links in an 
informal environment.

Students or early career researchers with an interest in any aspect of 
qualitative or quantitative methodologies are welcome.  The AHRC encourages 
doctoral students to undertake research training throughout their PhD.  As 
such the intention of these workshops is to provide research skills that 
are both transferable and of immediate applicability for new researchers. 
The series is funded with provision from the AHRC to support collaborative 
research training for doctoral students.

Attendance at the workshop is FREE of charge for doctoral students, 
including accommodation and meals, but places are limited. Under the terms 
of the programme, priority will be given to AHRC-funded students but all 
interested students are encouraged to apply.

Attendees will asked to prepare a 5-10 minute presentation of their current 
research (or a poster presentation), in order to facilitate small-group 
discussion and exchange of ideas.

The programme is intended to complement any research training that students 
undertake at their home institution and as such certificates of attendance 
will be provided for all attendees.

Please contact Dr Wendy Shaw (<mailto:wes at aber.ac.uk>wes at aber.ac.uk) or Dr 
Anoush Simon (<mailto:ads at aber.ac.uk>ads at aber.ac.uk)

The attractive seaside town of Aberystwyth is accessible by train, bus and 
road – with easy rail links from Shrewsbury and Birmingham, further 
information about the University of Wales Aberystwyth including travel 
links, can be found at <http://www.aber.ac.uk/>http://www.aber.ac.uk/


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Dr Anoush Simon
Department of Information Studies
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Llanbadarn Fawr
Aberystwyth SY23 3AS

email: ads at aber.ac.uk