[Air-L] 2 PhD Scholarships: online social networks and successful ageing

[Robert Ackland]

Two PhD scholarships are available to undertake innovative research
at the Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute (ADSRI) 
under the three-year Australian Research Council-funded project “The 
role of online social networks in successful ageing: benefitting from 
‘who you know’ at older ages”. The project aims to examine the role of 
online social networking in relation to successful ageing as measured 
by (re)partnering, family/social connectedness and informal/voluntary 
economic activity at age 50+. Two key data collection components are 
(1) building a social network site (SNS) for the collection of 
personal profile and social networking data, and (2) online and 
offline surveys on successful ageing, social networks, and 
Internet/SNS use and barriers to use. Areas of research for doctoral 
study include social demography, ageing, longevity, social network 
analysis, and e-Research.

The project will commence in March 2010. Two Australian Postgraduate 
Award Industry (APAI) scholarships of $26140 per annum are available 
for three years. Both students will be based in ADSRI and will be 
supervised by Associate Professor Heather Booth and Dr Robert Ackland. 
  For further details, please contact Dr Robert Ackland 
(robert.ackland at anu.edu.au) or +612 6125 0312

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Dr Robert Ackland
Fellow and Masters Coordinator, Australian Demographic and Social 
Research Institute, The Australian National University

e-mail:   robert.ackland at anu.edu.au
homepage: http://adsri.anu.edu.au/people/robert.php
project:  http://voson.anu.edu.au
ph./fax:  +61 2 6125 0312/+61 2 6125 2992
mail:     Coombs Building, 9
           Canberra, ACT 0200
           AUSTRALIA

Information about the Master of Social Research
(Social Science of the Internet specialisation):
http://adsri.anu.edu.au/study/msr.php
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