[Air-L] Researcher position at the Oxford Internet Institute - mapping the geographies of the Internet

[Mark Graham]

Dear Colleagues,

We are hiring a full-time
Researcher<http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/newpositions/#p25>to work
with Dr Mark Graham on a project to study and map the Geographies
of the Internet. This is an exciting role in which the researcher will both
gather and analyse a range of Internet-related data and develop innovative
and beautiful ways to visualise them.

It is important to understand who produces and reproduces, who has access
to, and who  and where are represented by information in our contemporary
knowledge economy. Building on existing work conducted at the Oxford
Internet Institute, this project proposes a comprehensive mapping of
contemporary geographies of the Internet using both primary and secondary
data (examples of data that we propose to map include geographies of
academic journals, intellectual property imports vs. exports, patents,
Wikipedia edits and contributions, networks of Twitter mentions and
followers, Facebook users, information takedown requests, contested
articles in Wikipedia, content indexed in Google etc.).

Candidates should have a keen interest in the geographies of the Internet,
a passion for visualising and disseminating results, and an exemplary
record of creative activity or scholarly research. The successful applicant
will demonstrate an ability to collect online data with scripting tools,
analyse large datasets with GIS tools, and visualise results in both static
and interactive formats.

We welcome applications from candidates who are additionally keen to design
a future research programme in Internet Geographies in order to extend the
position. Based at the Oxford Internet Institute, this position is
available immediately for 12 months in the first instance, with the
possibility of renewal thereafter funding permitting.

For more details, please check out the application link and related job
description and selection criteria:
https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=105781

Please pass this ad along to anyone you know who may be interested, and
feel free to get in touch with any questions about the position. The
deadline is Jan 9.

Thanks,
Mark
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Dr. Mark Graham

Research Fellow
Director of Research
Oxford Internet Institute
University of Oxford

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