[Air-L] Thanks and PhD Scholarships

[Larissa Hjorth]

Dear Air-L
Firstly, thanks again to Ben and Feona for what was an absolutely wonderful
conference!

Secondly, RMIT University and YAWCRC (www.yawcrc.org.au) have two PhD
Scholarships focusing on youth, media innovation and wellbeing. Please see
below and attached for information. The deadline is REALLY soon.

Many thanks
Larissa


*Two 3-year PhD Scholarships available at RMIT University:*

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*A. 3-year PhD Scholarship: Mobile game development for young people’s
emotional wellbeing (Games of Being Social)*

School of Media and Communication, RMIT University Australia



This three-year scholarship is for a PhD candidate who will contribute to
the fieldwork for a participatory design/ethnographic study of mobile
gaming and design with young people. The candidate will also conduct
literature reviews around mobile media, gaming and young people for the
Young And Well Cooperative Research Centre (YAWCRC). S/he will spend at
least 12 months over the three years of candidature documenting, archiving
and analysing mobile gaming practices contributing to a study of mobile
game development for young people’s emotional wellbeing. As a discrete case
study, the PhD candidate will participate in and contribute to a recently
funded Young and Well CRC Project “Technologies for Supportive Communities”.



Eligible candidates will have a BA, BA with Honours or MA/MSC in Games
Studies/Game Design, Communication, Science and Technology Studies, Media
Studies, Cultural Studies or other related discipline. Applicants must meet
the eligibility requirements for an Australian Postgraduate Award (APA).
The Scholarship, which covers tuition, fees, a small top-up stipend, and
other research expenses, will begin in March 2013. Initial expressions of
interest should be sent to Associate Professor Larissa Hjorth at
larissa.hjorth at rmit.edu.au



Please note that all applicants will need to apply for, and be accepted to,
the PhD program in Media and Communication at RMIT University. The
application deadline is 31 October 2012:
http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=bw6o1u84scql1





*B. 3-year PhD Scholarship: Supportive Online Connections for Young People*

School of Media and Communication, RMIT University Australia

Over a three-year period, the PhD candidate will contribute to the
fieldwork for a study of online communities and social networking used by
young people. The candidate will also conduct literature reviews around
social media, online communities, and young people’s mental health and
wellbeing for the Young And Well Cooperative Research Centre (YAWCRC). S/he
will spend at least 12 months over the three years of candidature
documenting and analysing social media practices that lead to good mental
health and wellbeing. Through this research, the PhD candidate will
participate in, and contribute to, a Young and Well Cooperative Research
Centre funded project called “Technologies for Supportive Communities”.

Eligible candidates will have a BA, BA with Honours or MA/MSC in
Communication, Psychology, Anthropology, Sociology, Science and Technology
Studies, Informatics, Media Studies or other related discipline.
Applications utilising ethnographic/participatory design or social science
methodologies are encouraged. Applicants must meet the eligibility
requirements for an Australian Postgraduate Award (APA). The Scholarship,
which covers tuition, fees, a small top-up stipend, and other research
expenses, will begin by March 2013. Initial expressions of interest should
be sent to Dr Jenny Robinson at jenny.robinson at rmit.edu.au

Please note that all applicants will need to apply for and be accepted to
the PhD program in Media and Communication at RMIT University. The application
deadline <http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=bw6o1u84scql1> is 31 October
2012.

About the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University:

RMIT University has a long and distinguished history of applied and
theoretical media research, with our doctoral graduates positioned
throughout the sector. Formed in 2009, the School of Media and
Communication supports research across a number of sub-fields in media and
communications, which allows for both discrete disciplinary excellence and
interdisciplinary interventions. Our researchers were ranked above world
standard in our fields in the recent ERA round (achieving a 4 ranking in
2001 FoR code). The new School has a total staff of over 200, an academic
staff of 128, and 107 HDR candidates (80 PhDs & 27 Masters). In addition,
the School has two APDs, a QEII, three Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research
Fellows, a VC Fellow, and an Early Career fellow. The School also supports
a top academic journal, *Communication, Politics and Culture* (previously
ranked A through ERA) and a series of Centres, Groups and Labs (including
the Digital Ethnography Research Centre and the Communication, Politics and
Culture Centre), the Games and Experimental Entertainment Lab (GeeLab), the
Exertion Games Lab, the Creative Writing Group and others.