[Air-L] OPEN PhD Positions @SCIUX in mHealth, UX and Internationalisation and Interaction Design for the Workplace

[Jose Abdelnour-Nocera]

The Sociotechnical Centre for Internationalisation and User Experience
(SCIUX) is inviting PhD research proposals in the areas of mHealth, User
experience and Internationalisation, and Interaction Design for the
Workplace.

The topic titles are:

-HCI should not be WEIRD! Replicating Studies across Countries and Cultures

-Sociotechnical design of mHealth applications in resource-constrained
environments

-Interaction Design for the Workplace

 
 
Applications are invited from UK and EU students.

(Non-EU candidates can apply to study any of these PhD topics with us if
they are externally funded for their fees and stipend).

Starting Date: 1 September 2013.
 

The Graduate Scholars will register as full-time MPhil/PhD students in one
of the above strategic priority areas and will teach
up to six hours per week (seminars, tutorials, marking and assisting in
monitoring the academic progress of students).

The Scholarship will offer:

 
* MPhil/PhD fee waiver at the home/EU rate (scholarship only open to UK/EU
students);

 
* Tax-free stipend of £7000 per annum;

 
* Support,subject to satisfactory performance and academic progress, for
three years.

For more information about the subject areas of these PhD positions and
candidate profiles, please visit the link below:

https://soc.uwl.ac.uk/~sciux/news/

please contact Dr. Jose Abdelnour Nocera on
jose.abdelnour-nocera at uwl.ac.uk for further informal queries on the
research topics.

For further information about the Graduate Scholarships, please email
researchdegrees at uwl.ac.uk indicating the area in which you are
interested. You will then be sent details of the specific projects
available including the entry criteria for each project and details of the
application process.


Last date for enquiries: Friday 21 June 2013

Closing date for applications: Sunday 30 June 2013



Dr. José Abdelnour Nocera
Reader in Sociotechnical Design
Institute for Practice and Interdisciplinary Research (INSPIRE)
Head of  Sociotechnical Centre for Internationalisation and User Experience
University of West London
St Mary¹s Road, Ealing ­ London W5 5RF
https://soc.uwl.ac.uk/~jabdelno