[Air-L] ESRC-funded PhD studentship on the ‘Relating to Data through Visualisation’ PhD Network

[Helen Kennedy]

*Please forward to potential candidates*


We are seeking an excellent candidate to join the ‘Relating to Data through
Visualisation’ PhD network. The PhD studentship is funded by the ESRC
through the White Rose Doctoral Training Centre (WRDTC). The network
consists of three PhD projects:

·      *Developing** visualisation** literacy* (based at The University of
Sheffield)

·      *Engaging diverse users in** visualisation** design and evaluation*
(based at The University of York)

·      *Measuring visualisation engagement* (based at The University of
Leeds)

We are seeking to recruit a student for the third project, *Measuring
Visualisation Engagement* (based at The University of Leeds). The project
will build on Seeing Data research (seeingdata.org), which experimented
with capturing responses to visualisations through automated processes (
http://seeingdata.org/understandingdata-visualisations/
rate-these-visualisations/). The project will advance these experiments to
develop an open source application which aims to support visualisation
evaluation. Through this process, it will address questions relating to how
data-generating systems make and shape the data that they produce and the
role of measurement in contemporary culture.

The ‘Relating to Data through Visualisation’ Network aims to develop new
knowledge about how people relate to data through their visualisation, the
narratives and meanings people attach to visualisations and the potential
understanding produced by them. It is led by Professor Helen Kennedy of the
University of Sheffield and supported by award-winning visualisation
agencies Visualising Data (http://www.visualisingdata.com/) and Clever
Franke (https://www.cleverfranke.com/), active participants in network
activities. For more information about the network visit:
http://seeingdata.org/relating-data-visualisation/

The supervisors for the *Measuring Visualisation Engagement* PhD are Dr
Chris Birchall from the University of Leeds and Professor Paul Clough from
the University of Sheffield.

*Studentship details*:

·      The PhD studentship covers UK/EU academic fees and a tax-free
maintenance grant paid at standard Research Council rates (£14,296 in
Session 2016/17) for full-time study, together with other allowances if
appropriate

·      EU applicants will be eligible for an award paying tuition fees
only, except in exceptional circumstances, or where residency has been
established for more than 3 years prior to the start of the course

*Application details*:

·      Applicants should possess an Upper Second Class Honours Degree and
preferably a Masters Degree

·      Applicants must first submit the relevant study application form(s)
and be in receipt of a Student ID Number (see http://media.leeds.ac.uk/pg/ph
d/apply/)

·      Applicants must then complete the University’s ESRC WR DTC
Studentship Application Form
<http://www.leeds.ac.uk/rsa/postgraduate_scholarships/ESRCAppForm16>. This
should be returned to pg_scholarships at leeds.ac.uk by 20 November 2016

·      Please contact Chris Birchall on c.t.birchall at leeds.ac.uk to express
an interest or to request more information about entry requirements and how
to apply

·      Deadline: 20/11/2016; interviews during the week commencing 21st
November

·      Start date: 1/1/2017


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Professor Helen Kennedy, Chair in Digital Society
Department of Sociological Studies / Faculty of Social Sciences
Elmfield, Northumberland Road
Sheffield S10 2TU
T: 0114 2226488
E: h.kennedy at sheffield.ac.uk

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