[Air-L] AoIR 2017 Doctoral Colloquium

[Light Ben]

Colleagues,

Submissions for the AoIR 2017 Doctoral Colloquium are now being accepted and are due by 20 May 2017.  The colloquium is being to be held as part of the Association of Internet Researchers annual conference which is being held in Tartu, Estonia – 18-21 October 2017 (https://aoir.org/aoir2017/ ).

The Association of Internet Researchers believes that its emerging researchers are the best in its disparate constituent fields. In keeping with its commitment to students’ scholarship, we continue the tradition of bringing emerging and established scholars together through the #AoIR2017 Doctoral Colloquium. The colloquium offers PhD students working in internet research or related fields a special, day-long forum, to be convened on 18 October 2017. For many years, this pre-conference event has provided students with the opportunity to spend a concentrated amount of time with senior scholars to share research projects, address methodological and theoretical challenges, and exchange informal advice on juggling the multiple pressures associated with job searching, publishing, and finishing the dissertation.

We already have a great line up of mentors including: Andrew Herman (Wilfrid Laurier University - Canada), Sian Lincoln (Liverpool John Moores University - UK), Brady Robards (Monash University - Australia), Jennifer Stromer-Galley (Syracuse University - USA), Jenny Sundén (Södertörn University - Sweden) with more to be added.

Interested students should prepare a) a two-page summary of their research. This should provide a context for the research, describe the methods being used, the progress to date, and primary concerns and issues; and b) a brief statement indicating why they want to participate in this doctoral colloquium and what they hope to get out of it. These are due on or before 20 May 2017 and should be submitted via the conference submission system.  This information, and a link to the submission site can be found here: https://aoir.org/aoir2017/subinfo2017/

For further questions, don’t hesitate to contact the doctoral colloquium chairs at aoir2017dc [at] aoir [dot] org.

Very best wishes,

Ben Light (University of Salford) and Susanna Paasonen (University of Turku)
Doctoral Colloquium Chairs – AoIR 2017.