[Air-L] PhD scholarship in Digital Platform Regulation

[Terry Flew]

QUT PhD Scholarship in Digital Platform Regulation

This is a unique opportunity for a PhD student to work with a world-leading team on a major Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project, The Platform Governance Project: Rethinking Internet Regulation as Media Policy. 

The project is led by researchers in the QUT Digital Media Research Centre, working in collaboration with an international team including University of Sydney, Duke University, and the University of Salzburg. You will be working with internationally renowned researchers such as Professor Terry Flew (current President of the International Communication Association) and Professor Nicolas Suzor (ARC DECRA Fellow). 

We are seeking a PhD candidate whose work can situate digital platform companies in the shifting political economy of digital media, with particular reference to the changing nature of media industries and markets, issues around content governance, and the turn towards greater regulation of digital platforms as global tech giants increasingly dominate the internet. 

You must have:
•	Completion of Masters qualification or equivalent higher qualification in Media & Communications, Law, or other relevant social science discipline (e.g. economics, political science);
•	Received first-class honours (H1) in fields as listed above.

You will receive:
a living allowance for 3.5 years indexed annually ($A27,496 in 2019). This scholarship can be used to support living costs.
a total of $A3,000 (over a 3.5 year period) to support other related research costs.
additional research support for the attendance of conferences, symposia, industry events, and other activities related to the ARC Discovery-Project. 

Applicants are advised to follow the required scholarship submission guidelines available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/research/annual-scholarship-round.

For more information on the Digital Media Research Centre and the Creative Industries Faculty go to https://research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/ 
and https://www.qut.edu.au/creative-industries/about

See also ‘DMRC Research Training’:  https://research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/research-training/


For further information on this exciting opportunity, in the first instance please contact Professor Terry Flew (t.flew at qut.edu.au). 

This scholarship will close on 30th September 2019.

Terry Flew
Professor of Communication and Creative Industries; Creative Industries Faculty <https://www.qut.edu.au/creative-industries>, Queensland University of Technology
Building z6 Room 501, Creative Industries Precinct, Musk Avenue, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 4059 | Phone: 61-7-3138 8188; Email: t.flew at qut.edu.au
LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/terryflew/>  | Twitter <@terryflew123> | ORCID ID <http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4485-9338> | Skype <https://join.skype.com/invite/EV4aOKzYmOad>
President and Fellow, International Communication Association <https://www.icahdq.org/default.aspx>. 
 
Chief Investigator, Platform Governance: Rethinking Internet Regulation as Media Policy <https://research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/projects/platform-governance/>, Australian Research Council Discovery-Project (DP190100222), 2019-2021
 
Recent Books:
Willing Collaborators: Foreign Partners in Chinese Media <https://www.rowmaninternational.com/book/willing_collaborators/3-156-0f834773-971c-45f8-a86c-8d86ebfbb512> – with Michael Keane and Brian Yecies (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018).
 Understanding Global Media <https://www.amazon.com.au/Understanding-Global-Media-Terry-Flew/dp/1137446544/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1520363062&sr=1-1&keywords=Terry+Flew> (Palgrave, 2018)
 Recent articles:
Flew, Terry, Ryan, Mark D., and Su, Chunmeizi (2019), Culture, communication and hybridity: the case of The Rap of China <https://www-tandfonline-com.ezp01.library.qut.edu.au/doi/full/10.1080/17447143.2019.1621322>, Journal of Multicultural Discourses, 14(2), 91-106. 
Flew, Terry (2019) Guarding the gatekeepers: trust, truth, and digital platforms <https://griffithreview.com/articles/guarding-gatekeepers-trust-truth-digital-platforms/>, Griffith Review 64, pp. 94-103. 
Flew, Terry, Martin, Fiona & Suzor, Nicolas (2019) Internet regulation as media policy: Rethinking the question of digital communication platform governance <https://www-ingentaconnect-com.ezp01.library.qut.edu.au/contentone/intellect/jdmp/2019/00000010/00000001/art00005>, Journal of Digital Media and Policy 10(1), pp. 33-50. 
Flew, Terry (2019) From policy to curriculum: drivers of the growth in creative industries courses in the UK and Australia <https://www-tandfonline-com.ezp01.library.qut.edu.au/doi/full/10.1080/17510694.2019.1583036>, Creative Industries Journal, 12(2), 167-84. 
Flew, Terry (2019) Digital communication, the crisis of trust, and the post-global <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22041451.2019.1561394>, Communication Research and Practice 5(1), pp. 4-22.  
Flew, Terry & Suzor, Nicolas (2018) Global media industries and media policy <https://eprints.qut.edu.au/121480/>. In Deuze, Mark & Prenger, Mirjam (Eds.) Making Media. Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, pp. 159-170.
Flew, Terry (2018) Platforms on trial <http://www.iicom.org/intermedia/intermedia-july-2018/platforms-on-trial>. Intermedia, 46(2), pp. 24-29.
Full collection of Terry Flew publications here <https://eprints.qut.edu.au/view/person/Flew,_Terry.html>. My most recent scholarly works can be found on SSRN <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1881249>. 
 
CRICOS No: 00213J
 
In keeping with the spirit of Reconciliation, I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands where QUT now stands – the Turubul and Jagera people – and recognise that these have always been places of teaching and learning.