ERC funded PhD studentship in The social impact and implications of Digital Touch Technologies on Communication

Applications are invited for a PhD studentship linked to the IN-TOUCH: Digital Touch and Communication Project, an exciting new five-year ERC Award led by Professor Carey Jewitt. - https://in-touch-digital.com/. This is a highly innovative project and a commitment to interdisciplinary and innovative ways of researching digital communication across the social sciences and the arts is needed. Applicants’ will examine the social character of touch as it is mediated by digital technologies and its social consequences and impact on how we communicate. We are open to and interested in applicants’ ideas within the scope of the project, for instance a focus on Gender and digital touch communication; Touch communication at a distance; Emotion and digital touch communication.

The form of the doctorate can be either written or practice-related (combining a written thesis with studio/maker practice).
Studentship: Supervisors: Professor Carey Jewitt and Professor Sara Price, UCL Knowledge Lab, University College London.

For application form, eligibility criteria and details of how to apply go to http://ow.ly/AKeJ309fpx2

Closing date for applications by email, 31 May 2017 deadline 12 pm (mid-night) GMT to [Email Address Removed]. For informal inquiries contact Carey at [Email Address Removed]