PhD Studentships, City University London Closing date: 2nd March 2009 http://www.city.ac.uk/research/resdev/studentships.html City University London is inviting applications for 10 full-time, three-year PhD studentships. Applications are welcome from candidates wishing to undertake research in any of the University's academic areas including Human-Computer Interaction and will be awarded on a competitive basis. Each studentship will provide a three-year tutition fee waiver and a bursary of 14,000 pounds per annum. Whilst applications to undertake research in any area of HCI are welcome, applications in the following areas are of particular interest: - Theories and empirical studies of collaborative work in healthcare and other socio-technical systems - Social aspects of computing, e.g. studying and modeling human behaviour in 3D virtual worlds and computer games (such as SecondLife and World of Warcraft) - HCI and Information Seeking: designing systems to help users find information more easily (search engines and digital libraries) - Mobile HCI: design and evaluation of novel interactions using mobile devices and services - Technology-enhanced learning and usability; fun and engagement with learning technologies - Usability and user experience; evaluating use and usability off the desktop - Creativity in design HCI research at City University London is located within the Centre for HCI Design (HCID), in the School of Informatics. HCID is a leader in HCI and Requirements research with a strong record of journal and conference publications. More information about our work can be found at http://hcid.soi.city.ac.uk Informal enquiries about HCI studentship applications should be directed to Stephanie Wilson ([log in to unmask]); completed applications should be sent to Robin Syred [log in to unmask] by the deadline of the 2nd March 2009. --------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send an empty email to mailto:[log in to unmask] For further details of CHI lists see http://sigchi.org/listserv ---------------------------------------------------------------