[Jobs] barcelona

[jeremy hunsinger]

Call for Applications to the Research Fellows Program at the Internet  
Interdisciplinary Institute of the Open University of Catalonia, in  
Barcelona.

The Open University of Catalonia (UOC) is a 100% Internet-based, fully  
accredited University operating from Barcelona and serving over 40,000  
students worldwide, including a selective group of students enrolled  
in a PhD Program on the Information and Knowledge Society. The  
Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) is the research institute  
of the UOC and conducts frontier research on the interaction between  
information and communication technologies, society, economy, and  
culture. The IN3 is located in Barcelona and is led by Professor  
Manuel Castells, jointly with a distinguished faculty.

The IN3 is offering Senior Research Fellowship positions for  
outstanding researchers from around the world to spend periods between  
3 and 12 months at the Institute in Barcelona, to work on their  
research interests and to interact with the researchers and doctoral  
students of the IN3. In 2009 the call refers specifically to  
researchers focusing on the field of empirical research on Social  
Media / Online Communities. Priority will be given to those applicants  
connecting research and innovation. The working language of the  
Institute is English. Fellowships are limited and granted on a  
competitive basis. Interested applicants should first contact by email  
the IN3 office to receive information on the application procedure and  
conditions offered by the fellowship, including compensation. The call  
will be open until November 15th 2009, and will refer to the calendar  
year 2010.


Contact at: fellows_in3 at uoc.edu