PhD Studentship

A PhD student is required to research the general area of distributed cognition and organisational memory in a three year funded studentship. Applications are welcomed from students who have (or expect to obtain) at least a good upper second class degree in psychology, cognitive science, computer science, sociology, anthropology or a related discipline. Applicants with a Masters degree will be particularly welcome. The studentship covers a maintenance grant of £8,265 p.a. and tuition fees, with the opportunity of undertaking paid undergraduate teaching. The PhD will be supervised by Dr Mark Perry.   The starting date will be no later than October 1999. A fuller version of the proposal can be found here   Informal enquiries may be made to Mark Perry: Phone:01895 274000 x2395 Mark.Perry@brunel.ac.uk   APPLICATION DETAILS Candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Those interested in applying should send a c.v. including two academic referees, and covering letter to: Mark Perry, DISC, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH, UK. PROJECT SUMMARY The successful applicant will investigate the phenomena of 'organisational memory' through the use of distributed cognition, a technique that allows the analyst to examine the information processing aspects of collaborative and tool mediated work. FURTHER PARTICULARS The aims of this research are primarily to: * further develop distributed cognition as an analytic tool * investigate how organisations construct, use and maintain information; * study the relationship between distributed cognition and 'organisational memory' MORE INFORMATION For further details, applicants are invited to examine the research proposal which can be found at: http://people.brunel.ac.uk/~cssrmjp/grants/brief.html THE DEPARTMENT The Department of Information Systems and Computing at Brunel University is a dynamic, growing department with a commitment to high quality research. We are one of the largest and foremost departments of Information Systems in Europe, with 26 full-time teaching staff and over 500 students in our various programmes. We are also a multi- and inter-disciplinary department. Our belief is that system design should be sensitive to the detailed requirements of the application area, the personal and social contexts of use, and to the engineering required to create robust software. Our focus on application-oriented research aims to create a symbiotic relationship between issues, technique, methods and the uses of software. For more details see the departmental home pages