[Asis-l] The Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto invites applicants for entry into our doctoral program in Fall 2015

[Christoph Becker]

The Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto invites outstanding applicants for entry into our 2015-16 doctoral program.  An intellectually diverse and rich environment, the Toronto iSchool is an ideal place to pursue groundbreaking research about information, technology and people.


We welcome applicants who demonstrate intellectual curiosity in any area related to our fields. This year we are particularly keen on hearing from applicants whose interests align with the following research areas:

- Digital Curation

- Information Systems & Design

- Museum Studies

Right in the heart of Toronto, the world's most diverse city, the faculty is located in the center of a thriving campus. This provides an inspiring background to engage in influential research into critically relevant questions that bridge aspects of technology and society, connecting theory and practice.

Faculty and students at the iSchool engage in highly diverse research in the following areas:
- Archives & Records Management
- Critical Information Studies
- Cultural Heritage
- Information Systems, Media & Design
- Knowledge Management & Information Management
- Library & Information Science
- Philosophy of Information
- Museum Studies

Our doctoral students come from a wide range of scholarly and professional fields to work with faculty from backgrounds matched to their specific research interests in terms of subject matter expertise and complementary knowledge.
The iSchool is home to several interdisciplinary research clusters and institutes such as the Digital Curation Institute (http://dci.ischool.utoronto.ca<http://dci.ischool.utoronto.ca/>), the Knowledge Media Design Institute (http://kmdi.utoronto.ca<http://kmdi.utoronto.ca/>), and Semaphore (http://semaphore.utoronto.ca<http://semaphore.utoronto.ca/>). You can find more information about the labs and institutes at http://ischool.utoronto.ca/institutes-labs You can learn more about the doctoral program and application process at: http://www.ischool.utoronto.ca/phd-admissions

We encourage prospective applicants to contact directly faculty members whose research aligns with their interests.
Please reach out to the Director of Doctoral Studies Leslie Shade, at leslie.shade at utoronto.ca<mailto:leslie.shade at utoronto.ca>, with questions about the program.
For general questions and enquiries please contact admissions.ischool at utoronto.ca<mailto:admissions.ischool at utoronto.ca>



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Prof Christoph Becker
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto
Director, Digital Curation Institute, University of Toronto
Senior Scientist, Vienna University of Technology
http://dci.ischool.utoronto.ca
http://benchmark-dp.org
https://twitter.com/ChriBecker

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