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From: "*David Murakami Wood*" <dmw at QUEENSU.CA <mailto:dmw at QUEENSU.CA>>
Date: Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 7:22 AM -0800
Subject: Two funded PhD places at the Surveillance Studies Centre, 
Queen's University
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Two funded PhDs at the Surveillance Studies Centre at Queen's

http://www.sscqueens.org/news/phd-students

Two Scholarships at the PhD level (starting September 2016) are 
available in the Department of Sociology at Queen’s University to work 
on a project, funded through a SSHRC Partnership Grant on “Big Data 
Surveillance” under the supervision of David Lyon and/or David Murakami 
Wood. The project is a multi-disciplinary and comparative analysis of 
the development and impact of big data analytics in many domains: 
security, consumer, health, welfare, electoral, intelligence, employment 
and others. The project is coordinated through the Surveillance Studies 
Centre at Queen’s University.

1. Big Data Surveillance and Security Intelligence.
This PhD would examine some aspect of big data surveillance and Canadian 
(and other) security intelligence services. Candidates with a background 
in Political Sociology, Sociology of Organisations, Socio-legal Studies 
etc. and a particular interest in the study of espionage, the 
intelligence services or political policing, are encouraged to apply.

2. The Technology of Big Data Surveillance
This PhD would focus on sociotechnical aspects of big data surveillance. 
We encourage candidates with a background in Science and Technology 
Studies, Social Studies of Technology, Social Studies of Computing, 
Sociology of Technology, Software Studies etc. with a particular 
interest in algorithms, code and analytics. Although a social science 
approach is essential, a combination of social sciences, computer 
sciences, and practical experience in computing would be desirable.

In either case, candidates should be suitably qualified students with a 
MA (or equivalent) in Sociology or related Social Science discipline, 
and should have theoretical and empirical interests in surveillance 
studies, privacy and civil liberties. We particularly value professional 
experience in human rights, civil liberties and the regulation of 
surveillance and privacy and are prepared to consider professional 
experience alongside standard academic qualifications.

Students will be funded through a combination of fellowship, research 
assistance, and teaching assistance funds, to a value of at least 
$20,000 CDN a year for four years (if accepted into our program, any 
student who is a Canadian resident will also get a Queen’s Graduate 
Award of $5,000).

In coming to the Department of Sociology at Queen’s, doctoral students 
will be joining a strong and supportive PhD program based in a 
department that values excellence in research and teaching. In addition 
to regular teaching assistant training and support, students will have 
other opportunities for professional development, such as research 
training, support for conference presentations and workshop 
participation, and field research support. Students will also be a part 
of the Surveillance Studies Centre, with a vibrant intellectual 
community, including bi-weekly seminars, ad hoc reading groups, 
occasional public lectures, conferences and workshops.

Applicants must apply for the PhD program in the Department of Sociology 
and specify their interest in working on this project. The deadline for 
full consideration for the program is 1st February 2016.

Informal enquiries should be made to David Lyon lyond at queensu.ca and/or 
David Murakami Wood dmw at queensu.ca.
Please also see details of graduate student work at the Surveillance 
Studies Centre: http://www.sscqueens.org/

http://www.sscqueens.org/news/phd-students

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