CALL FOR APPLICATIONS TO THE RESEARCH FELLOWS PROGRAM AT THE INTERNET INTERDISCIPLINARY INSTITUTE OF THE OPEN UNIVERSITY OF CATALONIA IN BARCELONA.

 

RESEARCH FELLOWS Location: SPAIN Salary: N/A Contract term: temporary 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 e-learning. 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 January 7th, 2009, and will refer to the calendar year 2009. Contact at: fellows_in3@uoc.edu 2077778-01 http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/jobs_jobdetails.asp?source=jobalert&ac=61759