2 PhD Scholarships: online social networks and successful ageing

Two PhD scholarships are available to undertake innovative research
at the Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute (ADSRI) under the three-year Australian Research Council-funded project “The role of online social networks in successful ageing: benefitting from ‘who you know’ at older ages”. The project aims to examine the role of online social networking in relation to successful ageing as measured by (re)partnering, family/social connectedness and informal/voluntary economic activity at age 50+. Two key data collection components are (1) building a social network site (SNS) for the collection of personal profile and social networking data, and (2) online and offline surveys on successful ageing, social networks, and Internet/SNS use and barriers to use. Areas of research for doctoral study include social demography, ageing, longevity, social network analysis, and e-Research.

The project will commence in March 2010. Two Australian Postgraduate Award Industry (APAI) scholarships of $26140 per annum are available for three years. Both students will be based in ADSRI and will be supervised by Associate Professor Heather Booth and Dr Robert Ackland.  For further details, please contact Dr Robert Ackland (robert.ackland@anu.edu.au) or +612 6125 0312

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Dr Robert Ackland
Fellow and Masters Coordinator, Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute, The Australian National University

e-mail:   robert.ackland@anu.edu.au
homepage: http://adsri.anu.edu.au/people/robert.php
project:  http://voson.anu.edu.au
ph./fax:  +61 2 6125 0312/+61 2 6125 2992
mail:     Coombs Building, 9
          Canberra, ACT 0200
          AUSTRALIA

Information about the Master of Social Research
(Social Science of the Internet specialisation):
http://adsri.anu.edu.au/study/msr.php