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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
([log in to unmask]) 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: [log in to unmask]
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
Information about the Master of Social Research:
http://adsri.anu.edu.au/study/msr.php
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