We are excited to announce we have three PhD Scholarships open for prospective students interested in joining us for Semester 2, 2024 (commencing in July). If you have a recent Honours or Masters degree with a significant research component, and/or equivalent industry research experience, we want to hear from you!
Applications close 31 May, but it is essential to first email either Distinguished Professor Jean Burgess or Dr Aaron Snoswell (depending on which project you are interested in) to discuss your project idea, as soon as possible – the details of what to put in this email are at the links below.
You will develop an independent project on one of the following three topics:
Generative AI in the Platform Economy – draw on theories and methods from digital media and communication, sociology and/or STS to investigate an aspect of the Generative AI economy, understood as an emergent part of the platform economy. (Supervised by Distinguished Professor Jean Burgess and Dr Kevin Witzenberger)
Generative Authenticity and Internet Cultures – undertake an independent project aligned with the larger, multi-institutional Generative Authenticity project within the ADM+S Centre and draw on approaches from communication and media studies to investigate an aspect of authenticity in internet cultures. (Supervised by Distinguished Professor Jean Burgess)
Preference, Rewards and Value Alignment – undertake research on the preference and reward models used to achieve ‘value alignment’ in GenAI systems, using a combination of computational, critical, and qualitative methods. (Supervised by Dr Aaron Snoswell)