Dear all,

I will appreciate if you can circulate this to anyone that might be interested. The deadline to apply is 31 May 2019.

We are offering One Full PhD Studentship, 3 years (Full Time), 6 years (Part Time, 0.5 FTE) . Start date: 1st October 2019.

Indicative funding amount: £17,300 tax-free stipend per year, fees paid. The British Library will also provide financial support for research-related costs of up to £1,000 a year for 3 years. UK students are eligible for the annual stipend, plus fees paid. EU students are not eligible for the stipend (only their fees will be paid). Non-EU (overseas) students are not eligible to apply for this studentship. (I am genuniely frustrated and sorry about that).

This PhD wseeks to enrich understanding of UK digital comics information and publishing practices, as supported by existing technology, from a User Experience (UX) perspective. This is with the aim of informing requirements for comics collection management, digital preservation and content strategy development. The student will engage with comics creators, as well as readers and collectors, to gain new insight into the motivation, methods and behaviour in creating, distributing, collecting and reading digital comics.

This studentship is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships Programme. During the studentship, you will have staff-level access to the British Library’s collections, expertise and facilities, and the opportunity to take up a wide range of training and skills development opportunities. Further details at https://www.bl.uk/news/2019/february/ahrc-cdp-2019.

Apply here:  https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BRB180/phd-studentship-understanding-uk-digital-comics-information-and-publishing-practices-from-creation-to-consumption .

All the best,

Ernesto