Danish-East African research project: PhD Project Tanzania and Kenya: Scholarship Deadline: 10 August 2009

August 3, 2009

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PhD Scholarships: Deadline: 10 August 2009.

The Danish-East African research project, “People Speaking Back? Media, Empowerment and Democracy in East Africa (MEDIeA)”, funded by the Danish Development Agency (Danida), offers two full-time PhD scholarships (36 months) starting on January 1st 2010, using ethnographic perspectives. One will be registered as a PhD student at University of Nairobi, the other at University of Dar es Salaam. Funding will follow provisions of Kenya and Tanzania universities.
About MEDIeA The overall objective of MEDIeA is to explore the role civil society driven media and communication technologies potentially can have in enhancing participatory governance processes in East Africa, more specifically in Kenya and Tanzania. The core inquiry of MEDIeA grows from a concern about how young people are secured a role in both the local, national and regional development processes.. The research project’s analytical challenge is to understand the ways and means in which youth as ordinary citizens engage with such civil society driven media
and communication platforms and what socio-cultural and policy related outcomes this may have.

MEDIeA comprises of a team of 4 researchers in addition to the two PhD students that are about to be contracted. In Kenya, the team consists of Associate Professor Norbert Wildermuth from University of Southern Denmark and Associate Research Professor Winnie Mitullah from University of Nairobi. In Tanzania, the team consists of Professor and Principal Investigator of MEDIeA, Thomas Tufte and Assistant Professor Datius Rweyemanu.

In addition to empirical research, the MEDIeA project comprises of components of dissemination, capacity building and policy dialogue. The research program is hosted by ØRECOMM – Consortium for Communication and Glocal Change at Department of Communication, Business and Information Technologies, Roskilde University, Denmark: http://orecomm.net

Objectives of the PhD

It is the general objective of the announced PhD scholarships to strengthen the overall research efforts of MEDIeA in Kenya and Tanzania. The PhD students are expected to provide community based research which uncovers the synergies and communication relations between everyday life, media use, citizen engagement in social and political processes. The announced PhD projects can be specified as follows:

PhD Project Tanzania:
Media Use, Citizenship and Participatory Communication – A Media Ethnographic Study

PhD Project Kenya:
Communication, E-participation and Digital Inclusion – A Media Ethnographic Study

Application procedures for both PhD Scholarships
Deadline: 10 August 2009.

Further Scholarship Information and Application (PDF)

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