Tag: SDP
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OII SDP: Cultivating Charismatic Cohorts
20 November 2018
Author:Bryan Dosono
Spending two weeks in July at the Oxford Internet Institute‘s Summer Doctoral Programme (OII SDP) resulted in an unforgettable fortnight of scholarly exchanges and excursions around England. Among ...
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OII SDP 2018: An Invaluable Experience
2 October 2018
Author:Yonaira M. Rivera
For those of you who have been following my #phdjourney, you know I’ve been pretty vocal about the challenges it brings. It can be a pretty lonely and daunting process ...
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OII SDP 17 Was A BLAST!
7 September 2017
Author:Nasreen Rajani
Oxford really is a magical place. While there, I sat in the corridors of Hogwarts halls, gazed at the door to Narnia, ate where JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis ...
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“An experience incomparable to any other thus far in my PhD journey” — Shane Horgan remembers SDP2016
3 November 2016
Author:Shane Horgan
The Oxford Internet Institute’s Summer Doctoral Programme represents an experience incomparable to any other thus far in my PhD journey. In a somewhat futile attempt to summarise my experience ...
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Take a Chance In Presenting
4 July 2016
Author:Jenny Korn
“Do one thing every day that scares you.” — Eleanor Roosevelt Congratulations! You got into OII, and you’re gonna make memories, for sure. One of those memories might involve ...
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OII SDP 2015, or the place where I learned about the Internet through Wormhole Cats, Punting Mishaps, and Magic Mike XXL
4 December 2015
Author:Luis Felipe Alvarez León
During the summer of 2015 I attended the OII Summer Doctoral Programme. I applied because I thought it would be a good way to start off my last year ...
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“It is difficult not to become enamored with the enchantment of the city” — Frances Bachstein remembers her time at SDP2015
17 November 2015
Author:Frances Nichols Bachstein
Chimes softly ring through the stately vine covered walls of the ancient bastion of learning marking a lovely new day. The stone streets begin to fill with the first ...
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Is This Heaven? No, It’s OII SDP
23 January 2015
Author:Stacy Blasiola
The time I had with my cohort at the OII SDP remains one of the most meaningful experiences I’ve had in my academic career. As an American, I’m struggling ...
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Falling back in love with the halls of academia: top 10 moments from SDP 2014
6 January 2015
Author:Megan Lindsay
Megan Lindsay is a fourth year doctoral student in the School of Social Work, Arizona State University. Her research focuses on the use of ICTs and the impact these ...
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Through days and distances: could your dissertation use some space-time disruption?
18 November 2014
Author:Caroline Jack
Caroline Jack is a graduate researcher and doctoral candidate in the Department of Communication at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Her dissertation (in progress) is a history of ...
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New SDP scholarship fund for outstanding students at the Creative Industries Faculty, QUT
21 October 2014
Author:John Hartley
Prof. John Hartley, founding Dean of the Creative Industries Faculty, QUT. We are really delighted to announce the establishment of a new SDP scholarship fund for outstanding students at ...
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Catching up with the SDP alumni
17 February 2014
Author:It’s one of the perks of convening the OII Summer Doctoral Programme that I get to keep in touch with the programme’s alumni as they complete their theses, apply ...
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‘A network of really amazing people’ … students discuss their time at the SDP2013: Toronto
27 January 2014
Author:In 2013 the OII’s Summer Doctoral Programme visited Toronto, kindly hosted by the University of Toronto’s iSchool. In this student-produced video, the SDP2013 students discuss the programme, why Internet ...
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When the revolution comes, the OII SDP will be a model for the new academic order
13 January 2014
Author:Randy Lynn
Further transformations in higher education are coming — and Randy Lynn (SDP2013) hopes that the future looks a bit like the OII’s Summer Doctoral Programme: encouraging international and multidisciplinary ...
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Australian Internet
12 December 2013
Author:Robbie Fordyce is a doctoral candidate at the University of Melbourne in the School of Culture and Communication. His research is funded by scholarships under the Institute for a ...
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Mitigating doctoral students’ perceived isolation: the value of young scholar networks
12 December 2013
Author:Ioana Literat
It’s always nice to hear from SDP alumni; to find out why they applied, what they got out of the programme, and what they are up to now. Ioana ...
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The Summer Doctoral Program and Toronto: The Meeting Place is the Message
16 February 2013
Author:OII Research Fellow Bernie Hogan is a regular fixture on the OII’s Summer Doctoral Programme, tutoring and leading seminars on social networking. Having obtained his PhD from the University ...
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“A unique opportunity to meet, debate with, and get to know some of the best doctoral students around the world”: Jaz Choi on the Summer Doctoral Programme
12 February 2013
Author:Jaz Hee-jeo
Jaz Hee-jeong Choi is the Deputy Director of the Urban Informatics Research Lab, QUT. Her research interests are in playful technology, particularly the ways in which various forms of ...
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“The OII is a place that was conceived to bring together people who think broadly about the Internet and its impact on, well, just about everything” .. reflections on SDP2011
4 February 2013
Author:Ryan Biava
It’s always nice to hear from SDP alumni; to find out why they applied, what they got out of the programme, and what they are up to now. Ryan ...
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University of Toronto’s iSchool to Host 2013 Oxford Internet Institute (OII) Summer Doctoral Programme
8 January 2013
Author:Oxford Internet Institute
The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) is delighted to announce that its eleventh annual Summer Doctoral Programme (SDP) will be held in collaboration with the iSchool at the University of Toronto from 8-19 July ...
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