We have the pleasure to inform you that University of Rome La Sapienza is now accepting applications to the European PhD on Social Representations and Communication for the academic year 2010/2011.
The European PhD on Social Representations and Communication represents a progressive educational curriculum for training early stage researchers through research in a scientific and paradigmatic field inspired by the Social Representations Theory and Communication studies. Although having a special focus on Social Psychology and media studies, it draws in a wide scientific community across continents and many disciplines dealing with social sciences and it has created a Thematic Networ of Excellence approved by the European Commission http://www.europhd.eu/SoReComTHEmaticNETwork.
The final title of the doctorate is issued by a consortium of six Universities in four European countries: University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy; University of AIx-Marseille I, France, University "Alexandru Ioan Cuza", Iasi, Romania; Uniersity of Masaryk, Brno, Czech Republic; University "Paul Valéry", Montpellier III, France; University Lumière Lyon 2, France.
The PhD, coordinated by the University of Rome "La Sapienza", is part of the cooperation with an institutional network of European Universities in Austria, France, United Kingdom, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland, and of extra-European Universities in Argentina, Brazil, Canada and China. The Research Trainees have then access to a large number of academic infrastructures and are followed by national and international tutors in all the above mentioned countries. Besides, at the European PhD Multimedia Lab and Research Centre in Rome, they can participate in innovative scientifc and didactic activities like the International Lab Meetings and Summer Schools using technologically advanced resources.
Please find below the announcement of the new openings and applications should be submitted within 10th May 2010.
All the information on the admission procedure and on the regulations of PhD programmes at the University of "La Sapienza is available at http://www.europhd.eu/html/_onda01/04/00.00.00.00.shtml.
At the link http://www.europhd.eu/IntLabMeetings it is possible to take a look at the didactic activities of the International Lab Meetings and Summer School.
Application can be sent on-line through our integrated registration system: http://www.europhd.eu/Registration.