[AISWorld] PhD Studentship Opportunity: Evaluation of Mobile Information Systems ( Deadline Monday 2 May)

[David Allen [LUBS]]

PhD Studentship Opportunity: Evaluation of Mobile Information Systems
Information systems evaluation remains a 'thorny problem' for both scholarship and practice. The current generation of mobile systems in use in organisations provide particular challenges for evaluation but also provide new forms of data which can be used in the evaluation process. The research will address the evaluation of mobile information systems in a particularly challenging context: policing in the UK.



More information about the project is available by contacting Professor David Allen at d.allen at lubs.leeds.ac.uk<mailto:d.allen at lubs.leeds.ac.uk?subject=Query%20on%20collaborative%20PhD%20studentship:%20Evaluation%20of%20Mobile%20Systems%20&%20Mobile%20Analytics> or Dr Stuart Lister at S.C.Lister at leeds.ac.uk<mailto:S.C.Lister at leeds.ac.uk?subject=Query%20on%20collaborative%20PhD%20studentship:%20Evaluation%20of%20Mobile%20Systems>.





The Research Environment



The student will be located in the AIMTech Research Centre<http://lubswww.leeds.ac.uk/aimtech/about-aimtech/> in Leeds University Business School and associated with the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies<http://www.law.leeds.ac.uk/research/criminal-justice-studies> (CCJS) in the School of Law.



Leeds University Business School has entered the top ten business and management research institutions in the UK, according to the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF). The Business School has been ranked 9th in the UK for the quality of its research following the national review process, achieving a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.18 (our of a possible total score of 4). The Business School was also ranked 9th in the UK according to 'research power' - a measure of the volume and the quality of the research. Some 82% of research submitted by the Business School to the REF 2014 was judged by experts to be either 'world leading' (4*) or 'internationally excellent' (3*).



AIMTech (Adaptation Information Management and Technology) is a Research Centre within the Leeds University Business School. The group's work is focused on the inter-relationship between new technologies, information management and organisational change. The primary research areas within AIMTech are information behaviour and practice, information systems innovation, evaluation of information systems and the design of information services and systems. A prominent component of AIMTech's activities is the on-going transfer of knowledge to both the public and the private sectors. Work within the group is informed by Activity Theory.

The School of Law is one of the leading law schools in the UK and has been providing instruction in law since its inception in 1899. It has a community of around fifty dedicated academic staff and fifteen support staff who foster a supportive environment for legal and criminological studies at undergraduate and postgraduate level. The School has been ranked 8th in the UK for the quality and impact of our research, according to the Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014).



The Centre for Criminal Justice Studies was established in 1987 to pursue research into criminal justice systems and criminological issues. It has since grown to become one of the leading criminological centres of its genre with an established international profile. The Centre fosters an active and flourishing academic environment for teaching and research. It is recognised by the University of Leeds as a 'peak of research excellence'.

Scholarship details
The award is open to full-time candidates (UK/EU) who have been offered a place on a PhD with the Business School. The value of the award is equivalent to the cost of Home/EU rated course fees (£4,250 in 2016/17) plus an annual stipend of £14,296. There are no additional allowances for travel or research costs.
Please read the full scholarship advert<http://business.leeds.ac.uk/fileadmin/public/Student_recruitment/Student_Recruitment_Docs/PhD_forms/N8_PhD_studentship_proposal_2016_-_advert.pdf> for further details of eligibility criteria and scholarship regulations
Applicants must complete a university study application form as well as the school scholarship application form.
Closing date for applications: Monday 2 May 2016, 23:59 pm (GMT<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/uk/london>).
Professor David Allen
Leeds University Business School
Maurice Keyworth Building,
University of Leeds,
Moorland Rd,
Leeds,
West Yorkshire
LS6 1AN