PhD Summer School

	Center for Communication, Media and Information Technologies (CMI)

Ph.D. Summer School at Skagen

Political Economy of Information and

Communication Technologies

22-27 August 2010

Topic of this year:

Social Networking

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Previous Schools

"Next Generation Applications and Services: Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation" was the theme of the 2008 PhD summer school. 2008 PhD summer school website

"Next Generation Applications and Services" was the theme of the 2007 PhD summer school on the Political Economy of ICT. 2007 PhD summer school website

"New Mobile and Wireless Communications: Technology and Market Construction" was the topic of 2006 PhD summer school. 2006 PhD summer school website

"Next Generation Mobile Media" was the theme of 2009 PhD summer school. 2009 PhD summer school website

Aim and Objectives

The aim of the course is to refine the level of knowledge of the participating Ph.D. students on the economic and political structures and mechanisms affecting technology development in the information and communication technology (ICT) area. It also considers the impact of implementation and application of ICTs on the economy and broader social developments. It is a course in the political economy of technology development with a disciplinary point of departure in economics and social science. This theme is explored at a company (micro), sectoral (meso) and/or societal (macro) level. This will depend on the specific topics chosen in the course. The course targets Ph.D. students with a technology background combined with an economics and/or social science approach and students with an economics and /or social science background focusing on technology development.