Project Internet Catalonia (PIC)
The Project Internet Catalonia is an interdisciplinary research programme on the information society in Catalonia that has been carried out by researchers from the UOC's Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3), with collaboration from a number of bodies and individuals in the surveying and documentation tasks.
25/06/2007.- PIC is a research programme carried out from September 2001 to July 2007 by the IN3, the UOC’s research institute. It is a basic research programme, defined by the researchers and co-led by Manuel Castells and Imma Tubella. It is made up of 7 research projects, all of which focus on Catalonia, but based on international research findings in each field. You can read more information here.
PhD Application
Until September 30 the application to the PhD on the Information and Knowledge Society is open.
PhD Thesis
Next September 17 2008 will take place the defense of a PhD Thesis.
News
30/07/2008
En el marco del área temática del VII Programa marco "Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación", se preenta la Conferencia "ICT 2008 Conference Themes: Europe's biggest research event for information and communication tecnologies".
IN3 PhD Grants
The UOC’s research institute, the IN3, offers 10 grants for full-time PhDs that are carried out physically in its headquarters in Castelldefels’s Mediterranean Technology Park.
The specific requirements for being considered for these grants and the application form can be consulted in the PhD section of the IN3 web site.
Working Papers diffusion
[22-05-08] WP008-001. Sáinz, M.; Castaño, C.; Artal, M. Review of the concept of digital literacy and its implications on the study of the gender digital divide.
Gender and the Information Society reserach programme.