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EIT and Education Conference
I attended the EIT (European Institute of Innovation and Technology) and Education (The Role of EIT in Education) conference held in Leuven, Belgium (December 1-3). The conference was mainly aimed at consolidating the existing community around EIT and discussing new directions for the KICs (Knowledge and Innovation Centers) components of EIT. Although the panels were supposed to cover issues re
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Back in Cluj-Napoca
I'm back in my hometown Cluj-Napoca. The last few days have been very busy with the opening of the university year and the constantly changing timetable. This semester I'm teaching practical courses and seminars in Media Studies, Journalism and Popular Culture, New Media Theory and Media Research Methods.
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The Political Economy of ICT: Social Networking – Ph.D. Summer School
Between the 22nd and 27th of August I attended a Ph.D. Summer School organized by Aalborg University Center for Communication, Media and Information Technologies in Skagen, Denmark. The courses focused on different aspects of ICT research encouraging participants to explore different analytical frameworks. On the one hand Professor William Melody established a broad context for looking into the
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ESOF2010 Torino
Between July 3 and 6 2010 I participated in ESOF2010 biennial held in Turin supported by a travel grant awarded by UNESCO. Over the 4 days of the forum I attended several sessions and workshops and visited almost all the stands in the main exposition hall. The Career Programme Opening Session provided good context and strongly motivated me to participate in as many Career Programme sessions and
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ICTs and Society Meeting at Internet Interdisciplinary Institute
Between June 29 and July 2 I participated at the 3rd ICTs and Society Network Meeting held in Castelldefels, near Barcelona. Some of the Ph.D. projects presented in the first day of the meeting proved to be very interesting. Also it was very stimulating for me to take part in the open discussions generated by different ideas and methodological approaches towards studying the impact of ICTs on so
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In Madrid
I'm in Madrid for my doctoral research mobility since the begining of April. I plan on staying until the end of September working on my Ph.D. thesis. I visited both Carlos III University of Madrid and their wonderful campus in Getafe near Madrid and Complutense University and the Ciudad Universitaria campus. Besides a bit of siteseeing in Madrid, I attended two very stimulating conferen
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Participated in S3MR
This February I participated in 1st Spring School on Social Media Retrieval (S3MR) in Interlaken, Switzerland. Considering the topics covered by the 1st Spring School on Social Media Retrieval, it might seem a bit peculiar that a Ph.D. candidate in Sociology such as me was so eager to attend this event. But one of the first things one should note about the scientific research done on soci
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