Dear Academic Friends, Nathalie, Petra, and I seek a PhD candidate on "Artifact ecologies & Participatory Design of Physical Data Representations for Deliberation.” If you have brilliant master's students (in HCI, VIS, design, CS ), or you know people who might be interested in this topic, please forward this email. We would like to have gathered all potential candidates before May 12th, even though the formal deadline for this grant is the 15th. The PhD will be based in Paris, France. International candidates are welcome !!! Topic: We aim to explore novel ways to organize deliberation processes. Deliberation is an important mechanism for decision-making, particularly on divisive issues. Physical computer-supported data representations have the potential to support such processes by providing a common external representation of the discussion including participants’ opinions and arguments. We will investigate the current artifact ecologies of deliberation organizers and explore the use of computer-supported physical data representations to facilitate deliberation through a participatory design approach. This work will provide a new understanding of the role of physicalization in deliberation, novel tools for deliberation organizers and a toolkit accessible to the public. More info and official post here: https://www.pepr-ensemble.fr/proposition-de-these-psephos-artifact-ecologies... All applications should be sent to the following : Nathalie Bressa <nathalie.bressa@telecom-paris.fr> Samuel Huron <samuel.huron@telecom-paris.fr> Petra Isenberg <petra.isenberg@inria.fr> Best regards, Samuel