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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">Dear AiS colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">University West is now hiring a PhD candidate within Work-integrated Learning with a specialization in Information Systems.
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<p><span style="color:black">The PhD project focuses on developing and integrating an immersive learning platform in Virtual Reality to enhance, deepen, and expand civic orientation for third-country nationals. This will be carried out in collaboration with
the unit for civic orientation initiatives at the City of Gothenburg.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Building on insights from a completed and linked pilot study on civic orientation in Virtual Reality, the project will focus on two key aspects related to central themes in civic orientation:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><em><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">"Protection
against Discrimination"</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black">and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><em><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">"Freedom
of Expression."</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black">A core part of this focus is analyzing how immersive learning in Virtual Reality contributes to the social integration of third-country
nationals and how real-life scenarios, situations, and key moments related to these themes can be simulated interactively in Virtual Reality.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">The PhD project involves studying technology, learning, and practice, as well as developing design theory for immersive learning platforms that enable work-integrated learning in virtual environments. In addition, the PhD student will
collaborate with users at the City of Gothenburg and engage with researchers at University West.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">The project will also receive support from University West’s Open Lab, where the PhD student will have access to expertise and technical resources, including immersive technologies, computers, and Virtual Reality headsets.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">For more information and application of the position:
<a href="https://hv.varbi.com/what:job/jobID:807464/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJFXLhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHZNiEM4hy5NZzCuwQqqv3lYMn0McIJs8T15d2g0mAfD_eIWojbq2fiQ1gA_aem_HESxfhjHgIvDh5sW9qvJvQ">
https://hv.varbi.com/what:job/jobID:807464/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJFXLhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHZNiEM4hy5NZzCuwQqqv3lYMn0McIJs8T15d2g0mAfD_eIWojbq2fiQ1gA_aem_HESxfhjHgIvDh5sW9qvJvQ</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
<b>Amir Haj-Bolouri</b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> <b>(<span style="background:white">Ph.D)</span></b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Professor of Informatics with a Specialization in Work-integrated Learning
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">at University West</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Docent of Information Systems
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">with a Specialization in Design Science
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">at Jyväskylä University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Systems Research (SIGPrag)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Program Director of Bachelor’s Program for Informatics (Systemutveckling – IT & Samhälle)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Associate Editor, European Journal of Information Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Associate Editor, Communications of the Association for Information Systems
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