I will be taking on PhD students to start in 2024.
If you have a proposal idea in the field of Critical Data Studies please get in touch (jo.bates @ sheffield.ac.uk) and check out the Information School PhD and scholarships webpages.
If you need to apply for UK funding the internal deadline for a October 2024 start will be the first week in January 2024, however I strongly recommend getting in touch with me at least two months before that so I can give feedback on your proposal and scholarship application.
Current PhD students
I’m currently co-supervising three PhD students. You can read more about their research under PhD Supervision.
- Hadley Beresford – Mapping Algorithmic Bias: Patterns, Consequences and Alternatives
- Anajoyce Samuel Katabalwa – Agricultural data sharing in Tanzania
- Ian Widdows (currently completing MSc year of 1+3 programme) – the effectiveness of the “Progress 8 and Attainment 8” school accountability measures and the potential of alternative metrics.
Recent graduates
- Itzelle Medina Perea – Socio-material factors shaping patient data flows in the United Kingdom
- Dan Grace – Creating a convival library: an autoethnographic study of praxis
- Jun Zhang – An investigation of smart transportation system (STS) data integration within Chinese cities: a socio-technical system perspective (Degree awarded 2020)
- Sally Sanger – How do the discussion forums of online alcohol support groups affect users’ understanding of problem drinking?
For more detail on these projects and former PhD students see PhD Supervision.