Wiring Australian Cities: Making Space for Telecommunications

Summary

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This project aims to critically examine the ways that land, labour, materials, finance and territorial authority are assembled and contested in the process of wiring and rewiring Australian cities for telecommunications connectivity. The project will generate new knowledge on how the wiring of Australian cities is achieved, and the geographical and social impacts of the wiring process. Outputs including innovative visualisation tools will generate original insights into the making and materiality of infrastructure space. This will provide significant benefits, including new approaches to identifying and addressing on-going challenges of making space for telecommunications in crowded urban environments.

Supervisor

Associate Professor Kurt Iveson.

Research location

School of Geosciences

Additional information

This opportunity/project is a part of Faculty of Science Australian Research Council (ARC) Scholarship scheme and will be advertised on the Scholarship Office website starting mid- May 2025. The selected applicant is expected to commence their candidature in July (RP3) 2025 onward. Successful applicants will be supervised by Professor Kurt Iveson and focus primarily on their own PhD projects. They will also have the opportunity to participate in any activities held at the University of Sydney under ARC Discovery Project (DP). Candidate will be enrolled in School of Geosciences, Faculty of Science at University of Sydney.

Notes:

The application process is separate from applying for admission to the University of Sydney.
The scholarship will only be awarded once the successful scholarship applicant has received an unconditional offer of admission.
International applicants are responsible for securing any necessary visas and costs to enable study based in Sydney.

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Opportunity ID

The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is 3608