Perhaps of interest....
Ph.D. studentship on the World of Uncertainty
The World of Uncertainty will be an educational computer game. In it
decision-makers will learn how to manage scientific uncertainty. No longer
will they be forced to make decisions based on simple certain narratives
that fit into a TV debate on global warming. In a computer game, players can
explore alternatives as they wander through a world of uncertainty. They
will practice until they are as good as a bookmaker at
estimating uncertainty. The EPSRC is funding QUB, UCL and Brunel University
to develop and evaluate this game.
The School of Management and Economics in Queen's University Belfast is now
offering a postgraduate research studentship to work as part of the project
team and complete a Ph.D evaluating the educational effects of the game.
Full details of the post, studentship and requirements are online at
http://is.mgt.qub.ac.uk/research/uncertainty/phdadvert.html .
Or contact Dr. Brian Webb (e-mail: b.webb at qub.ac.uk or tel: +44 (0)28 9027
3592) for further particulars.
(Note that decision-makers, or those who try to teach them about
uncertainty, are welcome to contact me <d.r.newman at qub.ac.uk> to discuss
possibilities of evaluating the game when it was ready, or talk about
possible scenarios for a computer game in their field.
Potential students should contact Brian Webb for further details or send
their applications to Sonia O'Hare as mentioned on the web page, since, as
I'm on the interview panel, I may not correspond with individual applicants,
following Northern Ireland fair employment procedures.)
--
Dr. David R. Newman, Queen's University Belfast, School of
Management and Economics, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland (UK)
Tel. +44 28 9097 3643 FAX: +44 28 9097 5156
mailto:d.r.newman at qub.ac.uk
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To change something, build a new model that makes the
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