Thursday, July 28, 2005

Scholarship approved!

Well I'm pretty stoked. I found out the other day that I have been offered the International Scholarship to go to Sweden. Wow! I'm also pretty nervous and the wave of panic associated with my fear of flying hit me about 1.5 seconds after the wave of excitement upon finding out. I'm seriously considering attending one of those desensitising workshops at the airport. The only problem is they cost a bomb. Oh I so shouldn't use that word!

My proposed research for this Scholarship is an enquiry into innovations in mobile office technology by the two cellphone companies – Ericsson, of Sweden and Nokia, of Finland. The scholarship will provide me with an opportunity to conduct fieldwork for the final chapter of my PHD dissertation on mobile technologies and the ‘the office of the future’. It will also result in a series of papers and articles exploring the cultural, historical and geographical roots and context of these key mobile technology enterprises. The research will involve a visit to the headquarters of Ericsson and Nokia, which accommodate the R&D departments of both companies, to tour their facilities and conduct an interview with the design teams.

2 comments:

Ms M said...

Thanks Glen. Thanks for your input too.

Cheers
J

Peter said...

Quote: "Every new beginning comes from some other new beginning's end."

Honestly, if I were you, I would just get on the airplane. You have the chance of a lifetime.

Anyhow, you might want to turn on the word verification function of your BLOGSPOT. It's located in the comments section of the settings. That way, you'll stop getting SMOG (i.e. SPAM) in your BLOG!

Good Luck & Happy Trails!