Information vulnerability
Computer and Information Sciences
- Location
- Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Funding
- We are committed to supporting applicants in their search for funding and can provide assistance with identifying and applying for external funding opportunities. Applicants are also encouraged to discuss their funding plans with their prospective supervisor to explore potential avenues for support. While there is no funding in place for opportunities marked "unfunded", there are lots of different options to help you fund postgraduate research. Visit funding your postgraduate research for links to government grants, research councils funding and more, that could be available.
- Application deadline
Key facts
- Opens: Monday 19 October 2026
- Number of places: 1
- Duration: 3 years
Eligibility
An upper second-class UK Honours degree or overseas equivalent in information science, or relevant social science is required.
If English is not your first language, you must have an IELTS score of at least 6.5 with no component below 5.5.
Project Details
Vulnerability has arisen as a major concept to discuss inequalities and the harm they may cause. When dealing with information it is often used to describe those threatened by harmful information environments, brought about by information toxicities such as misinformation or fake news, or by structural inequalities such as digital divides.
But vulnerability has positive dimensions, ones associated with authenticity, growth, creativity, and resilience. So, what does it mean to be vulnerable with respect to information? This project will answer this question, looking at how information vulnerability comes into being, how it is experienced and what its consequences?
Funding details
We are committed to supporting applicants in their search for funding and can provide assistance with identifying and applying for external funding opportunities. Applicants are also encouraged to discuss their funding plans with their prospective supervisor to explore potential avenues for support.
While there is no funding in place for opportunities marked "unfunded", there are lots of different options to help you fund postgraduate research. Visit funding your postgraduate research for links to government grants, research councils funding and more, that could be available.
Professor Ian Ruthven
Computer and Information Sciences
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Number of places: 1
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Computer and Information Sciences
Programme: Computer and Information Sciences
Contact us
ian.ruthven@strath.ac.uk