<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:small"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:garamond,serif">***Apologies for cross-posting***<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:garamond,serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:garamond,serif">Dear all,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:garamond,serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:garamond,serif">please distribute this call for PhD scholarships at the University of Zurich – Switzerland across relevant networks.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:garamond,serif">For more information, you can email<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:garamond,serif"><a href="mailto:info@dsi.uzh.ch" title="mailto:info@dsi.uzh.ch" target="_blank">info@dsi.uzh.ch</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:garamond,serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:garamond,serif">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></span></p><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:garamond,serif">Gianluca<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><a name="m_7738143441082085936_m_747381147148113908__MailAutoSig" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:garamond,serif;color:rgb(32,33,36)"> </span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:garamond,serif;color:rgb(32,33,36)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><a name="m_7738143441082085936_m_747381147148113908_SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif;color:rgb(32,33,36)"><br>Gianluca Miscione<br>University College Dublin</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><a href="https://bit.ly/3HOiNrS" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif;color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://people.ucd.ie/gianluca.miscione</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif;color:rgb(32,33,36)"> </span><a name="m_7738143441082085936_m_747381147148113908__MailOriginal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"></a><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><br><u></u><br><u></u></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><div class="gmail-yj6qo gmail-ajU" style="outline:currentcolor;padding:10px 0px;width:22px;margin:2px 0px 0px"><div id="gmail-:4oz" class="gmail-ajR" role="button" tabindex="0" aria-label="Hide expanded content" aria-expanded="true" style="background-color:rgb(232,234,237);border:medium;clear:both;line-height:6px;outline:currentcolor;width:24px;border-radius:5.5px"><img class="gmail-ajT" src="//ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif" style="background-image: url("https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system_gm/2x/more_horiz_black_20dp.png"); background-position: center; background-size: 20px auto; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: scroll; bac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cation/excellence-program/program-start-2024/admission-criteria-scholarship.html" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box">here</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;color:black;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>more information. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div id="m_7738143441082085936m_747381147148113908Signature"><div><div><p style="margin-left:36pt;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Nina Cornelius-Malecha</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><br>DSI Excellence Program<br><br>Universität Zürich<br>Digital Society Initiative (DSI)<br>Rämistrasse 69<br>8001 Zürich<br><br></span><a href="mailto:info@dsi.uzh.ch" title="mailto:info@dsi.uzh.ch" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(5,99,193)">info@dsi.uzh.ch</span></a><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-left:36pt;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><a href="http://www.dsi.uzh.ch/" title="http://www.dsi.uzh.ch/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(5,99,193)">www.dsi.uzh.ch</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><br><br></span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/uzh-dsi/?viewAsMember=true" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(5,99,193)">linkedin.com/showcase/uzh-dsi<br></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/UZH_dsi" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(5,99,193)">twitter.com/UZH_dsi</span></a><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-left:36pt;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><br>@DSI: Montag, Dienstag, Donnerstag & Freitag</span><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-left:36pt;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box">@DSI: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>