MOBILE STUDIES INTERNATIONAL
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Institute for Mobile Studies
The Institute for Mobile Studies (IMS) aims to promote and conduct studies of mobile media, mobilities and communication as an emerging field of scientific research. In collaboration with the mobile industries in China and beyond, IMS integrates its efforts in research, education and consultancy, covering the following areas of mobile studies: mobile government, mobile healthcare, mobile health communication, mobile journalism, mobile learning, mobile advertising, mobile marketing, mobile storytelling, mobile photography, mobile filmmaking, mobile documentary, mobile business, mobile commerce, mobile experience, and mobile economy.
IMS has proposed mobile experience as a key concept for interdisciplinary investigation in different areas of mobile studies within the framework of the experience economy. Besides its annual Mobile Studies Summer School, IMS also organizes the Mobile Studies Congress, the International Mobile Storytelling Conference, and the Mobile Studies Summer School. Furthermore, IMS hosts its Academia-Industry Summit Series (AISS), Research Talk Series (RTS), and Mobile Studies Workshops (MSW) regularly.
IMS welcomes professors and professionals of mobile media, mobilities, and communication from around the world to join us as research fellows or visiting scholars to co-conduct research projects on any topic related to mobile media, mobilities, and mobile communication. Benefits for our research fellows include, but are not limited to, research visits to our institute, joint or solo research projects funded and/or hosted by IMS, and discounted registration fees for attending our annual events. We will also regularly offer our research fellows opportunities to co-organize the Academia-Industry Summit Series (AISS), Research Talk Series (RTS), and Mobile Studies Workshops (MSW).
To contribute to the global efforts to groom scholars of mobile studies, IMS is also recruiting more scholars from around the world.
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