Archive for 'Funding Opportunities' Category
PhD Studentship – Creating better Area Classification for the 2011 Census of the Population
A Ph.D. studentship is available commencing end September 2010 for three years to create an updated methodology for the creation of a new area classification that will be employed on the 2011 Census of the Population, when the output data are made available. The current classification can be viewed as the ‘OAC interactive map’ at [...]
Erste Foundation Social Research Fellowships 2010/2011
The Erste Foundation has published a new call for expression of interests, this time focusing on “Migration and its effects on demographic and economic development in Central and Eastern Europe”. Submission deadline for receipt of expressions of interest is 20 July 2010. For more information please visit: http://www.ageing.ox.ac.uk/research/regions/europe/east/opportunities .
Post-doc Research Associate job in migration modelling at UCL (CASA)
Research Associate (ENFOLD-ing project: Migration stream) Salary (inclusive of London allowance) £31,778 per annum Duties and Responsibilities This is an EPSRC-funded research position working on the Explaining, Modelling & Forecasting Global Dynamics (ENFOLD-ing) project. The main purpose of this post is to initiate, develop, design and be responsible for the delivery of a programme of [...]
PhD studentship opportunity at University College London in migration statistics and modelling.
PhD studentship opportunity at University College London in migration statistics and modelling. —- PHD Studentship – (ENFOLD-ing – Explaining, Modelling and Forecasting Global Dynamics), – UCL Department / Division Department of Geography Specific unit / Sub department Migration Research Unit/CASA Duration of Studentship 3 Years Stipend £15,290 plus £3,390 tuition fees per annum Vacancy Information [...]
PhD Programme at CCSR and University of Manchester
The Centre for Census and Survey Research (CCSR) and the Social Statistics Discipline Area at the University of Manchester is offering a PhD programme in Quantitative Social Science and Social Statistics. CCSR is a multidisciplinary research centre in the School of Social Sciences. Part of Manchester’s top-rated Sociology submission in the most recent Research Assessment [...]
PhD Studentship: Healthy Environments, Queen Mary
The Department of Geography at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) has the following award available for those wishing to commence their studies in September 2010. 1 x Full PhD Studentship to award to a student to work on the Department’s Healthy Environments Research Programme (HERP). Applications are encouraged utilising quantitative and/or qualitative methodologies in [...]
Seminar on Fertility and Poverty: micro and macro linkages
The Centre for Global Health, Population, Poverty, and Policy at the University of Southampton School of Social Sciences, in conjunction with the ESRC are holding a Seminar on Fertility and Poverty, focusing on micro and macro linkages. The seminar takes from on the 28th and 29th of January. A limited number of bursaries are available [...]
Post Doc in Mobility Studies, Switzerland
MOVE is the Swiss interdisciplinary network for mobility studies, linking the universities of Neuchâtel (leading house), Berne, Lausanne, and Zürich. In addition to having created the Swiss Chair for Mobility Studies (a visiting professorship), MOVE offers grants for post-doctoral studies on topics related to the mobility of persons, ideas, goods and institutions. The candidate who [...]
Placement Fellowship Opportunity with ONS
As part of its Placement Fellowship Scheme the ESRC welcomes applications from academics interested in working in a research capacity in the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The Scheme encourages social science researchers to spend time within a partner organisation to undertake policy relevant research and to develop the research skills of partner employees. The [...]
PHD Studentship – Health Inequalities – University of Glasgow
The Faculty of Medicine Graduate School, University of Glasgow are offering the following fully-funded PhD studentship with Prof. R Mitchell and Dr. Jamie Pearce. Physical activity in green space: a mechanism for reducing health inequalities? Having a lot of ‘green space’ (such as parks or woodlands) in your neighbourhood is thought to be health promoting. [...]