ESRC WHITE ROSE DTC NETWORK STUDENTSHIPS 2012/13

Collaborative Excellence in International Research

ESRC WR DTC Network Studentships Available at the University of Leeds

ESRC White Rose DTC Network Studentships promote collaboration across Yorkshire’s leading research universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York. Each university is offering 4 ESRC WR DTC Network Studentships in Session 2012/13.  Each student project will be supervised by two members of academic staff, one each from two of the partner universities. Students will register at one university but will have access to the research facilities of the partner institution and will be part of one of the four research networks which span all three universities. The studentships provide academic fees (£3,732 in Session 2011/12) together with a maintenance grant (£13,590 in Session 2011/12) and a contribution towards research expenses.

Network: BEYOND THE RIOTS:  SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL ORDER, URBAN GOVERNANCE AND DISORDERLY ELITES

Policing Social Disorder and Urban Unrest (Leeds based)

Supervisors: Professor Adam Crawford, University of Leeds;

Dr Layla Skinns, School of Law, University of Sheffield

Network: social and demographic change in britain

Geographical, social and area type mobility:  trajectories of selective sorting over time by health status and ethnic group (Leeds based)

Supervisors: Dr Paul Norman, School of Geography, University of Leeds;

Dr Dimitris Balls, Department of Geography, University of Sheffield

Network: SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL CHANGE:  CROSSING BOUNDARIES

Negotiating transitions in mental health social work:  process, outcome and identity (Leeds based)

Supervisors: Professor Dawn Dowding, Institute of Health and Social Work (School of Healthcare), University of Leeds;

Dr Mark Hardy, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of York

Network: RETHINKING THE SOCIAL PRODUCTION, LOCUS AND IMPACT OF BIOSCIENCE

Bioscience and the Ageing Society (Leeds based)

Supervisors: Professor Anne Kerr, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds;

Professor Andrew Webster, Department of SATSU/Sociology, University of York

Potential applicants should consult http://www.leeds.ac.uk/rsa/postgraduate_scholarships/ESRCWRDTCNetwork-info for further information on the application procedure or email: pg_scholarships@leeds.ac.uk

Postgraduate Scholarships Office

University of Leeds

Leeds LS2 9JT, UK

Tel: +44 113 3434077

Email: pg_scholarships@leeds.ac.uk

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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 www.areaclassification.org.uk.

This provides an excellent opportunity to address a range of important methodological issues with geodemographic classifications, and to build better visualisation methods for dissemination that will maximise engagement and create more opportunities for public feedback. As such, the key research deliverables of this award will be: to evaluate alternate clustering methodologies that create more stable assignments of areas into clusters; to design new geographically sensitive methods of measurement that inform the underlying indicator variables used to create the classification; to develop and evaluate new modes of dissemination which better utilise web based technology and new advances in GIS.

The successful candidate is likely to have a background in GIS or computer science, and will have as a minimum an upper second or first class degree. The applicant will be a home (UK) or EU student. Applicants should email a curriculum vitae and supporting statement to Professor Paul Longley at the Department of Geography, University College London: plongley@geog.ucl.ac.uk. The closing date for applications is Friday 27 August 2010, with interviews planned for the following week.

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 .

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 high quality quantitative research into the relevant statistical, geographical and theoretical aspects related to migration analysis, as well as related issues to the overall aims of the ENFOLD project; this includes working in and contributing to the wider ENFOLD team effort.

Funding is available for two years in the first instance.

Key Requirements

The ideal candidate will have extensive programming experience (in C#, C++, Java, Python etc) , expertise in designing, constructing and analysing large databases and a PhD in any of the following:

• a quantitative speciality within a social science discipline such as; statistics, geography, economics, sociology, epidemiology/ public health, GIS, spatial analysis
• a science discipline with experience in social science applications, such as computer science, maths, physics, medicine, and any other relevant disciplines.

Further Details

A job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page. To apply for the vacancy please click on the ‘Apply Now’ button below. If you have any queries regarding the vacancy, please contact Sonja Curtis, s.curtis@ucl.ac.uk, 020 7679 1782.

Please also upload the following documents: (a) a letter of application outlining your suitability to this post and your reasons for applying; (b) a samples of your work (if any).

UCL Taking Action for Equality

Closing Date

23 Apr 2010

Interview date

21st May 2010 (TBC)

More details:  http://tinyurl.com/yh567tq

PhD studentship opportunity at University College London in migration statistics and modelling.

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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

ENFOLD is a multidisciplinary, five year modelling project funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC: £2.9 million FEC) spanning seven UCL departments. It will develop new forms of complexity science to address the most difficult of human problems: those involving global change where there is no organised constituency and whose agencies are largely regarded as being ineffective. ENFOLD addresses problems arising from the fact that that global systems tend to be treated in isolation from one another. Their characteristically unexpected dynamics are thus due to the aspects of coupling and integration between them that are all too often ignored. To demonstrate these dynamics and develop appropriate policy responses, ENFOLD will study four related global systems: trade, migration, security and development aid. Integrated and coupled models will be developed, whose dynamics can be described in the language of complexity theory, including chaos, turbulence, bifurcations, catastrophes, and phase transition. The programme will apply spatial interaction models to trade and migration; reaction diffusion to conflicts and terrorism; and network models to international trade, migration and crime. These models will be extended to incorporate new events, such as the emergence of new entities, including countries, coupling them together in diverse ways. A generic framework will ultimately be developed for a coupled global dynamics spanning many spatial and temporal scales, pertaining to different systems whose behaviours can be both quantitatively and qualitatively simulated. Models will be developed which incorporate all these ideas into a global intelligence system to inform global policy makers about future events. Several UK government departments as well as global businesses are partners in this project.

Studentship Description

The role of the Migration PhD studentship within ENFOLD will be:

1. To review and engage with the literature on general theories of migration and more specifically that on migration forecasting models

2. To identify, collect, systematise and analyse relevant international migration statistics as required by the project

3. To assist in the programming and database effort for the migration model in ENFOLD

4. To develop and test several models of global migration dynamics

Person Specification

The applicants should possess a good honours degree (1st Class or 2:1 minimum) in any of the following disciplines: Economics, Statistics, Physics, Mathematics, Finance, or in any social science program with a strong quantitative component within Geography, Sociology, Epidemiology/ Public Health, GIS, Spatial Analysis or any other closely relevant subject area. An MSc in one of these areas or/and knowledge in econometric and statistical analysis is highly desirable. They should also have excellent quantitative research skills in social sciences including a good command of statistical analysis and programming knowledge of relevant packages (R, SAS,SPSS). As well as strong motivation to conduct independent research on the field of migration and basic knowledge of contemporary issues on migration.

Eligibility

The studentship is subject to funding restrictions please refer to the following link:http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/funding/students/Pages/eligibility.aspx.

Candidates should submit an application for graduate study to UCL Registry (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/admission/graduate-study/application-admission/) and should send a duplicate, along with a CV and cover letter, to Dr Pablo Mateos via email top.mateos@ucl.ac.uk.

Contact name

Dr Pablo Mateos

Contact details

p.mateos@ucl.ac.uk

UCL Taking Action for Equality

Closing Date

30 Jun 2010

Latest time for the submission of applications

30th June 2010

Interview date

Mid July 2010

Studentship Start Date

1st October 2010

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 Exercise, CCSR is world renowned for cutting edge research under the broad banner of Quantitative Social Science.

Social Statistics is the newest discipline area within the School of Social Sciences and one of very few such groupings in the UK. The discipline is committed to high quality research, and collaboration with other disciplines within the university, to improve the methodological rigour and range of quantitative enquiries in social science.

Applications are welcomed in a number of subject areas including:

Census & Survey Research
Longitudinal Data Analysis
Multilevel Modelling
Confidentiality & Privacy
Social Network Analysis
Health Inequalities
Work & Employment

The premium funded studentships commence in September 2010.

Five ESRC studentships are available. These prestigious awards include fees
and an annual stipend of up to £16,290 and an additional allowance for
research expenses. For more information please visit : www.ccsr.ac.uk/phd

Deadline for funding applications is 19th March 2010.

To discuss your proposal please contact Margaret Martin
(ccsr@manchester.ac.uk)

For information on how to apply contact Vicky Barnes
(vicky.barnes@manchester.ac.uk)

To apply online visit http://www.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/howtoapply

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 the following broad areas:

• Relationship between availability of alcohol and alcohol-related harm
• Discrimination and health
• Environmental determinants of diet and/or physical activity
• Spatial/urban planning policy, the built environment and health

Successful candidates will be expected to undertake a project in these broad areas with the precise focus developed in collaboration with the lead supervisor, Dr Steven Cummins. To discuss an application contact Stephen at s.c.j.cummins@qmul.ac.uk

The above Studentships cover full fees (overseas or domestic) and a maintenance grant (at relevant Research Council rates), for three years. Some teaching contribution may be required as part of the Studentship.

Deadline for applications: applicants who wish to be considered for a one of the above Studentships must be received by College no later than 4pm on Friday 12th February 2010.

It is anticipated that interviews for short listed candidates will be held in early March.

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 to UK students wishing to attend and willing to submit a poster. the closing date for bursaries is 4th January.

Details regarding registration, the programme and bursaries can be found here.

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 will be awarded the grant offered in the present call will be based at the University of Lausanne to conduct research on the mobility of higher education programmes and institutions, also called transnational or cross-border education.

Candidates with an interest and experience in this or a closely related field are invited to apply. In addition to carrying out his/her own research, the successful applicant will supervise and monitor two doctoral students working on the transnationalisation of academic institutions.

The position starts in autumn/winter 2009-2010 (no later than January 2010).

More details in this word document.

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 Fellowship will be jointly funded by the ESRC and ONS while the Fellow remains employed by his/her institution.

The fellowship itself concerns the review of the ONS Virtual Microdata Laboratory (VML).

Any enquiries please email: lesley.lilley@esrc.ac.uk or felix.ritchie@ons.gsi.gov.uk

Further ONS placement details in this Word document.

Closing date for applicants is 8th of July.