Archive for 'Research Students' 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 [...]
Population Geography Research Group (PopGRG) (Joanna Stillwell Prize)
Population Geography Research Group (PopGRG) (Joanna Stillwell Prize) This prize is named in memory of the daughter of Professor John Stillwell of the University of Leeds. Joanna, who was a geography graduate from the University of Sheffield, died in 2004. The Population Geography Research Group has set up three prizes (£100 for first prize; £50 [...]
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 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 [...]
PopFest 2010: Call for Papers
The annual PopFest conference, a conference specifically open to postgraduates from all disciplines across the social sciences studying any aspect of population, has announced a call for papers for its 2010 conference in St. Andrews. Full details of the programme are still to be confirmed but will include: parallel sessions running over three days, poster [...]
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. [...]
2 Post Doc positions available at Morgan Centre
Two Post Doctoral Research Fellows are required to join the Morgan Centre at the University of Manchester, a research centre providing a focus for research and teaching in the field of personal life and relationship. These posts will provide the successful applicants with an opportunity to develop their knowledge and understanding of innovative research in this [...]
Conference: “Current Debates in International Development”: 25-26 June 2009
This is a multi-disciplinary conference for PhD students hosted by the School of International Development at the University of East Anglia. This conference brings together research students who will present and discuss core themes and issues emanating from their research. The papers to be presented encompass many of the key issues that researchers of Development [...]