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 newly established ESRC Centre for Population Change at the University of Southampton is pleased to announce a new PhD studentship in demography.

The studentship would suit a person with good computing skills and an interest in demographic measurement, who has, or expects to have, a postgraduate degree in demography, or a related social science or quantitative discipline, or equivalent experience.

The project is part of a wider programme of research into the determinants of recent fertility and partnership trends in the UK. The specific purpose of the PhD project is to generate updated time series of period parity progression indicators for Great Britain. It is an ESRC +3 studentship linked to the ESRC Research Centre for Population Change, where the student will work under the direction of Professor Máire Ní Bhrolcháin. The PhD project will use the combined file of General Household Survey maternity histories, supplemented by own child reconstructions in the most recent period, to extend previous sets of estimates and will evaluate these measures against alternative estimates and sources.

This ESRC award pays all University tuition fees, plus an annual maintenance stipend, set at £13,290 for the 2009-2010 academic year.

Further details of the project, of eligibility and of how to apply, are available at http://www.southampton.ac.uk/socsci/socstats/funding/cpcstudentship.html

Informal inquiries may be made to Professor Máire Ní Bhrolcháin (M.Ni-Bhrolchain@soton.ac.uk)

The deadline for applications is the 15th May 2009.

Interviews will be held on 28th May 2009.

Scottish Human Geography Consortium

TWO ESRC Postgraduate Research Studentship Opportunities (1+3/+3), 2009 start

The Scottish Human Geography Consortium incorporates human geography delivery units at the Universities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, St. Andrews, and Strathclyde. It provides ESRC-recognised specialist postgraduate training in the form of the Kindrogan Postgraduate Training Weekend and other activities, and has played a central role in cultivating a vibrant and meaningful Scotland-wide network of postgraduate scholars.
The Consortium studentships allow the successful applicants to draw on the rich range of resources offered by Scottish-based human geography programmes. The successful applicants will be registered in one university, and normally jointly supervised by staff from one other university in the Consortium. Applicants and potential supervisors will work together to establish which cross-institutional arrangement would best serve the student and project.
Applicants for +3 must hold an ESRC-recognised Masters (or equivalent). Students pursuing a 1+3 model are eligible to enter any of the ESRC-recognised Masters Research training programmes run by Consortium members.

UK Applicants receive full fees plus maintenance. Non-resident EU Applicants receive fees only. EU Applicants resident in the UK for at least three years are normally eligible for fees plus maintenance.
[For further details: http://www.esrc.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/Images/Postgraduate%20Funding%20Guide%20-%20January%202009_tcm6-12067.pdf]

Applications must include 8 copies of the following: a letter of application stating which institution/s and supervisor/s the applicant would seek to affiliate with; a CV; a two page outline of the proposed research topic; and two sealed letters of reference (note: only 1 copy of references required).

Contact for enquiries and applications:
Dr Ed Hall,
Studentship Convenor,
Scottish Human Geography Consortium,
Geography, School of Social and Environmental Sciences,
University of Dundee,
Perth Road, Dundee DD1 4HN.
Email: e.c.hall@dundee.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1382 388073

We would like to draw your attention to Popfest 2009, the 17th annual conference of postgraduate students in Population-related studies. Popfest 2009 will be taking place from the 2nd July to the 4th of July 2009, and will be hosted by the Population At LSE research students at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Popfest is organised by postgraduates, for postgraduates, and is an event which aims to give researchers in Social Science, Demography, Human Geography, Social Anthropology, Social Statistics, Development, Health, Social Policy and other related fields, a relaxed and supportive forum to meet and present their research.

Popfest 2009 is now ready to accept abstracts for papers and posters. We welcome contributions from postgraduate students studying any aspect of population.

Please forward this on to anyone who you feel might be interested in participating in this event.

Deadline for submission of abstracts: 20 April 2009
Deadline for registration: 08 May 2009

The conference registration fee for Popfest 2009 is £25 which covers all conference materials, lunches on 6th and 7th of July, refreshments, and a conference dinner.

For further information and on-line abstract submission please visit our conference website: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/BSPS/postgraduates/PopFest.htm