CRESC PhD Studentship 2010-2012

The ESRC Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change (CRESC) intends to fund a doctoral studentship for a period of three years from September 2010. The student will be supervised by a team of 2 or 3 supervisors from amongst the Manchester Research Associates and Directors (see the website for further details). The successful student will be based at the Manchester CRESC offices, and will be expected to spend up to six hours a week supporting CRESC in an administrative and/or research capacity. The student will benefit from working in a dedicated research environment where they can liaise with numerous active researchers linked to CRESC themes.

One fully funded PhD studentships is currently available, covering the standard home/EU fee for 2010/2011 entry plus an annual stipend of £13,290 , payable in four instalments, and £750 research training grant per annum.

The successful candidate will

  • Have an excellent undergraduate degree (minimum 2:1) in any of the disciplinary areas which are involved in CRESC (Business Studies, Social Anthropology, Sociology, Women’s Studies)
  • Have completed a research training Masters (with a minimum overall average of 60%) in concordance with the expectations of the ESRC
  • Have interests in any of the six CRESC themes (see www.cresc.ac.uk for details)
  • It is also hoped that candidates will
  • Study a topic of interdisciplinary significance involving an interdisciplinary supervisory team
  • Have both methodological and theoretical interests in CRESC research beyond their specific research topics.

How to Apply

Candidates are asked to submit a CV and a one page statement of their proposed research topic, to Vicky.Barnes@manchester.ac.uk by January 1st 2010.

Further Enquiries

Interested candidates are invited to contact any of the Manchester CRESC Directors to discuss their application;

  • Professor Penny Harvey, email; penny.harvey@manchester.ac.uk
  • Professor Mike Savage, email; mike.savage@manchester.ac.uk
  • Professor Karel Williams, email; karel.williams@manchester.ac.uk

Decisions on funding will be made by the end of March (2010).

The successful candidate will then be required to submit a full PhD application for formal programme approval purposes. Further details on this will be communicated separately to the successful candidate.

Also advertised on SoSS

Tentative Application Deadline : 21 January 2010