PhD Studentship - Transport and Society
Centre for Transport & Society
Faculty of the Built Environment, University of the West of England, Bristol

Overview
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The Centre for Transport & Society (CTS) invites applications for a PhD 
studentship to commence from July 2004 or thereafter. Applicants of any 
nationality may apply. The value of the studentship is set at the annual 
standard EPSRC stipend (£10,500 for 2004/05). The Studentship also includes 
payment of fees. The closing date for applications is Friday 25th June 2004.

Background
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The Centre for Transport & Society aims to improve and promote 
understanding of the inherent links between lifestyles and personal travel 
in the context of continuing social and technological change.

We have a growing team of staff and research students bringing a range of 
disciplines to bear on our research activities including: civil 
engineering; geography; regional and urban planning; environmental 
politics; anthropology, philosophy; environmental and experimental 
psychology; sociology; and information systems.

CTS offers a lively, supportive and diverse training environment for 
research students. The Centre holds regular team meetings and internal 
research seminars as well as running a reading group. Full details about 
the research we engage in can be found on our website at 
www.transport.uwe.ac.uk. The Faculty of the Built Environment in which CTS 
resides is also establishing a new Graduate School to be in place for the 
new academic year - this will be a dedicated facility for postgraduate 
research and teaching students which will further enhance the research 
training environment.

Guidance
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We are seeking an enthusiastic and committed individual who shares our 
interest in studying the links between transport and society. If you wish 
to apply, please download and complete an application form from our 
website. It is important that within your application you:

* set out why you wish to take up this studentship;
* why you are well placed as an applicant; and
* what issues you might wish to explore in the research (please offer up to 
300 words on this).

We are particularly keen for applicants to identify their own research 
ideas. However, the following range of topics is provided as a guide:

* transport and social exclusion
* distinguishing between mobility and accessibility
* living with the car
* traffic restraint policies and travel demand management
* social implications of new policies and measures
* personal travel in the information age
* life stages and implications for long term behaviours
* reducing dependence on the car
* transport implications of lifestyle marketing and social norms
* the value of information in transport systems
* perceptions of travel time
* the effects of GDL (Gradual Driving License) on travel habits among young 
drivers

Completed applications should be returned to:

Julie Triggle, Research Office, Faculty of the Built Environment, UWE, 
Frenchay Campus, BRISTOL BS16 1QY (email [log in to unmask], telephone 
0117 32 83209).

For further information please contact Professor Glenn Lyons by email at 
[log in to unmask], or telephone 0117 32 83219 (please note that 
Professor Lyons is on leave from 2-11 June).
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Professor Glenn Lyons
Centre for Transport & Society
Faculty of the Built Environment
University of the West of England
Frenchay Campus
Coldharbour Lane
BRISTOL BS16 1QY
Tel 0117 32 83219
Mobile 07748 768404
Fax 0117 32 83899
Email [log in to unmask]
Web www.transport.uwe.ac.uk
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