Fully funded PhD studentship
University of Durham
Department of Geography
Childrenˇ¦s geographies, urban sustainability and new approaches to the
school run
Funded by Go Ahead Northern and supervised by Dr Harriet Bulkeley and Dr
Rachel Pain, this PhD project will investigate the processes operating at
different scales which affect decisions about the school run, and the
adoption and success of strategies to reduce journeys by car. It will pay
particular attention to context (social and geographical) in order to
address questions about the uneven impact of policy making in this area,
and make recommendations for the future. It will ask:
„X how, why and with what implications, have national and local policy with
respect to the journey to school evolved over the past decade?
„X what determines travel choices made by children and parents over the
journey to school?
„X how do children and parents respond to specific policies or strategies
to address the journey to school, and what are the implications for their
effectiveness?
The research will be carried out in schools in Gateshead and Oxford, and
adopt a participatory methodology involving qualitative techniques and
children as peer researchers.
The studentship is available from either October 2004 or January 2005.
Applications on the official application form
http://www.dur.ac.uk/postgrad/pg_form.htm are welcome from candidates
with a minimum 2.1 undergraduate degree and a Masters degree in a relevant
social science. To apply, please send the application form, together with
a CV and a letter outlining any relevant experience and your interests in
this topic. For further details please contact: [log in to unmask]
or [log in to unmask]
The deadline for applications is 8th September 2004.
|