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ESRC funded PhD Studentship
Closes 15th June 2009 School of Geography Human and Animal Dimensions of
Biosecurity
Following the award of an ESRC grant entitled Biosecurity Borderlands, a
linked independent PhD studentship is available to study the human and
animal dimensions of biosecurity. We are seeking to appoint a suitably
qualified applicant for a doctoral studentship for three years to start
in October 2009.
The main project to which this studentship is attached, investigates the
practices, understandings and pressures created as biosecurity is
extended into the British food system and landscape. The economic and
social costs associated with communicable animal diseases, particularly
after recent foot and mouth, avian influenza and bluetongue outbreaks in
the UK, have made biosecurity both a key policy goal and a widely used
if poorly understood term. The term biosecurity is often used to suggest
a sanitised landscape and a clinical approach to food and agriculture,
with little patience for the untidiness of food and landscape practices
that need to contend with a range of other concerns. The main project
therefore explores the interfaces between biosecurity and other
concerns, including workers' health and safety, food safety, security,
and cultures and wildlife conservation practices. This exploration will
be undertaken through ethnographic work on farms, in food safety
settings and on wildlife reserves, as well as through focus groups with
lay publics.
The PhD will be jointly supervised by Professor Steve Hinchliffe
(University of Exeter) and Dr Nick Bingham (Open University) and will
develop a project that complements and/or extends the project team
investigating biosecurity in the UK at Exeter and the Open Universities.
The successful candidate will be expected to:
- engage with current theory and practice in geographies of animals,
food and science;
- develop an empirical investigation of international and/ or national
biosecurity
You will be based in the School of Geography at the University of
Exeter's Streatham Campus in Exeter, and jointly supervised by the Open
University. Under the terms of the studentship scheme, you will also
benefit from opportunities to work alongside the Biosecurity Borderlands
project team.
To apply, you should meet the eligibility and residence requirements for
an ESRC +3 PhD, and preferably have research experience using
qualitative methods at postgraduate level. Applicants should have
completed or be near to completing an ESRC approved social sciences
training qualification at Masters level or equivalent. UK/EU level fees
will be paid, together with a maintenance grant that matches the
standard ESRC rate (for 2009/10 this will be £13,290). Please send a
copy of your CV, with the names and addresses of three referees, plus a
brief three page statement outlining how you would approach this
research topic, to Laura Taylor at [log in to unmask]
For further information, or informal discussion about the position,
please contact one of the project supervisors: Professor Steve
Hinchliffe ([log in to unmask]); or Dr Nick Bingham
([log in to unmask]).
Closing date for completed applications is 15th June 2009. Interviews
are expected to take place in early July.
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