PhD Research Stipend
£13,290 p.a. + tuition fees waiver (full time, 3 years)
Closing date for applications: 24 March 2010
An exciting opportunity for postgraduate research has arisen within
the Social Ethics Research Group at the University of Wales, Newport.
The successful candidate will undertake a PhD and participate in the
RESPECT Project, an international and interdisciplinary research
programme funded through the European Commission's Seventh Framework
Programme. We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated
individual with a strong interest in contemporary academic debates
about respect, tolerance, equality and diversity, and their
application to issues of pressing social and political concern.
The research will focus on the role of tolerance and equal respect in
relation to policies for the distribution of public spaces in
culturally diverse societies. As a postgraduate researcher you will be
involved in extensive international liaison with partners in China,
Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel,
Italy, Lithuania, Russia, and Slovenia. This will include the
attendance of workshops and conferences at collaborating institutions,
and the possibility of single-authored and/or co-authored
publications. The successful candidate will therefore have excellent
communication and organisation skills, experience of undertaking
research in a relevant discipline and, as a minimum, hold an
undergraduate degree in any relevant discipline: philosophy (esp.
applied ethics, and political philosophy), law, sociology, politics,
social policy, or related fields across the humanities and social
sciences. The ability to combine theoretical and empirical research
approaches would be ideally suited to the aims of the RESPECT Project.
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To apply email a CV, a covering letter and the contact details of two
referees to [log in to unmask]
Short-listed candidates will be asked for a sample of written work and
invited for an on-campus interview. Interviews will be held in
mid-April.
Closing date for applications: Wednesday, 24th March 2010
Start date: 1 June 2010 (negotiable)
For informal inquiries please email [log in to unmask] or
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SERG
The Newport Social Ethics Research Group (SERG) combines research and
teaching in a range of fields in the social domain, with special
emphasis on political, social and ethical theory – and on the points
of intersection between these areas. At the heart of the Group’s
concerns is the aim of bringing theoretical debates and developments
to bear on contemporary social trends, policies and controversies. To
achieve those aims members of SERG pursue individual research as well
as collaborative research projects funded by external bodies such as
the AHRC, ESRC, HEFCW, and the European Commission. The Group's new
MA programme in Social Ethics and Public Advocacy constitutes a
further step in the direction of effective integration of theory,
policy, and practice.
Current SERG members:
- Prof. Phillip Cole (Professor of Applied Philosophy, Associate Dean
for Research & Enterprise)
- Prof. Steve Smith (Professor of Political Philosophy and Social Policy)
- Dr Gideon Calder (Reader in Ethics and Social Philosophy, SERG Director)
- Dr Marit Hovdal Moan (Leverhulme Visiting Research Fellow)
- Dr Enzo Rossi (Research Fellow in Social Ethics)
- Mr Mark Reardon (PhD student)
- Ms Maria Nunan (PhD student)
For more information visit serg.newport.ac.uk
The RESPECT Research Project is funded by the European Commission
under Framework Programme 7.
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Enzo Rossi
Research Fellow
Social Ethics Research Group (SERG)
School of Health & Social Sciences
University of Wales, Newport
Caerleon Campus, Lodge Road
Newport NP18 3QT, United Kingdom
Home: newport.academia.edu/EnzoRossi
SERG: serg.newport.ac.uk
RESPECT Project (EC FP7):
http://www.areaclienti.net-evolution.com/respect/
MA Social Ethics & Public Advocacy:
http://www3.newport.ac.uk/courses/displayCourse.aspx?course_id=293
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