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A PhD opportunity at the University of Edinburgh. Please circulate to
interested colleagues and students.
With thanks,
Sarah Cunningham-Burley
Wellcome Trust PhD Studentship
The University of Edinburgh
Centre for Research on Families and Relationships/Centre for Population
Health Sciences
A sociological study of health-related enhancement technologies
Applications are invited for this full-time PhD studentship commencing 1st
October or as soon as possible thereafter. This is offered as part of the
Wellcome Trust Biomedical Ethics Strategic Award programme ‘The Human Body,
its Scope, Limits and Future’ (a collaboration between the Universities of
Manchester and Edinburgh). The student will be based in the University of
Edinburgh Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR;
www.crfr.ac.uk), and associated with the Centre for Population Health
Sciences (CPHS; www.chs.med.ed.ac.uk/cphs/), as well as having close links
with Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation at the University of
Manchester (iSEI; www.isei.manchester.ac.uk). This Wellcome Trust Strategic
Award is a five-year programme led by Professor John Harris and colleagues
at iSEI and by Professor Sarah Cunningham-Burley at CRFR. This
multidisciplinary programme follows five strands of innovative research: 1.
Human biomaterials; 2. Genethics;3. Reproduction;4. Enhancement;5. Methods
in Bioethics
Students are invited to think about possible projects on the sociology of
health-related enhancement, and include their ideas for the empirical
research in their cover letter.
The project will be supervised by Professor Sarah Cunningham-Burley (CRFR
and CPHS), Dr Martyn Pickersgill (CPHS) and Dr Gill Haddow (Innogen). CRFR
has a thriving postgraduate research community and close links with CPHS and
the Division of Community Health Sciences (www.chs.med.ed.ac.uk), and the
School of Social and Political Science (www.sps.ed.ac.uk).
Application Details
Applicants must have achieved a 2:1 or higher in their first degree in
sociology or a related social science discipline, and preferably have a
relevant MA or MSc. The award provides a maintenance grant (£13, 590) and
full fees. To apply please submit the following:
• A two-page cover letter outlining your interest in and suitability
for this project (including brief project proposal)
• An up-to-date CV
• Two academic referees
• Degree certificate/transcript (notarised copies are acceptable).
Please send your application to Vivien M Smith, CRFR Business Manager, 23
Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9LN ([log in to unmask]) by the closing
date of Friday 6th August 2010. Interviews for shortlisted applicants will
be held towards the end of August. Informal inquiries can be made to Sarah
Cunningham-Burley ([log in to unmask]) before 30th July 2010, or Martyn
Pickersgill ([log in to unmask]) before 4th August.
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The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland,
with registration number SC005336.
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