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FANDOM, MEDIA AND GENDER IN SCOTLAND’S “NATIONAL” GAME

The School of Arts and Humanities is pleased to invite applications for this University of Stirling and Scottish Football Association fully-funded AHRC PhD Studentship (fees and subsistence at current AHRC UK/EU rates).

http://www.stir.ac.uk/scholarships/arts-humanities/fandom-media-and-gender-in-scotlands-national-game.html

Deadline        Friday 13th May - 12 noon.

'Fandom, Media and Gender in Scotland's "National" Game' investigates the representational and discursive framing of Scotland's men's and women's national teams as well as football fans' engagement with the national teams and players in both 'live' and 'mediated' contexts. It investigates how the Scottish men's and women's national teams are promoted, represented and discursively framed as well the kind of fan engagement with the national teams and players this promotes and enables. This project will identify existing promotional and audience engagement strategies, and examine fans as both audience members and as participants in media cultures through a series of focus groups. It will investigate patterns of engagement, motivations, pleasures and questions of community and identity.

For the external partner, the Scottish FA, this will offer crucial new knowledge, which will enable them to develop media and audience engagement strategies. In particular, it will provide an evidence base to allow the Scottish FA to reflect on whether/how strategies for development need to be tailored for the women's game (the men's game is currently the operational norm). In academic terms, it will make important, timely and original contributions to knowledge around sports fandom, gender, digital media and participatory culture. This project also constitutes a much-needed challenge to the gendered assumptions underpinning existing writing on sports fandom, which tends to focus on men's sports.

How to apply

Applicants must have gained a good undergraduate degree in an appropriate subject. In addition, applicants must hold a relevant postgraduate Masters degree, or be about to complete an appropriate Master’s degree — or have other professional experience relevant to the scope of the project. Applicants who have already commenced PhD study are not eligible for this studentship.

Eligibility to Apply

In order to apply, you must fulfil both the academic and the residency criteria laid down by the AHRC.

Academic eligibility – you must:

  1.  Have applied for and been offered a place to study at the University of Stirling (such an offer will be made to the successful applicant for this studentship). You should apply for a place to study a Research Degree in Film & Media Studies using this link: https://portal.stir.ac.uk/student/course-application/get-course-block.jsp?dept=&type=R&course=&moa=&mos You will be able to upload all your documents here.
  2.  Hold a relevant postgraduate Masters degree, or be about to complete an appropriate Masters level qualification – or have other professional experience relevant to the scope of the project.

Residency eligibility – you must:

  1.  Be a British national normally resident in the UK; or
  2.  Be an EU national normally resident in the UK, the EU or Switzerland; or
  3.  Have been resident in the UK or EU for the past three years for reasons other than education.

More information on the application process and further particulars can be found here: Fandom, Media and Gender in Scotland's "National" Game Further Particulars<http://www.stir.ac.uk/media/schools/artsandhumanities/documents/CDA%20Boyle%20SFA%20further%20particulars.docx>

Contact

Potential applicants are welcome to contact Prof Karen Boyle ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) for more detailed information or with informal queries.