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Dear all,
Please find below a description of three PhD studentships offered at the University of Edinburgh. Prospective students are encouraged to get in touch with project supervisors to discuss research proposals before submitting. The deadline for application is 1st February. Further information for each studentship can be found here: https://www.ed.ac.uk/usher/teaching-learning/study-with-us/postgraduate-research/available-funded-projects
3 x funded 3-year PhD studentships in Biomedicine, Self & Society
Background
The Biomedicine, Self, and Society research programme, funded by the Wellcome Trust, brings together social science, law and humanities researchers from across the University. We aim to develop innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to exploring the issues, challenges and questions raised by biomedicine, biotechnology and health care in today's society. Details of the Centre available at https://www.ed.ac.uk/usher/news-events/news-2017/centre-for-biomedicine-self-and-society.
Project areas
We are delighted to offer, as part of the University’s investment in this programme of work, 3 fully-funded PhD studentships to begin in September 2018 within the Usher Institute. Students will be enrolled on the PhD in Population Health Sciences and supported to develop their own research project within one of the following broad areas:
1. The social life of (bio)technologies in sexual and reproductive health: How do emerging (bio)technologies in sexual and reproductive health shape, redefine or disrupt existing health practices in a global context? What role do these technologies play in shaping illness, bodies, identities, communities and inequalities and what are the implications for embodied experiences of health (paying particular attention to gender, sexuality, race, disability, class or migration)? How have communities demanded, taken up, used or modified such technologies? This PhD will draw on social science theory and methods to engage with some of these questions.
Principal supervisor: Dr Ingrid Young ([log in to unmask]).
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BGJ769/funded-3-year-phd-studentship-in-biomedicine-self-and-society-the-social-life-of-bio-technologies-in-sexual-and-reproductive-health
2. Ethics of emerging biotechnologies: project proposals are welcome on a range of topics examining ethical, social and policy dimensions of biotechnology and new modes of biomedicine. Examples include ethics of gene editing; stem cells and regenerative medicine; reproductive technologies; experimental therapies; health and genomic data research; and animal biotechnologies.
Principal supervisor: Dr Sarah Chan ([log in to unmask]).
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BGJ778/funded-3-year-phd-studentship-in-biomedicine-self-and-society-ethics-of-emerging-biotechnologies
3. New public roles in healthcare governance: developments in biomedicine and continued policies of austerity in high-income contexts create new dilemmas for the governance of contemporary healthcare. Proposed empirical social science projects might look at the roles created for, created by, and taken up by members of the public in particular decisions about healthcare change, or at public perceptions of new developments in healthcare.
Principal supervisor: Dr Ellen Stewart ([log in to unmask]).
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BGJ757/funded-3-year-phd-studentship-in-biomedicine-self-and-society-new-public-roles-in-healthcare-governance/
Each student will have a second supervisor and be fully supported in their career and skills development.
Requirements
We welcome applications from candidates who have a good first degree, and preferably a Masters (or who are studying towards one) in either ethics or a social science discipline.
Applicants must meet the entry requirements for acceptance to the University of Edinburgh PhD programme. See:
https://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/postgraduate/degrees/index.php?r=site/view&id=924
Funding
Studentship covers tuition fees at UK/EU rates (currently £4,195p.a.), additional costs, conference travel of up to £300p.a., and stipend at RCUK rate (currently £14,553p.a.) for 3 years.
This studentship covers UK/EU tuition fees only (any eligible non-EU candidates must fund the remainder of the overseas tuition fee).
Application procedure
Please contact the relevant principal supervisor (listed above) for your area of interest to discuss your research ideas before applying.
Applications should be emailed to Sebastien Georges ([log in to unmask]) by 5pm on 1st February 2017, with the subject heading ‘Biomedicine, Self & Society studentship application’. Please include:
· CV (including names of two referees)
· 1-page research proposal (including the name of your preferred supervisor)
Interviews will be held in Edinburgh (or by videoconference/Skype) and are planned for 1st March 2017.
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