Brunel University is awarding up to 30 competitive PhD studentships to home/EU students. The Centre for Human Geography is inviting applications which meet the criteria in the following research areas:

CRITICAL GEOGRAPHIES OF DEVELOPMENT

Aspects of socio-cultural change in sub-Saharan Africa;

AIDS in Africa (impacts; policy);

critical politics of aid and development .   

GENDER

Geographies of gender;

gendered geographies of education, training and employment

women’s and girls’ environment justice/education in Pakistan

gendering of energy (use/poverty/industry);

gender dimensions of climate change;

geographies of masculinities;

geographies of women and employment, motherhood.

MOBILITY

Geographies of mobility. 

CHILDREN AND YOUTH

Geographies of children, childhood and youth, children’s services;

geographies of childcare, children's services, child carers ;

overseas gap year projects. 

SOCIAL CARE

Historical and social geographies of care;

For further details, please refer to: www.brunel.ac.uk/courses/pg/funding/isambard

Applications, including a 2 page research proposal, should in the first instance be sent to the Centre for Human Geography, for preliminary selection and formative feedback by May 31^st.  (To [log in to unmask] ) Final applications  will need to be submitted to the University by June 19^th 2009.

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