Dear All, The Department of Sociology at the University of Leicester will have an open PhD studentship starting in 2009. Details can be found at the bottom of this email. Obviously, I would be delighted to supervise applicants in social simulation. Please draw this opportunity to the attention of any suitably qualified candidate. The department will also have a three year RA starting a simulation project from December under the ESRC SIMIAN Research Methods node looking at repeated social interaction and a one year visiting student from Spain looking at simulation of networks and social capital so a small "unit" of like minded people is evolving here. Please contact me informally for further information about this opportunity ([log in to unmask]" style="line-height: 1.2em; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">[log in to unmask]). All the best, Edmund Chattoe-Brown ===== Departmental PhD Scholarship The department is offering one three year PhD Scholarship which provides £3,000 per annum towards fees and an annual stipend of £9,000. In order to be eligible, candidates must meet the following criteria: •    Home/EU fee status. •    Intending to start their PhD in October 2009. •    In order to be considered for the scholarship the candidate must have provided all relevant documentation to satisfy conditions of offer (and otherwise completed all application procedures) by a date approxmately two months prior to arrival. This date is therefore 1st August 2009. There is no separate application process for the scholarship and all candidates who satisfy these conditions will be considered. •    Submission of a two A4 page research proposal providing as much detail as possible about the intended research (summary of existing knowledge, research question, intended methods and so on). This proposal will form a key part of the assessment process for the scholarship and the topic of the research must be clearly relevant to the expertise of one or more members of the department who will be asked to supervise the successful applicant. •    Good Masters level qualification in a relevant social science with a recognisable research methods component. In order to be considered for this scholarship, please apply in the normal way for the start date above, providing all requested material (including research proposal) by the relevant deadline. The department will consider all eligible candidates as soon as possible after the deadline and inform the successful candidate. The department reserves the right not to award the scholarship if no sufficiently well qualified candidate presents themselves. See http://www.le.ac.uk/sociology/pg/sophd.html for further details of application procedure.