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Final reminder: Closing Date: 25th April 2014 Apologies for cross-posting but this may be of interest to current MA/MSc students/ supervisors PhD Studentship: Age, everyday mobility and the urban residential environment: understanding the age-friendly city Reference Code; GPS12 This fully funded studentship is available based on the usual EPSRC/ESRC criteria of EU/UK fees eligibility Supervisors Dr Helen Jarvis (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/gps/staff/profile/helen.jarvis) Urban Social Geography Dr Cathrine Degnen (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/gps/sociology/about/staff/profile/cathrine.degnen) Social Anthropology Ms Rose Gilroy (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/guru/staff/profile/r.c.gilroy) Planning and Engagement Mr Tim Townsend (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/apl/staff/profile/tim.townshend) Planning and Urban Design Sponsor Newcastle University Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, in association with EPSRC funded project MyPLACE project: Mobility and Place for the Age-Friendly City Environment http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/newsevents/pubs/mags/connect/2013/90/Pages/wellbeing.aspx Duration of the Award Three years Project Description Western societies are generally characterized by increasing urbanization, ageing populations, and unequal access to housing, transport and local community services. Such characteristics highlight unequal patterns of mobility and access associated with varying degrees of age-related dependence, health impairments and the way these can be temporarily or permanently exacerbated by changes in the physical and experiential landscape, including the timing and spacing of amenities, networks and nodes of interaction and belonging, and new construction and policy initiatives. Closer attention to specific attributes of spatial arrangements and social interaction in residential built environments has stimulated growing interest in age-friendly design and governance. The studentship aims to better conceptualise and explain age-friendliness and to deepen our understanding of the age-friendly city. For example, a relational approach acknowledges multiple scales and transitions in neighbourhood lived experience. The research will employ a range of qualitative methods to explore people's actual everyday use of urban residential spaces and the meanings such experiences hold. The goal is to qualitatively extend our appreciation of the situated experience of mobility for diverse social groups based on UK and comparative international case-study evidence. Value of the Award and Eligibility A full award covers tuition fees at the UK/EU RCUK rate and a tax-free annual stipend of £13,726 for three years. Applicants must hold a First or a good 2:1 undergraduate degree in the social sciences and, in addition, hold or be completing a Masters degree in the social sciences, which includes at least 60 credits of research methods training. (Equivalent evidence of postgraduate research methods qualifications and/or experience will be considered, subject to discretion.) Further information: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/funding/search/list/gps12 How to Apply You must apply through the University's online postgraduate application (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/form/) form selecting 'PhD School of Geography, Politics and Sociology - Geography' as the programme of study. Please insert the code GPS12 in the studentship/partnership reference field. Please also include reference MyPLACE2014 in the research proposal field. For further details, please contact: Dr Helen Jarvis, e-mail: [log in to unmask]