Dear all
Please could you distribute the message below to any students (final year or Masters students) who may be interested
in applying
Many thanks,
Eleri
The Centre for Data Analytics and Society
has a new project open for applications to start in September this year.
Social Frontiers in Residential Segregation: A Data Analytics Approach
There has been growing concern over the last decade across the western world regarding the impact of migration and the implications
for social cohesion in our societies and cities. A key aspect of the debate is the impact of migration on segregation — the extent to which people from different ethnicities tend to concentrate in particular neighbourhoods. This PhD offers a superb opportunity
to work with a world-leading team of researchers from the UK and the Netherlands to produce cutting-edge research on the causes and impacts of “social frontiers”, an exciting new area of segregation research. Social Frontiers arise when there are sharp spatial
divisions in the residential make-up of adjacent communities as opposed to more gradual spatial blending of groups (e.g. Catholics and Protestants in Belfast). There is growing evidence that this type of segregation could have particularly negative impacts
on crime, mental health and educational outcomes. This studentship will give you a unique opportunity to investigate these effects using some of the worlds best micro-level social science data.
We are looking for graduates from a wide range of backgrounds with interests in how data can be used to address social science questions using statistical or
predictive techniques. Students will work with a multi-disciplinary team of supervisors as well as having the opportunity to work with external partners on real life problems.
The programme is an integrated one (+4), where students undertake an MSc in Data Analytics over the first two years which provides the foundation skills to complete
your research project.
Please see full details here -
https://datacdt.org/projects/sh34delft/
Deadline 14th June 2019
Please contact
us with any questions
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Eleri Pound
Centre Manager for Data analytics and Society
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Data Analytics and Society CDT
University of Leeds
Leeds Institute for Data Analytics
Leeds, LS2 9JT
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T: 0113 343 0882