Department of Geography
University of Dundee
PhD Research Studentship in Human Geography
Applications are invited for a three year PhD research studentship in Human
Geography tenable at the University from mid-September 2003. Candidates
with interests in the following areas are particularly encouraged to apply:
* Geographies of voluntarism and volunteering
* The ‘home’ and geographies of consumption
* Geographies of vulnerable and excluded social groups
* Geographies of crime and the criminal justice system
or other relevant areas of social, economic, urban or political geography.
The studentship will cover all fees and provide a grant of approximately
£7,500 per annum. The successful candidate will also be expected to
undertake some teaching at first and second year levels.
The Department of Geography gained a 4A in the 2001 RAE and is
rated ‘Excellent’ for teaching. The student would be a member of the
Space, Society and Politics Research Group in the Department which has
developed an international reputation for its innovative work in areas of
social and cultural geography.
Applicants for the studentship should have (or expect to have) a good
Honours and/or Masters degree in geography or a related discipline. They
should send a short (one page) research proposal, a CV and the names of two
referees, to: Dr Hester Parr, Postgraduate Tutor, Department of Geography,
University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN; e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Informal enquiries are very welcome and should be directed to Dr Nick Fyfe
([log in to unmask]), Dr Hester Parr ([log in to unmask]) or Dr Fiona
Smith ([log in to unmask]). For further details of the Department’s
research expertise in human geography please see our website:
www.dundee.ac.uk/geography/.
Closing date for applications: end of July 2003
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