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> ESRC +3 CASE AWARD - INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIETY/ACTION ON
> SMOKING AND HEALTH
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> The evolution of regulatory strategies in relation to Nicotine
> Replacement Therapy and their implications for product innovation
> and harm reduction.
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> An ESRC +3 CASE Award has been made to the Institute for Science
> and Society (ISS) at the University of Nottingham in collaboration
> with Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) and with the university's
> Schools of Law and Community Health Sciences. The successful
> candidate will combine approaches from Science and Technology
> Studies (STS) and Socio-Legal Studies to examine the regulatory
> choices that have been made around alternative modes of nicotine
> delivery and their implications for the development of new products
> in support of smoking cessation programmes. The project will
> combine work on documents and interviews with key stakeholders,
> including a placement with ASH in London. Other travel is
> likely to be required for interviews with regulators. The lead
> supervisor will be Professor Robert Dingwall (ISS), in partnership
> with Professor Ann McNeil (Public Health), Dr Emilie Cloatre (Law)
> and Deborah Arnott (ASH).
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> The award will cover fees and a tax-free maintenance grant
> (expected to amount to £16,600 in 2007), together with research
> expenses, for three years. Applicants must have completed an ESRC-
> recognized research training Master's degree or be able to show
> that they will have equivalent research training and experience by
> 1 October 2007. They must also satisfy ESRC rules on prior UK
> residency. Applications are welcomed from candidates with
> backgrounds in law, social sciences or public health. Previous
> knowledge of STS or socio-legal studies is not essential, as
> subject-specific training will be available.
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> Further particulars are available from [log in to unmask] The
> closing date is 15 June 2007 and interviews are expected to be held
> w/b 25 June or 2 July.
>
> Robert Dingwall
> Professor and Director
> Institute for Science and Society
> University of Nottingham
> Law and Social Sciences Building, University Park, Nottingham NG7
> 2RD, United Kingdom. Phone +44 (0) 115 951 5418 Fax +44 (0) 115 846
> 6349 www.nottingham.ac.uk/iss
> Personal page: http://tinyurl.com/29ltbw
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