Information about these studentships has already been circulated to the
GIS-UK list.  However, two parts of that announcement were unfortunately
incorrect:  the effective deadline for applications is April 12th, not late
May;  and we have now been advised that full living costs will be paid
whether or not you are a European Union national:

	THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY OPEN TO ALL -- WHETHER OR NOT A UK CITIZEN
	-- TO WORK FOR A PhD ON A TOPIC RELATED TO THE HISTORICAL GIS
	PROJECT AT QUEEN MARY COLLEGE, LONDON UNIVERSITY, WITH
	ALL FEES WAIVED AND LIVING COSTS PAID FOR THREE YEARS.

The Department of Geography at Queen Mary & Westfield College, London
University, has available two fully funded research studentships from
September 1999.  The studentships are funded by the college, but cover fees
and living expenses at the same rates as those offered by the UK Economic
and Social Research Council.  They cover MPhil/PhD research in any area of
human and/or in physical geography.  However, the department will give
preference to applicants whose interests are complementary to those of our
research school.

This is therefore an opportunity to be funded to do research WORKING WITH
the established historical GIS research group within the department, and or
USING the very large historical GIS for Britain, and linked statistical
database, that we have developed.  More details of our work, and that
resource, are available from our web site:

		http://www.geog.qmw.ac.uk/hgis

The database contains a large assembly of spatial data from:

----	The UK Censuses of Population, from 1801 to the present,
	down to parish-level (we are working with the Office of National
	Statistics to create an atlas marking the census bi-centenary
	in 2001).

----	Mortality statistics, from the 1840s to the present, at
	county and district levels (we have a sub-project funded
	under the ESRC Health Variations Programme).

----	Unemployment, poor law statistics and similar from 1851 on,
	annually, quarterly and even monthly.

----	Election results, from 1885 to the present.

----	We have links to researchers working with spatial data
	from the pre-1800 period, as far back as the Domesday Book (1086).

Overall, the GIS and database document long-run geographical change in
Britain with a level of detail available for no other country in the world.
A wide range of analytical projects are possible, but we would be
particularly interested in projects concerned with VISUALISING change:  the
historical GIS team would welcome applications, in particular, from people
with existing training in GIS (preferably at MA/MSc level) wishing to
develop a research career, and planning to use the historical GIS to
explore visualisation methodologies applicable to long-run geographical
processes, and their presentation to wide audiences -- including web-based
on-line viewing.  Some work in this direction has already been undertaken
under a now-completed project on electronic historical atlases funded by
the Joint Information Systems Committee, and as well as the QMW team Daniel
Dorling (Bristol) has been closely involved in the development of the
historical GIS.

Anyone with possible PhD projects linked to the database, or to historical
applications of GIS should contact Dr. Humphrey Southall
([log in to unmask]; +44 (0) 171 975 5413).  For further details of the
studentships, and information about the full range of the department's
research interests, contact Professor Roger Lee ([log in to unmask]; +44 (0)
171 975 5410).

We would encourage all applicants for college studentships to apply also
for ESRC studentships. We would like to work closely with applicants in
completing such  applications to ESRC. The deadline for receipt of ESRC
applications is 1 May 1999.

Interviews for the Queen Mary studentships will be held during late
April/early May. THE DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS IS 12 APRIL 1999.

NB sending in a CV is helpful but does not constitute an application;  if
you are interested in applying, you must contact us as soon as possible for
further details.
							Humphrey Southall


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Dr. Humphrey Southall,
Reader in Geography,
Department of Geography,
Queen Mary and Westfield College,
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON,
Mile End Road,
London E1 4NS,  ENGLAND

Direct Line:  0171-975-5413
Dept. Fax:    0181-981-6276




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