Current Opportunities Within the School of Geography, University of Nottingham

AHRC PhD Studentships

School of Geography, University of Nottingham

The School of Geography at the University of Nottingham holds three AHRC doctoral studentships to be awarded for doctoral research commencing in September 2010. The deadline for applications to the School is 17 February 2010. Application forms are available through the University’s Graduate School website at http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/gradschool/ahrc/
Potential applicants should contact Prof David Matless, at David.Matless@Nottingham.ac.uk, or on 0115 9515436, indicating their likely area of research interest. Candidates should hold or be undertaking a relevant Masters degree, although equivalent professional experience may be considered appropriate.
Details of research in the School are available on this website in the research section; the Cultural and Historical Geography Research Group has particular research strengths in:

• Landscape and Culture
• Histories of Geographical Knowledge
• Environmental History
• Cultural Geography and the Visual Arts
• Colonial and Post-Colonial Geographies
• Historical Geographies of Disease and Health
• Geographies of Performance

We welcome enquiries in all of these areas, and will be happy to discuss the detail of research proposals with applicants.

2 Fully-funded ESRC Quota Award PhD Studentships in Human Geography

School of Geography, University of Nottingham

The School of Geography at the University of Nottingham invites applications from suitably qualified students for up to 2 fully-funded Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) quota award PhD studentships (either 1+3 or +3).

All candidates must fulfil relevant ESRC eligibility criteria. Although applications are invited in any relevant area of human geography, one of the awards may be used to promote the School’s research interests in quantitative methods.  If awarded on a 1+3 basis, the ESRC awards may be held by students on each of six of the School’s Masters courses: MSc Economy, Space and Society; MSc Environmental History; MA/MSc Environmental Management; MSc Human Geography; MSc Human Geography and Chinese Studies; MA Landscape and Culture.

Studentships will commence in September 2010. Unsuccessful applicants will be considered for a fully-funded School studentship.

Information on the School’s ESRC-related research themes in Cultural and Historical Geography, New Economic Geographies and Environment and Society is available on this website in the research section .

Further details and application forms are available at: https://pgapps.nottingham.ac.uk or from Jenny Ashmore, Postgraduate Research Administrator, School of Geography, The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD.  Tel: 0115 951 5575.  Email: Jenny.Ashmore@Nottingham.ac.uk .  Potential applicants should give an indication of their area of research interest, and will be required to submit a research proposal with their application.  Applications should be clearly marked ‘ESRC Quota Studentships’.  Closing date: 17 February 2010.