ESRC Studentships 2012/13

The College, as part of the Bloomsbury Consortium led by the Institute of Education, has ESRC Doctoral Training Centre status.

The Bloomsbury Doctoral Training Centre brings together world-class social science researchers from the Institute of Education, Birkbeck, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the School of Oriental and African Studies to offer outstanding research supervision, cutting-edge research methods training and ESRC-funded studentships.

The College will therefore be inviting applications for the following ESRC-funded Doctoral Studentships, to commence from October 2012. Please click on each department for further information.

Psychology – 4 studentships

• Please see the Psychology department for further information: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/study/phd2011/psychology/RRRPSYCH.html

Economics – 2 studentships

• Please see the Economics department: http://www.ems.bbk.ac.uk/courses/

Politics – 2 studentships

• The Department of Politics at Birkbeck and the Department of Politics and International Studies at SOAS form this cluster. SOAS is renowned for its specialisms in regional politics and international relations, while Birkbeck has a strong research presence in political science and public policy. Both Departments offer also supervision in many areas of political theory.
• A thematic summary of supervision available at Birkbeck is available at http://www.bbk.ac.uk/politics/our-research/staff-research-interests.
• View the profiles of members of staff at SOAS at http://www.soas.ac.uk/politics/staff/.
• Applicants for the ESRC studentships should follow the procedures for the Department where their potential lead supervisor is located. For Birkbeck, begin with a pre-application enquiry (see http://www.bbk.ac.uk/politics/prospective-students/mphil-phd/how-to-apply). For SOAS, guidance and contacts can be found at http://www.soas.ac.uk/politics/programmes/phd/.

Health and Well-Being (psychological approaches) – 3 studentships

• These studentships are shared between Birkbeck and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (expertise available at Birkbeck in Departments of Psychological Sciences, Psychosocial Studies and Organisational Psychology).
• For Psychological Sciences please see: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/psychology/
• For Organisational Psychology please see: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/orgpsych/prospective/phd
• For Psychosocial Studies please see:http://www.bbk.ac.uk/study/phd2011/psychosocialstudies/RRRPSYSL.html

The deadline for consideration is 27 February.  Application is via a completed standard postgraduate Birkbeck application with an expression of interest in one of the advertised ESRC studentships.

For Further information on terms and conditions, Please visit the ESRC Website.