The School of Social Sciences

The School of Social Sciences is offering 5 PhD Anniversary Research Bursaries.

There will be excellent opportunities for researchers to benefit from Bangor’s participation in the Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods (WISERD); The Welsh Centre for Crime and Social Justice(WCCSJ) and the Centre for Applied Research & Evaluation Sciences (CARES).

The School is particularly interested in applications in the following areas of research:

1. Policy Evaluation Research

Social care and health care policy and practice; Policy evaluation; Professional power and health care decision making; Historical sociology of health, medicine and welfare; Carer and patient careers; Inequalities and social exclusion; Housing and homelessness.

2. Communities and Social Networks

The formation of social identities at local, national and international levels; Local knowledge, engagement and activism; Civil society; Social change, lifestyles and later life; Wales in comparative perspective.

3. Crime and Civic Society

Crime, conflict and social cohesion; political violence and terrorism; the role of the public in the criminal justice system. Transnational and transdisciplinary research proposals will be particularly welcome.

4. Minority Languages and Cultures

Language Planning; Minority languages; Language, migration and belonging.

Queries prior to a formal application concerning a research project in any of these areas should be addressed to:
Professor Howard Davis
Telephone: 01248 382123
Email: h.h.davis@bangor.ac.uk

Value and Requirements

For details of the bursaries, value and requirements, please visit here.

Anniversary Scholarships Application Procedure

The application deadline is 13 May 2011 and we expect to inform applicants of the outcome of their applications by June 2011.

To apply, please complete an on-line University Postgraduate Application Form available here.

To complete an application, you must include with the Postgraduate Application Form:

a statement of not more than 1000 words of how you could contribute to and develop the chosen research project. You should include reference to relevant previous experience, including both academic study and other experience.
Provide an outline literature review

* YOU MUST MAKE CLEAR that you are applying for a Bangor University Anniversary Scholarship by writing 'ANNIVERSARY SCHOLARSHIP' then THE PROJECT TITLE in answer to Question 3, under Check list Item 5 '(Are you applying for a Bangor University advertised Research Project or Studentship? If so, please state where you heard about the Research Project or Studentship AND write the full project title here)'

General Application Enquiries should be directed to:

Mrs Bethan Hamilton-Hine
College of Business, Social Sciences and Law
Bangor University
Tel: 01248 382644
E-mail: b.hamilton@bangor.ac.uk