ESRC Centre for Care PhD Studentship with the Centre for Health Services Studies

About the Project

The ESRC Centre for Care is pleased to offer a PhD studentship based with the Centre for Health Services Studies at the University of Kent.

The ESRC Centre for Care is a new research centre established following a highly competitive process run by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). The Centre is led by investigators in five universities, three major charities and the Office for National Statistics, and will work in close partnership with a large network of partners and leading international research teams, co-producing its research with people who need care, carers, care workers and others.

The PhD will focus on developing innovation in a fragmented care system. It will explore how different parts of the care system interact that helps or hinders innovation and the reasons for this. The research will be conducted through policy analysis and a range of qualitative methods. The findings will provide policy makers and practitioners with evidence to better understand whether different providers and types of services need different approaches to supporting innovation or for collaboration.

The successful student will be supervised by Professor Stephen Peckham (Director, Centre for Health Services Studies) and Dr Nadia Brookes (Co-Investigator, Centre for Care). Interested candidates should in the first instance contact Nadia Brookes (n.k.brookes@kent.ac.uk).

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Eligibility Criteria

The studentship is offered as a 3 year award (commencing September 2023) on a full-time basis. Applicants are expected to have a strong first degree (2:1) in a relevant social science discipline, including demonstrable experience using qualitative research methods and a Masters degree with full social sciences research methods training (or equivalent professional training).

Funding

The studentship provides:

• A full tuition fee waiver at the Home rate
• A doctoral stipend at the standard RCUK rate (For the most up to date information on rates, please see the UKRI Website)
• A Research and Training Support Grant worth £750 per year

Application Procedure

The application deadline is on 31 May 2023, 23:59 BST. Applications should be made through the University of Kent postgraduate application system to the social policy programme.

Please note that we require applicants to submit all supporting documents, including transcripts, the research proposal, and references by the studentship deadline.

In addition, please complete the CHSS ESRC Centre for Care PhD Studentship application form and email it to lssjpgfunding@kent.ac.uk by the closing date. Please title your email ‘CHSS ESRC Centre for Care PhD Studentship’.