Applications are invited for undertaking research for a PhD research project entitled ‘Dealing with Socially Distanced Death on the Frontline’. This project seeks to identify and understand the impacts on and responses of, health and social care workers dealing with death under social distancing.
The lead PhD project supervisor will be Professor Liz Walker, Professor of Health and Social Work Research in the Department of Psychological Health, Well-Being and Social Work at the University of Hull.
Within the scope of this project the successful applicant will explore the short and longer-term personal and professional psycho-socio-emotional impacts of 'death at a distance' during the COVID-19 pandemic on health and social care staff professionally and personally.
It will also explore what support, if any, workers in health and social care accessed, and how it helped health and social care staff to process their experiences during various waves of the pandemic and mitigate its impacts.
As this is an interdisciplinary cluster, the successful candidate will be a member of the Department of Psychological Health, Well-Being and Social Work, and the Institute for Clinical and Applied Health Research with an additional supervisor from the Hull York Medical School and also have a base in the ‘Living with Death – Learning from COVID’s’ home Department of Geography, Geology and Environment at the University of Hull.
For informal enquiries, please contact Prof Liz Walker, [Email Address Removed]
For more information, watch a recording here of a webinar held in December 2021. You'll hear from programme leaders, supervisors and students talking about the funded opportunities available.
About the ‘Living with Death – Learning from COVID’ research cluster
This multi-disciplinary research cluster programme with five PhD projects will investigate, identify, understand and suggest mitigations for the unintended medium-longer term consequences of socially distanced death. In collaborating across social sciences, health and humanities the cluster will engage with and evaluate approaches (e.g. funeral practices, story telling) to alleviating the intense suffering, grief and bereavement of COVID-19.
The ‘Living with Death – Learning from COVID’ research cluster is led by PI Dr Elsbeth Robson, Reader in Human Geography ([Email Address Removed]).
Submission of thesis
Submission of your final thesis is expected within three years and three months from the start of your PhD scholarship for full time and within five years and six months if studying part-time.
If you need to move into a fourth year (full time) or sixth year (part-time) to complete your thesis, please note that you will not receive a tuition fee waiver or maintenance grant during this period.
Eligibility, entry requirements and how to apply
To find out more about the eligibility criteria, entry requirements and how to apply, please visit the University of Hull PhD scholarships webpage.
International applicants
This opportunity comes with a home fee waiver only.
Closing date for applications
Midnight, 31 January 2022
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