The Veterans and Families Institute for Military Social Research (VFI) are delighted to offer a fully funded PhD scholarship. The project will explore the use of photo-elicitation interviewing (PEI) to understand the experiences of young people within military families during periods of mobility i.e. where, for operations reasons, Service Personnel are required to move and their families follow them.
There is a significant gap in the literature and research that describes the experiences of teenagers during this process. Moving school, making new friends, becoming comfortable with new environments etc. are a struggle at the best of times. The tempo of mobility often means that these transitional moves are frequent and can involve overseas postings.
To undertake the work the candidate will need to gain the trust of young people from the military community. Therefore, the successful applicant will understand the UK Armed Forces community and ideally will have experience working with military children.
We would like the successful applicant to use PEI as a mechanism to stimulate more in-depth and personally resonant narratives from the young people who participate in the research. Whilst there is not an expectation that the successful applicant will have used PEI, they need to have a strong, and demonstrable aptitude to applied qualitative social research.
The PhD will be based within the VFI and will be supervised by Prof Matt Fossey, Director of the VFI and Professor of Public Services Research, Dr Hilary Engward, Associate Professor of Applied Social Research (VFI) and Dr Julia Johnson, Co-Course Leader and Senior Lecturer, BA (Hons) Photography (Cambridge School of Art).
If you would like to discuss this research project, please contact [Email Address Removed]
Candidate requirements
Applications are invited from UK Home fee status only. You will be subject to a standard level Disclosure and Barring Service.
Applicants must hold a Master’s degree in a relevant subject, and be prepared to commence formal full-time Doctoral study in September 2023 on our Chelmsford campus, and commit to completing their studies in 3 years. Must have excellent communication and self – management skills.
Application Procedure
Applications are submitted through our application portal on our website:https://e-vision.anglia.ac.uk/urd/sits.urd/run/siw_ipp_lgn.login?process=siw_ipp_app&code1=R0186FCHE02D&code2=0002
We will review all applications after the deadline of 11th April, and interviews are expected to be held in late April.
Documentation required
You will need the following documents available electronically to upload them to the application portal (we can accept files in pdf, jpeg or Word format):
1) Certificates and transcripts from your Bachelor and Master’s degrees
2) A brief proposal setting out how you might undertake the work, and your suitability for the studentship
3) Passport and visa, or evidence of EU Settlement Scheme (if applicable)
4) Curriculum Vitae
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