The UN has announced that 2021-30 is the decade of healthy ageing and the UK Government has identified the ageing population as one of its Grand Challenges, aiming to ensure that people can enjoy at least five extra healthy, independent years of life by 2035. The WHO Age-Friendly Cities and Communities agenda has acted as a framework for the development of cities and communities that enable social participation, independent and ageing-in-place. Yet interventions have often assumed a one-size fits all approach to ageing populations, without understanding how experiences of healthy ageing and place differ across urban, social and cultural contexts and taking into account the heterogeneity of ageing across age, disability, gender and ethnicity. Intersectionality approaches have been identified as a potential way forward to understanding how multiple and overlapping positions/identities can impact healthy ageing outcomes. This PhD will seek to explore experiences of intersectionality and ageing across different urban environments, and should draw upon relevant theoretical frameworks of e.g. environmental gerontology and life course perspectives. The PhD will fit within existing collaborations and work that the lead Ryan Woolrych has developed via the PLACE-AGE research project https://wp.ufpel.edu.br/placeageproject/en/index-2/. Methodological approaches can be wide ranging but would expect to engage with experiential, mobile and/or visual methods, as well as more participatory forms of engagement with older people, the voluntary and community sector, service providers and local government.
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Eligibility
To be eligible, applicants should have a first-class honours degree in a relevant subject or a 2.1 honours degree plus Masters (or equivalent experience). Additional criteria may apply so please check the specific project details before applying. Scholarships will be awarded by competitive merit, taking into account the academic ability of the applicant.
We recognise that not every talented researcher will have had the same opportunities to advance their careers. We therefore will account for any particular circumstances that applicants disclose (e.g. parental leave, caring duties, part-time jobs to support studies, disabilities etc.) to ensure an inclusive and fair recruitment process.
How to Apply
Please complete our online application form. Please select PhD programme Urban Studies and include the project reference, title and supervisor names on your application. If these details are not included your application may not be considered. Please note that applicants may only submit ONE proposal.
Please provide a supporting statement outlining how you would approach the research and upload this to the research proposal section of the online application. You will be required to upload a CV, a copy of your degree certificate(s) and relevant transcript(s). You may also upload an academic reference to further support your application.
You must provide proof of your ability in the English language (if English is not your mother tongue or if you have not already studied for a degree that was taught in English). We require an IELTS certificate showing an overall score of at least 6.5 with no component scoring less than 6.0 or a TOEFL certificate with a minimum score of 90 points.
Timetable
Applications will be reviewed throughout March and applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application by the end of April 2022. Applicants MUST be available to start the course of study on a full-time basis in September/October 2022.
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