Mapping and Understanding Urban and Rural Fuel Poverty in Wales

Fuel poverty is a persistent problem across Wales, with a variety of contributing factors. In particular, there are great differences in the risk factors contributing to fuel poverty in urban and rural areas. This PhD project aims to map and understand the diversity of fuel poverty across urban and rural Wales, and to identify the physical (e.g. housing), economic and social factors that make households vulnerable to energy-related problems in these different areas. The project will draw upon theories and methodologies from housing studies, spatial studies and social sciences, and will include social surveys, personal interviews and geographic information systems (GIS). Following a review of the literature, the student will work with secondary datasets, including the Welsh Housing Quality Conditions Survey and the National Survey for Wales, and will where possible link those using GIS. The student will subsequently collect primary data, using both quantitative and qualitative methods, to better understand the different contexts of urban and rural fuel poverty in Wales.
The Welsh School of Architecture at Cardiff University is pleased to announce the 2020 WSA Studentship, which will be granted to the strongest applicant responding to one of the three following research opportunities:
1. Design for Ageing: Developing new approaches to design intervention within UK housing, in support of positive ageing-in-place.
2. Mapping and Understanding Urban and Rural Fuel Poverty in Wales
3. Parametric design of bacterial biomaterial for construction

For those interested in applying, please see below for further details:

• Application deadline is 31st January 2020. It is anticipated that interviews will be held in mid to late February.
• This is a full-time PhD studentship, which will start in April or October 2020. We are willing to consider flexible arrangements.

Please apply online at: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research/programmes/programme/architecture
• Ensure that you provide ALL requested information (including research proposal, CV, references, proof of qualifications, passport/ID, personal statement etc.).
• Under the ‘funding’ question, please state “WSA Studentship 2020”
If you have any questions regarding the above, please contact [Email Address Removed]. In your email, please state which of the three research opportunities that you are enquiring about.

Cardiff University’s Welsh School of Architecture (WSA) is consistently ranked amongst the top schools of architecture in UK and Worldwide league tables and has been placed in the top 50 of Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World Rankings for the past four consecutive years

The WSA also had 90% of its research impact judged as outstanding (4*) in the 2014 REF (Research Excellence Framework). This placed us at the top of the table for impact in the assessment sub-panel for Architecture, Built Environment and Planning.

The distinctiveness of this School lies in its tradition of combining creativity with the understanding needed to realise designs through practice, its reputation for high quality research, the calibre of its staff and in its unique location in a friendly, liveable and affordable capital city that is a gateway to the stunning landscape of Wales.

The School has ambitious growth plans in place, which includes reinforcing our PGR community. At present the WSA is home to circa 75 students; an international cohort engaged in a diverse range of research endeavours within the built environment. Students are fully integrated within the school’s recently reformed research and scholarship groups, as well as the wider teaching community, and have access to further facilities and training through the university’s Doctoral Academy.

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