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Dr K Datta, Prof A Owens
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Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
About the Project
• Academic lead: Professor Kavita Datta, Queen Mary University of London
• Co-supervisor: Professor Alastair Owens, Queen Mary University of London
• Partner: Dr Omar Khan, Runnymede Trust (https://www.runnymedetrust.org/)
• Funding: LISS-DTP ESRC Collaborative studentship, 1 + 3 (MRes Global Development Futures and 3 year PhD) OR 3 year PhD (if the candidate has relevant masters degree).
• Application deadline: 29th March 2018
Project description
Investigations of migrants’ inheritance practices and outcomes are limited in multi-disciplinary migration and inheritance studies. This omission is surprising given that more than a billion people are migrants, 244 million of whom are international migrants. Situated within conceptual and empirical lacunae, this project aims to interrogate the migration-development nexus. At its core is a concern to make visible the extent and patterns of transnational inheritance among migrant men and women, and examine how these are mediated by gender and class; interrogate the formal and informal mechanisms through which migrants’ inheritance rights are negotiated, maintained and translated and assess the extent to which inherited assets translate into economic security and productivity. Focusing on skilled and semi-skilled Indian migrants living in London, a mixed method research strategy will be deployed, entailing a questionnaire survey with migrants; qualitative interviews with migrant men and women as well as wealth and asset managers, solicitors and other financial advisors who mediate migrant inheritance, as well as an analysis of migrants’ wills. Collaborative outputs beyond the thesis will include Briefing Reports and a workshop bringing together academics, policy makers and industry practitioners.
Applications must be made through the LISS DTP website:
https://liss-dtp.ac.uk/case-studentships-student-applicants/#1513161186332-33fb5904-2b4b
Please do not hesitate to contact the academic lead Prof Kavita Datta to discuss the details of the proposed project.
• Co-supervisor: Professor Alastair Owens, Queen Mary University of London
• Partner: Dr Omar Khan, Runnymede Trust (https://www.runnymedetrust.org/)
• Funding: LISS-DTP ESRC Collaborative studentship, 1 + 3 (MRes Global Development Futures and 3 year PhD) OR 3 year PhD (if the candidate has relevant masters degree).
• Application deadline: 29th March 2018
Project description
Investigations of migrants’ inheritance practices and outcomes are limited in multi-disciplinary migration and inheritance studies. This omission is surprising given that more than a billion people are migrants, 244 million of whom are international migrants. Situated within conceptual and empirical lacunae, this project aims to interrogate the migration-development nexus. At its core is a concern to make visible the extent and patterns of transnational inheritance among migrant men and women, and examine how these are mediated by gender and class; interrogate the formal and informal mechanisms through which migrants’ inheritance rights are negotiated, maintained and translated and assess the extent to which inherited assets translate into economic security and productivity. Focusing on skilled and semi-skilled Indian migrants living in London, a mixed method research strategy will be deployed, entailing a questionnaire survey with migrants; qualitative interviews with migrant men and women as well as wealth and asset managers, solicitors and other financial advisors who mediate migrant inheritance, as well as an analysis of migrants’ wills. Collaborative outputs beyond the thesis will include Briefing Reports and a workshop bringing together academics, policy makers and industry practitioners.
Applications must be made through the LISS DTP website:
https://liss-dtp.ac.uk/case-studentships-student-applicants/#1513161186332-33fb5904-2b4b
Please do not hesitate to contact the academic lead Prof Kavita Datta to discuss the details of the proposed project.
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