Funded Studentships at Northumbria University via the Northern Ireland and North East Doctoral Training Partnership (NINE DTP)

Northumbria is a core partner of the ESRC-funded Northern Ireland and North East Doctoral Training Partnership (NINE DTP), a collaboration of seven universities in North East England and Northern Ireland dedicated to offering world class training to its students. We are seeking applications to join the DTP to carry out doctoral research with an ESRC studentship.

Visit our Nine DTP webpage to see more detail on these studentship opportunities.

Conflict, Security and Justice (Reference NINE24/BRANLEY-BELL)

We welcome proposals encompassing aspects of conflict, security, and/or justice, provided they adopt a psychological approach. We encourage proposals that explore the intersection between technology and issues pertaining to these topics.

Contact: Dr Dawn Branley-Bell dawn.branley-bell@northumbria.ac.uk

Criminology, Prisons and Policing (Reference NINE24/HALL)

We welcome ambitious and imaginative PhD proposals on all aspects of crime, harm and justice. Proposals that are interdisciplinary and collaborative in nature are encouraged.

Contact: Dr Alex Hall alex.hall@northumbria.ac.uk

Human Geography (Reference NINE24/CASSIDY)

We encourage proposals which will examine context-sensitive approaches to tackling global injustices - environmental, social, economic, political - in their multiple and differentiated forms and which draw on decolonial, creative and participatory methodologies.

Contact: Professor Kathryn Cassidy kathryn.cassidy@northumbria.ac.uk

Environmental Planning (Reference NINE24/HILL)

The department offers research strengths around areas such as futures, digital planning, and both urban and rural sustainability. MOBIE–Northumbria Homes for the Future Innovation Centre is primarily focused on transforming regional home building but also focuses on how community needs, and residents’ needs are met. A strong co-productive research agenda governs our approach to the matters.

Contact: Dr Mick Hill michael.hill@northumbria.ac.uk

Health, Wellbeing and Society (Reference NINE24/WILSON-MENZFELD)

We encourage proposals which examine health and health and social care provision and practices in their widest sense via interdisciplinary approaches which demand integration of practice-led concerns with those of health-related social sciences (including e.g. health economics, health policy, health psychology, medical geography, medical sociology, social gerontology, social epidemiology, sociology, social policy, social work and education).

Contact: Dr Gemma Wilson-Menzfeld gemma.wilson-menzfeld@northumbria.ac.uk

Law (Reference NINE24/BESSANT)

We encourage proposals that broadly align with the activities of one or more of our three research centres - Law & Society, Centre for Evidence & Criminal Justice; Law in Emerging Contexts (encompassing space, cyber and environmental law).

Contact: Dr Claire Bessant claire.bessant@northumbria.ac.uk

Management, Business and Economics (Reference NINE24/VARLEY)

We encourage proposals which examine social contexts in which organisations and businesses operate, and the responses of those who might consume their services. Further, we would welcome studies seeking to explore the business world from alternative contexts and which celebrate marginalised and ignored voices, from service workers to consumer typologies and associated entrepreneurial endeavours.

Contact: Professor Peter Varley peter.varley@northumbria.ac.uk

Psychology (Reference NINE24/O’BRIEN)

We encourage proposals which will examine the human mind and behaviour, specifically exploring psychological phenomena and practices that are experienced by people across society.

Contact: Dr Nicki O’Brien nicki.obrien@northumbria.ac.uk

Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work (Reference NINE24/WIPER)

We encourage proposals which examine pressing challenges facing our communities, including (but not limited to) wellbeing and happiness; work and employment; activism around class, gender and the environment; media and digital-related topics; oppression of marginalised groups; and any aspects of gender-based violence.

Contact: Dr Clare Wiper clare2.wiper@northumbria.ac.uk

Sport and Society (Reference NINE24/POTRAC)

We encourage proposals which will critically examine the relationship between sport and society, especially those that connect practice and policy-led concerns with those of sport related social sciences. Examples include a) embodying, juggling and managing emotions in everyday practice, b) inequality in sports volunteering, c) the enactment of physical education policies, and d) the social and relational complexity of leadership and management work in high performance and/or community sport organisations.

Contact: Professor Paul Potrac paul.potrac@northumbria.ac.uk

Eligibility and How to Apply

Home and International students are eligible to apply. Studentships include a full stipend, paid for three years at UKRI rates and full tuition fees.

For further details of this doctoral training partnership, visit https://www.ninedtp.ac.uk.

Your formal application to Northumbria University must be submitted by 4pm on Friday 22nd. January 2024 quoting the relevant advert reference above via our online application form available here.

For enquiries relating to eligibility or application process please contact pgr.admissions@northumbria.ac.uk

Start date: 1 October 2024