Resilience in Cyberspace: Sustainable Business Models

To celebrate the University's research successes, the University of Hull is offering two full-time UK/EU PhD Scholarship or International Fees Bursary for candidates applying to work on the following research project.

Closing date: - 29th February 2016.
Studentships will start on 26th September 2016
Research Lead: Professor Yasmin Merali
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Tel: 01482 463488,
Centre for Systems Studies, Hull University Business School

This scholarship is for one of two studentships under the research theme “Resilience in Cyberspace” to work on the development of new theoretical and practical frames for dealing with the opportunities and challenges for public and private sector service providers operating in the digital economy. Applications are welcome from candidates with a background in a management discipline or in computer science. The doctoral work will be concerned with internet-based business models and their sustainability with a particular focus on the way social media and pervasive technologies furnish data and networks that can be harnessed by public and private sector organisations for the development and delivery of enhanced value propositions. The successful applicant will join a trans-disciplinary research group at Hull University Business School’s Centre for Systems Studies and will be expected to participate fully in the communal activities of the project. In your application for the studentship please provide a clear statement of why you are interested in this research topic (with reference to any relevant experience and/or literature that you are familiar with) and what makes you a particularly suitable candidate for this scholarship.

The Centre for Systems Studies is Hull University Business School’s nexus for inter-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary research on complex socio-economic systems. The Centre’s fundamental and applied research is concerned with advancing the understanding of systems and systemic phenomena in complex socio-economic systems at all scales – from the emergence of local community action and business ecosystems through to the impact of global policy interventions. This work is critical for addressing complex problem situations and anticipating the (often unintended) consequences of interventions, and for designing structures, actions and strategies for innovation, resilience and sustainability in dynamic contexts. As an international centre of excellence for ground breaking research on systems thinking and practice the Centre has strong links with other research institutes and with practitioners in public, private and third-sector organisations.

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In order to qualify for this scholarship you will require an undergraduate degree with at least a 2.1, or equivalent in a relevant subject.

PhD students at the University of Hull follow modules for research and transferable skills development and gain a Masters level Certificate, or Diploma, in Research Training, in addition to their research degree.

Successful applicants will be informed of the award as soon as possible and by 30th April 2016 at the latest.