Fully Funded PhD Studentship attached to the ‘Welfare State Futures Project’ in UK

University of Kent is offering fully funded PhD studentship. Successful candidates will have obtained a 1st or good 2.1 undergraduate degree in a relevant subject, and ordinarily an MA or MSc at Merit or Distinction level.
This studentship is part of the cross-national €1.5m NORFACE research project WelfSOC. The project uses innovative methods (deliberative democratic forums and a qualitative cross-national focus group survey) alongside analysis of quantitative survey data. It is the first project to use qualitative methods on such a scale in the comparative study of European social policy.

Scholarship Provider/ Funding Agency

University of Kent, UK

Study Area

Any subject area available at University of Kent

Scholarship open for

UK, EU and International students

Scholarship Level

PhD

Eligibility

Successful candidates will have obtained a 1st or good 2.1 undergraduate degree in a relevant subject, and ordinarily an MA or MSc at Merit or Distinction level.

Coverage/Scholarship Benefits

The scholarship covers tuition fees at the postgraduate standard home/EU rate (£3,996) in addition to an annual maintenance stipend of £13,863 per annum (for entry in September/October 2015 only).

Application Method

Please apply for a PhD in Social Policy at the University of Kent - online application.
Enter ‘School Scholarship’ under ‘Mode of Funding’, head the description of your research proposal ‘WelfSOC PhD Studentship’ and put Peter Taylor-Gooby as supervisor.
For questions about the research project, please email Professor Peter Taylor-Gooby, Dr Benjamin Leruth or Dr Heejung Chung; for questions about the application process please email the postgraduate office: sspssr-pg-admin@kent.ac.uk

Deadline

14 August 2015.

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