There is a fully-funded PhD position currently advertised for the project ‘Democracy in transit: The circulation, adaptation and appropriation of democratic practices in environmental policy’ which will be lead supervised by me with support from my colleague Professor Jason Chilvers. This project builds on recent scholarship in Science and Technology Studies (STS) which has looked at the travel and translation of different ‘technologies of participation’ into new contexts, and brings it into conversation with recent work in Human Geography on policy mobilities. The project is suitable for candidates with a background in human geography, sociology and political science. For more information about this position and how to apply see here. We’re planning for a September 2020 start, with an application deadline of 30th January 2020.
I very much welcome inquiries from interested candidates – I’m very happy to give more details on the thinking behind this project outline, and to try to give you a sense of what it would be like to work with Jason and I over the next 3 years. The successful candidate would become a member of the 3S Research Group and through that would get to know all of the wonderful people who are part of this grouping, as well as being based in the ‘World-leading’ and interdisciplinary School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK. There would be lots of opportunities to get involved with other activities related to research, teaching and impact for those who are interested.
Below is the full project advert text.
Helen Pallett 