Phd Scholarship at University of Manchester - UK, Beasiswa S3

UK PhD Scholarship For Reasearch on Social Change University of Manchester

The Institute for Social Change is designed to carry out world-class social The comparative research on the science of social change. The main objective is to develop New models of what drives social change. These models will be rigorous and Empirically ashore. According to the School of Social Sciences, is intended for Innovative Uses of empirical data, while maintaining a strong theoretical Background. The investigation also will examine how the outcome will affect social well Being of different members of society. The investigation of social change has Implications for the design of policies and institutions.

The Institute for Social Change is an initiative of five years at the University of Manchester. Specific research topics within the broad field of comparative social Change can be developed by individual applicants. The staff of the Institute By collaborating in the investigation with members of Harvard University, including Professor Robert Putnam.

Since the 1960’s, the underlying values of citizens into the political system and Towards else has changed along with the increase of economic changes and New migration patterns. In the UK and USA, mutual learning for change Compare both within and across national borders has a long history, especially In the area of social policy. We hope to revive that tradition by combining Sociological, political and empirical research in new ways. Research topics They include, among others, social cohesion, immigration and ethnicity, the workplace Practices, active citizenship, the role of religion, urban planning, criminal justice, In public health, and so on. Members of the Institute have experience in election Results, electoral behaviour, social capital research, immigration research, and Many other topics. Staff Associate at the University of Manchester also Specializing in social network analysis, cultural values, personal political Attitudes, and civic engagement, and how these relate to religious
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The Connection with Harvard University
Through an annual summer school and ongoing staff and student exchanges, there will be opportunities for interchange based upon research programmes which are located in the Institute. These research programmes have been pro-actively started by Professors Putnam and Fieldhouse and other staff, and will continue to grow by raising external funds as well as by the start of a process of dissemination of comparative UK/USA results from the first project. This project on Civic Engagement is just one of several areas of research that Institute staff will be developing.

The staff of the Institute based in Manchester University will have duties such as PhD supervision, Masters dissertation supervision, and curriculum development. The Harvard staff will not be teaching at the University of Manchester in the assessed curriculum.

An annual Summer Institute, led by Prof. R. Putnam and with participation by staff of Harvard University, will be held in Manchester. The students in the MSc and PhD in Social Change will be invited to apply to come for the Summer Institute each year. In 2007-8 this Institute will last for two weeks.

Up to Three PhD Scholarships For Research on Social Change
The Institute for Social Change offers up to three PhD Scholarships for research on the areas on which Institute staff and associates are working. These areas include civic engagement, social capital, changing cultural values, and changing policy interventions in a comparative cross-country perspective. Applications are welcome at any time for PhD study in the Institute for Social Change, and the deadline of May 15, 2007, applies if you wish to be considered for a Scholarship.

The Scholarship will entail payment of fees and an annual stipend of up to Ł11,250.

Project Topics
We welcome your PhD proposal, and we can suggest the following broad areas of research within which a narrower topics will be suggested in your proposal:

Civic Engagement Across Countries
Immigration and Ethnicity
Comparative Study of Religion
Inequalities or Trends in Social Capital
Social and Political Aspects of Changing Values or Behaviour
Other topics in comparative social and political change

The scholarship will be either for a MSc+PhD programme taking four years, or simply for the 3 year PhD programme. Applications are welcome from candidates with any disciplinary background.

In view of the advanced methods we use in the Institute, you are likely to end up doing a strongly empirically grounded research project. For instance, you could use an international secondary data set such as the European Social Survey, World Values Survey, or Multi National Time Use Data. We would encourage you to use empirical analysis to trace change over time and/or to compare at least two country experiences. In Year 1 we will help you to refine your topic, choose some data, and develop the methodology.

http://www.manchester.ac.uk/socialchange/postgraduate