ESRC PhD Research Studentships in the Social and Policy Studies of Energy and the Environment

ESRC PhD Research Studentships in the Social and Policy Studies of Energy and the Environment is a study pathway on the UCL, Bloomsbury and East London Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) in the Grouping 'Cities, Environment and Development'.

Offered jointly by:
-    UCL Energy Institute
-    UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources
-    UCL Science Technology and Public Policy

The aim of this PhD Research Studentship pathway is to contribute to building a better social science informed evidence base for energy and environment policies, through training applied social scientists in the field. The focus is the critical social scientific analysis of natural scientific, engineering and social scientific (including economic) evidence production and use, for instance evidence derived from various modelling approaches.

The UBEL DTP is inviting applications for fully-funded ESRC studentships to commence study in October 2017.

Studentships are available across the UBEL DTP institutions and research topics need to fall under any of the pathways available at the DTP. Before applying, students should make sure that they have checked the pathway information and made contact with their prospective department.

These awards will cover:
Full payment of tuition fees per year (including masters and training years for 1+3; 2+3 and +4 studentships)
Annual maintenance stipend (full-time: £16,296 and part-time: £9,778 for 2016/7)

Submission deadline for applications is MONDAY 16TH JANUARY 2017 AT 10.00 AM GMT

Further information is available on our MPhil/PhD programmes pages