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<br>Two PhD Positions in the ERC Project “Misfires and Market Innovation:
<br>Toward a Collaborative Turn in Organising Markets”* University College
<br>Dublin, Ireland
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<br>*About the role*
<br>Applications are sought from candidates interested in pursuing a PhD in
<br>Market Studies. Candidates will be based on the main University College
<br>Dublin campus, Belfield, and will be registered for the doctoral
<br>programme within UCD’s College of Business. The programme of research
<br>in which the PhD candidate will engage will form part of the European
<br>Research Council (ERC) Consolidator project ‘MISFIRES’.
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<br>*About MISFIRES*
<br>The project refocuses the issues of market failures and market design
<br>from economic principles of supply and demand towards collaboration and
<br>participation. It will take a sociological angle to investigate problems
<br>and concerns in biomedical markets, such as overpricing, limited access
<br>to medicines and data privacy issues. The project will first ask how
<br>market failures in biomedical markets are diagnosed and voiced, and
<br>secondly how government bodies, medical and pharmaceutical industries,
<br>patient groups and other actors can work together to address these
<br>misfires. The overall objective of the project is to guide new academic
<br>and policy thinking by establishing what research can do to make markets
<br>more inclusive and to open them up to the concerns of those who are let
<br>down by them. It will leverage ethnographic field methods, archival
<br>research, digital methodologies and participatory research in a multiple
<br>case design. ERC Consolidator grants are awarded under the 'excellent
<br>science pillar' of Horizon 2020, the European Union's research and
<br>innovation programme.
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<br>*About the Project*
<br>The two successful candidates will engage in an in-depth case
<br>exploration of a healthcare market problem and develop a conceptual and
<br>empirical approach to understanding this problem. They will liaise with
<br>the other team members in cross-disciplinary theoretical development and
<br>cross-case comparison. Markets to be investigated range from HIV and
<br>Hepatitis C medicines to consumer genomics and others. The successful
<br>candidate will have latitude to define and shape their own PhD work
<br>within the overall remit of the project.
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<br>*Eligibility Criteria:*
<br>• First Class Honours Master’s Degree in a discipline relevant to the
<br>project: STS, sociology, social justice, business, marketing, economics,
<br>IP Law.
<br>• Prior experience in carrying out a major academic research project.
<br>• Excellent first-hand knowledge of qualitative research methods and
<br>a very good grasp of quantitative research methods. Preference is given
<br>to candidates with a profound knowledge of digital research methods
<br>(quantitative or qualitative).
<br>• A willingness to be part of a multidisciplinary research team.
<br>• Keen interest in the healthcare sector and / or social justice issues.
<br>• Applicants must provide evidence of equivalent competence in
<br>English language by achieving the minimum standard in a recognised
<br>English language test, as outlined at the following
<br>link:https://myucd.ucd.ie/admissions/english-language-requirement.ezc
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<br>*Stipend: *
<br>The PhD will be paid a stipend of €18,000 per annum and receive full
<br>fees remission for a maximum duration of four years.
<br>Application Process:
<br>To apply please send the following documents to irene.ward@ucd.ie:
<br>- Cover letter confirming your eligibility for this position
<br>- CV including grade point averages of past education and GMAT (where
<br>available)
<br>- A statement (2 pages max.) on how your interests and expertise
<br>align with this project
<br>- An example of your written academic work.
<br>*
<br>**Application deadline is May 25 2018.*
<br>Interviews will be held in late June. The successful candidate will
<br>ideally start in one of the following PhD intakes: September 2018 or
<br>January 2019.
<br>
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<br>Many thanks
<br>
<br>--
<br>Irene Ward
<br>Research Project Manager
<br>College of Business
<br>University College Dublin
<br>+353 1 7168036
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