Call for candidates
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<br>We would like to announce the ESRC UBEL 2019 competition for PhD
<br>studentships and express our interest in working with
<br>a prospective individual towards submitting a competitive social science
<br>application in the field of dementia care in the UK for an award based at The
<br>London School of Hygiene and Tropical Diseases (LSHTM).
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<br>The ESRC UBEL awards 40-50 grants for prospective PhD researchers at a number
<br>of London institutions, including LSHTM. Successfully UK residents would
<br>receive full fees and a stipend; EU students would only have their fees paid.
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<br>If successful, the student will have the opportunity to work closely with
<br>other social scientists at LSHTM, and be supervised by Simon Cohn and
<br>Annelieke Driessen. We are keen to attract someone who has a strong
<br>anthropology, sociology or STS first degree (and possibly Masters) who will
<br>draw on these theories and methods. We have established access to two possible
<br>research sites (carer support groups and residential care homes), which we
<br>believe would provide fascinating possibilities for ethnographic research on
<br>dementia, including rare conditions such as early-onset and Lewy body
<br>dementia.
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<br>Possible projects that might draw on these fieldsites include, but are not
<br>limited to:
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<br>- questions of home and institutional care (questions could relate to
<br>their permeability and the challenges that come about in transfers between
<br>settings)
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<br>- post-diagnosis support for people living with dementia/care service
<br>provision (questions could pertain to how social support is crafted,
<br>experienced and challenged in dementia carer support groups)
<br>If you are interested in submitting a research proposal to this grant scheme
<br>and join our group, please send a one-side CV along with a paragraph on
<br>current and future research interests by email to Simon Cohn
<br>(Simon.Cohn@lshtm.ac.uk) or Annelieke Driessen
<br>(Annelieke.Driessen@lshtm.ac.uk) by
<br>21st of November 2018. In collaboration with us, a preliminary application is
<br>due January, and then if it is progressed, the deadline for full applications
<br>is at the end of February 2019.
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<br>Please circulate this call to anyone who might be interested.
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<br>All the best,
<br>Simon Cohn and Annelieke Driessen
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<br>Annelieke Driessen
<br>Research Fellow (Medical Anthropology)
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<br>London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
<br>15-17 Tavistock Place, room 110, London, WC1H 9SH
<br>Tel: 020 7958 8295 ext. 8295
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