PhD Opportunity on the Social Studies of Green and Sustainable Chemical
Innovation
The Department of Chemistry (College of Science and Engineering) and the
School of Business (College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities) at the
University of Leicester are pleased to offer one joint fully-funded
three-year studentship on the topic of Antecedents and Emergence of Green
and Sustainable Chemical Innovation.
The prospective research student will be jointly supervised by Professor
Andy Abbott (Green Chemistry) and Dr Dimitris Papadopoulos (Science and
Technology Studies).
The studentship offers a stipend at RCUK rates (14,777 for 2018) and UK/EU
fee waiver for three years.
The PhD project aims to examine key innovations that inform green chemical
research and promote the agenda of sustainability within chemistry in the
UK. Specifically, it will investigate the main principles that govern green
and sustainable chemical innovation and the barriers to implementation and
adoption of sustainable processes within chemical research.
The research student is expected to conduct extended multi-sited fieldwork
on two new green and sustainable chemical projects in the Department of
Chemistry, University of Leicester: extracting gold from ores and recycling
of Li-ion batteries. The student will collect various empirical materials
that document the emergence of innovation in these projects, their economics
and the role that different actors--such as industry stakeholders, civil
society organisations, engineers, policy makers, regulators--play in the
making and development of green and sustainable innovation.
We are particularly interested to hear from applicants who have experience
and/or interest in green chemistry and in science and technology studies.
The student will be expected to complete training in green chemistry, social
science research and sustainability studies.
All applicants must apply through the university application system and must
submit in addition to the standard required documents the following: (1) a
research proposal of no more than 3000 words discussing your approach to the
research topic and the research design of the project; (2) a full CV; and
(3) two academic references.
The closing date is midnight 1st May 2018. All short-listed applicants will
be interviewed for suitability. Interviews will take place as soon as
possible after the closing date.
Please do not hesitate to contact Dr Dimitris Papadopoulos (
dp241@le.ac.uk) to discuss the details of the
proposed project.
This project is funded by the Cross-College Studentship Scheme of the
University of Leicester.
Further details and how to apply:
https://www2.le.ac.uk/research-degrees/funding/ssah/Cross_College_2018
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