The post is open to applicants wishing to pursue doctoral research in the growing interdisciplinary area of Migration, Gender, and New Media. We welcome research proposals on any of the following themes:

- the ways in which migration, gender, and communication technologies combine in areas such as the visibility and political participation of migrant groups; or, the area of transnational families and transnational care

-  the transformation of gender roles through migration

- transnational political subjectivities and citizenship

- cosmopolitanism, diasporas, and the circulation of symbolic forms

- notions of home and identity, especially in the context of transnational communication

- the role of communication technologies in sending remittances and the gendered dimensions of these processes

The empirical focus of the research is open to all regions or populations. We particularly welcome applicants who wish to develop comparative research or who wish to explore any of the above themes in the empirical context of Leicester as a multicultural city.

The successful applicant will be supervised by Dr Mirca Madianou (Department of Media and Communication) and Dr Leah Bassel (Department of Sociology), University of Leicester

Closing Date for Applications: 28 February 2013

For more details please see: http://www2.le.ac.uk/study/research/funding/media-sociology-gra

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University of Leicester

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