The Doctoral Institute in the School of Law provides high quality research training and supervision in a vibrant multi-disciplinary environment. The School has a reputation for the quality of its research in social policy, sociology, development studies, international politics, criminology and law.

Applications are particularly welcomed in the following areas:

Migration in the UK and internationally, especially relating to children, family, skilled, students, and migrant communities; Statelessness and post-conflict migration; Equality and discrimination aspects of social policies at local, national and European scales; Social movements and mobilisation; Securitisation, particularly human and environmental security; regional maritime governance, regime change and revolutions in the Middle East and Post-Soviet areas; Secularism and constitutional models; Gender, development and rights, particularly in relation to young women; Gender and disaster risk reduction/climate adaptation.

The bursaries are offered on a full-time basis and cover a maintenance award and fee payments (at the UK/EU rate). Scholarships are for three years, subject to satisfactory progress.

The level of the maintenance element of the scholarships is linked to the level of corresponding awards made by UK research councils and is subject to regular review. Maintenance payments for 2012/13 are £15,590 per annum (including London weighting). The studentship bursaries are free of both tax and national insurance contributions.

In addition to work on the doctoral research project, successful applicants will be expected to contribute to associated activities within the School.

Eligibility

Applicants must have a minimum of a first or an upper second class honours degree or equivalent, and preferably a good Masters degree, in a relevant area. If your first language is not English, you should have a minimum IELTS score of 6.5 or TOEFL 575 (paper-based), 231 (computer-based).

For further details and an application form visit: http://www.mdx.ac.uk/research/applications/fees/bursaries/index.aspx

Deadline for applications: 22nd March 2013

Interviews to be held: April 2013

General inquiries to: research.enq@mdx.ac.uk