PhD Opportunities

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The School of Anthropology and Conservation (SAC) at the University of Kent invites applications from outstanding candidates for our range of competitive PhD scholarship opportunities.

The School has an international reputation for the research of its academic staff, many of whom are leaders in their respective fields. Its vibrant research culture provides excellent opportunities for postgraduate study, and the breadth of expertise within the SAC enables us to offer research supervision across a wide range of topics.

Scholarship Competitions

  • ESRC South East Doctoral Training Centre – SAC is a member of two pathways within this centre of research excellence providing outstanding social science postgraduate training: Anthropology and Environment, Energy and Resilience. Studentships cover fees and stipends and are open to UK/EU students who meet the residential criteria. Application deadline: 31st January 2015.
  • CHASE (AHRC) Studentships – This Doctoral Training Partnership offers students a range of exciting opportunities to gain professional experience, work across institutions and disciplines and acquire advanced research skills. Studentships cover fees and stipends and are open to UK/EU students who meet the residential criteria. Application deadline: 14th January 2015.
  • Kent 50th Anniversary Scholarships – Open to applicants from the fields of social anthropology, environmental anthropology, biological anthropology or biodiversity conservation. We particularly welcome applicants who wish to undertake interdisciplinary projects relevant to the School’s research culture. Scholarships cover Home/EU tuition rate plus a maintenance grant. Application deadline: 31st January 2015.

See http://www.kent.ac.uk/sac/scholarships/index.html for further details.

PhD Opportunities
We are currently considering applications across a range of topics related to the School’s interdisciplinary research culture. Full details of the supervisory interests of staff can be found on our School website. We are also particularly keen to hear from candidates interested in working on the following topics / research areas:

Biological Anthropology

  • Mortality change and the nature of selection in recent populations; evolutionary demography and life history theory – Dr Oskar Burger
  • 'Histological analysis of juvenile hard tissue' to explore 'primate life history' or 'bioarchaeology' – Dr Patrick Mahoney
  • ‘Behavioural ecology of social foraging in chimpanzees’ – Dr Nicholas Newton-Fisher
  • Do isotope ratios vary in bone collagen affected by pathology &/or disease? – Dr Geraldine Fahy
  • Human sexual behaviour, evolutionary anthropology, reproductive timing, life history theory, and evolutionary psychology – Dr Sarah Johns
  • Human and primate evolution, dental anthropology, skeletal biology, functional morphology, hominin systematics – Dr Matthew Skinner

Socio-cultural Anthropology

  • Spiritual ecology, migration and diaspora and the connections between human health and the environment – Dr Anna Waldstein
  • Amazonia and Lowland South America, indigenous urbanisation, placemaking, gender, kinship and the informal economy as well as those interested in conducting research on organisations and financial markets – Dr Daniela Peluso
  • Tonga, mental illness, efficacy, collaborative media, visual research methodologies, contact improvisation, intentional communities – Dr Mike Poltorak
  • Ethnic and National Identity, Political Violence, Middle East/Mediterranean Basin, Inter-communal relations, shrines, holy sites and pilgrimages, and psychoanalysis and anthropology – Dr Glenn Bowman
  • Work and labour, class, criminality, corruption, urban anthropology and economy – Dr Andrew Sanchez
  • Europe; history, memory, heritage; time; rural social transformation; tourism; anthropology of science and technology (including ag-biotech, environmental themes); anthropology and literature – Dr Matt Hodges

Conservation

  • Landscape ecology, land use change, nature conservation policy and governance, drivers of environmental change – Dr Joseph Tzanopoulos
  • How: (i) people relate to garden wildlife; (ii) observing wildlife mortality may influence people’s psychological well-being; and (iii) we can increase people’s engagement in wildlife disease monitoring and mitigation programmes through citizen science initiatives – Dr Zoe Davies
  • Ecology, evolution and conservation of birds – Dr Peter Bennett

Further details and applications

The School has been very successful in winning awards through these competitions, for 2014 we were able to offer scholarships to 10 candidates.

Full details of scholarships and application processes are available via: http://www.kent.ac.uk/sac/scholarships/index.html

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