Research opportunities at the University of Limerick
Institute for the Study of Knowledge in Society


The PhD scholarships below arise as a result of the University of Limerick's participation in the Irish Social Sciences Platform (ISSP) which brings together expertise from eight Irish institutional partners and 19 academic disciplines to create a truly all-island, interdisciplinary platform for social science research. ISSP has been granted €16.5m as part of the Programme for Research in Third-Level Institutions (PRTLI), Cycle 4.

These scholarships are worth approximately €17,500 per annum, and also cover university fees. They are tenable for four years, subject to satisfactory progress.

Scholarships are available in the following areas:

* Ageing in the community.
* Size discrimination in clinical education and practice.
* Children, perceptions of embodied risk and asthma.
* Here to Stay? Irish Print Media Coverage of Polish Migration to Ireland.
* The interaction of language policy, media and new technology.
* The transmission of Enlightenment ideas between continental Europe, Britain and the west of Ireland via The Magazine of Magazines, printed in Limerick from 1751 to 1769.
* The gendered implications of new work/life patterns in the knowledge economy.
* Everyday practices of work mobility in the knowledge economy.
* An examination of policy innovation and politics in the Irish developmental state.

The closing date for applications is 6 June 2008.

Further details on the topics and application process are available from:

Niamh O’Sullivan, Institute for the Study of Knowledge in Society, University of Limerick, Ireland.






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