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PhD Studentships in Demography / Population Studies at  the London School of Economics

The Population Studies group at London School of Economics is now welcoming applications for studentships in Demography / Population Studies for entry in October 2017. 

Career prospects: Recent graduates from Demography / Population Studies PhD programmes are pursuing academic careers, postdoctoral fellowships, senior consultancy roles and INGO and government jobs in the UK and overseas.

Research environment: The Department of Social Policy is the longest established in the UK and received the highest rating in every Research Excellence Framework evaluation. Academic staff come from a range of disciplines, including Demography and Population Science. PhD students in Demography / Population Studies join a thriving group of research students, with an excellent research environment.

Further details

ESRC Studentships (1+3 and +3) for UK and EU students

(One studentship available)

We are now accepting applications for the 1+3 and +3 Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) studentship schemes. ESRC awards include tuition fees plus a stipend for living expenses, a research training allowance and limited fieldwork funding.

1+3 MSc Social Research Methods (Population), followed by MPhil/PhD in Demography / Population Studies.

The 1+3 scheme provides funding for a one year research training MSc linked to a three year PhD and is designed for students who have not already completed an ESRC-recognised programme of research training. Transfer from the one-year MSc programme to the three-year MPhil/PhD programme is dependent on achieving high marks in the MSc.

Entry requirements:An upper second or first class honours degree from a UK university of its equivalent.
1+3 candidates for the MPhil/PhD Demography / Population Studies programme should apply for the MSc Social Research Methods (Population) and include an outline research proposal of up to 1.500 words. Completed applications will be sent to the Department of Social Policy to be considered by the Population Studies PhD Committee.

+3 MPhil/PhD in Demography / Population Studies

The +3 scheme provides three years funding for the MPhil/PhD programme for students who have already achieved an ESRC recognised 'research training' MSc in a relevant field or who have undertaken equivalent research training. 

Entry requirements: The Department welcomes applications from students who have, or expect to obtain, a good ESRC-recognised MSc degree or comparable research training in a relevant field, together with an upper second or first class honours degree from a UK university or its equivalent.

Applicants will normally need MSc degree marks equivalent to an LSE high merit grade, with an overall average of 65% in their MSc (or equivalent) and 65% in their dissertation (or equivalent); any conditional offer for a place on the MPhil/PhD programme will be subject to obtaining such marks.

LSE Studentship (4 years) for UK, EU and Overseas students

(One studentship available)

The LSE PhD Studentship  is open to students from anywhere in the world (UK, EU or elsewhere) and covers fees plus a stipend for living expenses each year for four years and is for direct MPhil/PhD entry.

The award will be made on the basis of academic merit and research potential.

The studentships include a requirement that scholars contribute to their academic department as part of their research training, in the form of providing teaching or other work in their department, usually from year two onwards.

Entry requirements: The Department welcomes applications from students who have, or expect to obtain, a good MSc degree in the relevant field, together with an upper second or first class honours degree from a UK university ot its equivalent.

Applicants will normally need MSc degree marks equivalent to an LSE high merit grade, with an overall average of 65% in their MSc (or equivalent) and 65% in their dissertation (or equivalent); any conditional offer for a place on the MPhil/PhD programme will be subject to obtaining such marks.

Are you interested in either scheme?

  1. Send an email to register your interrest to Dr Tiziana Leone (t.leone@lse.ac.uk) and Ash Butt (A.Butt5@lse.ac.uk), the Research Programmes Administrator.
  2. We need: (1) your CV - This must include information about degrees awarded, courses taken and grades received, plus any relevant work or research experience; and (2) an outline research proposal no more than 1.500 words indicating the potential title/area, key research question(s), motivation and background, methods to be employed (analytical approach, data, other materials if relevant). Email the CV and research proposal to a potential supervisor (list available at the end of this page) or to Dr Tiziana Leone who will advise if the proposal matches the expertise of the academic staff available. Send the materials before the 19th of December 2016. Applicants are recommended to get in touch before the deadline to discuss their applications informally.
  3. Submit your completed application to the School for the relevant programme including all supporting documentation such as references and transcripts no later than 9th January 2017. We strongly recommend that you submit your full application earlier, preferably by the end of December 2016.  See the Social Policy webpages for details of the application process for ESRC schemes and LSE Studentship.
  4. All completed applications received by the deadline (9th January 2017) will be considered for funding. If your application (including previous qualifications, research proposal and references) is identified to be of high quality by the Population Studies PhD Committee, you will be invited for an interview (in person or by Skype) in early February 2017.
  5. Nominations of successful applicants will be forwarded to a School Panel for a final decision. Candidates can expect to hear back in mid-March.

For more information on applications please visit the Social Policy Webpages.

Potential supervisors

Dr Ernestina Coast

Dr Ernestina Coast: e.coast@lse.ac.uk

Interests: Sexual health; reproductive health; maternal health; demography of low income countries; mixed (quantitative and qualitative) methods.

Further information:LSE Experts; Personal homepage

 
Arjan Gjonca

Dr Arjan Gjonça: a.gjonca@lse.ac.uk

Interests: Determinants of mortality and epidemiological transition in developing countries. Relationship between nutrition and health/mortality; interplay between tradition/values and development/ideas in shaping demographic behaviour; the sex imbalances at birth and female disadvantages in health and mortality in developing countries. 
Dr Gjonça welcomes applications from students interested in the following areas: health and mortality transition in developing countries, demography of the Balkans and gender differences in the onset of disease and mortality.

Further information: LSE Experts 

 
Emily Grundy

Professor Emily Grundy: e.m.grundy@lse.ac.uk

Interests: Ageing, health and well-being; life course influences on health; family, household and social networks of older people; intergenerational exchanges.
Professor Grundy particularly welcomes enquiries from students with interests in quantitative studies of ageing and health and students wanting to use data from the ONS Longitudinal Study.

Further information: LSE Experts

 
Stephen Jenkins

Professor Stephen Jenkins: s.jenkins@lse.ac.uk

Interests: Links between socioeconomic and demographic processes and outcomes; Professor Jenkins welcomes students with the following interests: quantitative methods for demographic analysis, especially analysis of longitudinal data.

Further information: LSE Experts.

 
Tiziana Leone

Dr Tiziana Leone: t.leone@lse.ac.uk

Interests: Quantitative approach to the following areas: maternal mortality, health systems and reproductive health, women's health in low income countries, economic burden of maternal health care. 

Further information: LSE Experts; Personal homepage

 
Dr Grace Lordan

Dr Grace Lordan: g.lordan@lse.ac.uk

Interests: Health economics; the economics of risky health behaviours; health and development economics; ethnicity and health outcomes

Further information: LSE Experts

 
Dr Berkay Ozcan

Dr Berkay Ozcan:  b.ozcan@lse.ac.uk

Interests: Relationship between demographic processes (e.g. marriage, divorce, fertility) and economic outcomes (e.g. savings/wealth, labor supply, unemployment, entrepreneurship, etc).
Dr. Ozcan welcomes enquiries from students with "quantitative" interests in these areas.

Further information: LSE Experts, Personal homepage

 
plattLucinda

Professor Linda Platt: l.platt@lse.ac.uk

Interests: Immigration and ethnicity.
Professor Platt welcomes students with interests in quantitative, particularly longitudinal, analysis of ethnic and immigrant inequalities and integration.

Further information: LSE Experts

 
Wendy Sigle Rushton

Dr Wendy Sigle: w.sigle@lse.ac.uk

Interests: Both econometric and demographic methods to analyse questions on family issues. Work spans a wide inter-disciplinary base including sociology, economics, gender studies and demography.
Dr Sigle-Rushton welcomes enquiries from students with interests in these areas: childcare; poverty; family; gender

Further information: LSE Experts

 
Professor Fiona Steele

Professor Fiona Steele: f.a.steele@lse.ac.uk

Professor Steele welcomes enquiries to act as a second supervisor from students with a strong statistics background and whose topic would involve the use of advanced statistical models.

Further information: LSE Experts, Statistics Department entry

 

 


 

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