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Call for Applications PhD Bursary in Social Ethics (migration, citizenship, national identity) Social Ethics Research Group (SERG), University of Wales Newport, Wales (United Kingdom) __________________________________________________ An opportunity for fully-funded full-time PhD research is available within the Social Ethics Research Group (SERG) at the University of Wales, Newport – start date, February 2011. Key to the group's interests is the application of political, ethical and social philosophy to issues of pressing contemporary social concern. For this bursary, applications are invited from candidates interested in pursuing such research in any of these areas, singly or in combination: - international migration - citizenship acquisition - national identity Bursary value: £13,290 p.a. + tuition fees waiver (full time, 3 years; full waiver for EU students only) To apply, email a research proposal including a short indicative bibliography (up to 1000 words in total), CV including contact details for two referees, and a covering letter to: Angharad Farley, Research and Enterprise Administrator (School of Health and Social Sciences): [email protected] Deadline for application: 26 November 2010. Shortlisted candidates will be asked for a sample of written work and invited for an on-campus interview. Interviews will be held in mid-December 2010. For informal enquiries please email Professor Phillip Cole: [email protected] About the Newport Social Ethics Research Group The Newport Social Ethics Research Group (SERG) combines research and teaching in a range of fields in the social domain, with special emphasis on political, social and ethical theory – and on the points of intersection between these areas. At the heart of the Group’s concerns is the aim of bringing theoretical debates and developments to bear on contemporary social trends, policies and controversies. As well as pursuing individual research, members of the group have been regularly involved in collaborative research projects funded by external bodies such as the AHRC, ESRC, HEFCW and the European Commission. The Group's new MA programme in Social Ethics and Public Advocacy constitutes a further step in the direction of effective, meaningful integration of the insights of theory with the challenges of policy, and practice. Current SERG members: Professor Phillip Cole (Professor of Applied Philosophy, Associate Dean for Research & Enterprise); Professor Steve Smith (Professor of Political Philosophy and Social Policy); Dr Gideon Calder (Reader in Ethics and Social Philosophy, SERG Director); Dr Marit Hovdal Moan (Leverhulme Visiting Research Fellow); Dr Enzo Rossi (Research Fellow in Social Ethics); Mark Reardon (PhD student); Francesco Chiesa (PhD student); and Gillian Smith (PhD student). SERG website: http://serg.newport.ac.uk __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
