PhD Positions：华威大学“人类-环境与可持续发展的相互作用 ”

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Unless you are planning to submit your own project, you should select a project topic within which to develop your research. Applicants should limit their application to one research project and demonstrate how they would make the project their own in addition to evidencing their fit with the student specification and skillset which will vary with each project. All successful candidates will work with an external organisation which will provide mentorship. This organisation will be detailed on the proposed projects or agreed between the supervisory team and student for the open competition award-holder.

Our suggested projects for 2022 are:

• Digital IDs and the promise of inclusion in cities: Examining the human rights obligations of States

• Health, climate change and innovation- Supporting the sustainability transition in the health care sector

• Nationalism and the state in the era of climate change

• Towards 'Care-ful' Sustainability: New Analytical Lenses to Human-Environment Interactions

The TRANSFORM application process

1. Choose Your Supervisors and Develop Your Research Project

The first step is to develop a PhD project proposal in line with the objectives of the TRANSFORM programme and with the interests of supervisors in the programme. A list of potential TRANSFORM supervisors can be found under each cluster. You may also identify alternative supervisors across the academic departments at the University of Warwick. All applicants are encouraged to contact the potential supervisors before making their application, particularly if their project proposal is to be submitted via the 'Open Call' route.

There are TWO routes of developing your project proposal, you can choose only one route for your application:

1. Open Call Research Projects You can select the 'Open Call' option to submit your own project rather than selecting from one of the predefined highlighted thematic projects. You are required to approach potential supervisors to discuss your project prior to putting in an application. All successful candidates will work with an external organisation which will provide mentorship. For proposals on 'Open Call' topics, a mentor may be agreed later between the supervisory team and candidate. Applicants for the 'Open Call' route can suggest a potential external non-academic mentor on their application.

2. Highlighted Thematic Projects - You can select one of the highlighted research projects, led by a predefined supervision team. The suggested areas are broadly defined in scope with the intention that you will develop your own direction of research. Your proposed projects are expected to meet the key characteristics of the TRANSFORM programme. Mentorship arrangements are defined for our list of highlighted thematic topics.

In any case, TRANSFORM PhD projects are expected to have the following key characteristics:

1. A transformative focus on human-environment interactions;

2. Collaboration between supervisors from different areas of expertise (ideally connecting environmental and socio-economic aspects of sustainability); and

3. Mentorship by a relevant external organisation.

Research proposals based on the list of suggested topics should have a maximum length of 2,500 words and should include the following aspects:

• Details on how you would like to develop the suggested research topic, including the originality of the project, relevant concepts and literature. For applicants of the ‘Open Call’ route, you will also need to develop a clear statement on how the rationale and context for the project topic fits to the TRANSFORM programme, clearly indicating one of the research clusters to which the project topic is aligned;

• Potential theoretical and methodological intervention and impact on the field of inquiry;

• Proposed research methods;

• Details on field work to be carried out, or the proposed datasets to be studied;

• Any ethical considerations and procedures to be employed, if applicable;

• Details of an agreed external non-academic mentor, the organisation and its suitability (for 'Open Call' applicants); and

• A list of references (excluded from the word limit).

Research proposals will be assessed in accordance with the Leverhulme Trust's overarching approach and ethos, which includes the criteria of originality, importance, significance and merit, which should be clearly incorporated into applications.

2. Apply to Study a MPhil/PhD in Global Sustainable Development at the University of Warwick

Apply to study a MPhil/PhD in Global Sustainable Development at the University of Warwick via this application portal, following the research course application steps, including contacting your potential supervisors and preparing your research proposal.

Deadline for application: Monday 7th March 2022

3. Submit Your TRANSFORM Funding Application

Once you have submitted the PhD programme application, you may submit your TRANSFORM funding application. This includes:

• A personal statement on why you are the right person for the right research project;

• A research proposal; and

• A two-page CV.

Your completed application and references must be received by 12 pm (GMT) on Monday 7th March 2022.

4. Review and Selection

A selection panel including TRANSFORM academic supervisors and mentors will review applications and create a shortlist of applicants to be invited to interview.

5. Interviews

The selection panel will invite shortlisted applicants to an interview in early May 2022.

6. Awards

Notification of awards, reserves and unsuccessful applications will be issued by email by 31st May 2022. Successful candidates will have two weeks from notification of award to accept the award. Otherwise, the offer will be given to the reserved candidates.

7. Start Your PhD Journey at Warwick

Selected candidates will commence their MPhil/PhD in Global Sustainable Development in October 2022.

Questions

If you have any queries about the process for making an application, please email TransformPHD@warwick.ac.uk.