University of Stirling Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory PhD Studentships 2025

University of Stirling recruiting 2-4 PhD studentships, fully funded, which will aim to advance knowledge of the dynamic relations between place and memory.  

The Leverhulme International Professorship grant supports the establishment of a new Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory at the University of Stirling. The Centre’s researchers will address pressing questions about how people locate and orient themselves in space and time. Anchored in Philosophy and housed in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, the Centre draws on cognitive sciences, social sciences, and the arts to break new ground in the study of spatial thinking, disorientation, and remembering the past. It connects the sciences of space and memory with contemporary practical concerns about memory, emotion, and place. Centre researchers deploy diverse methods, integrating conceptual, experimental, and ethnographic approaches to implement intense interdisciplinary collaboration. The mission is to advance knowledge of dynamic relations between place and memory at multiple timescales and levels, and of how people navigate together in space and time.

• Table of Content
• About University of Stirling
• Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory PhD Studentships
• Aim and Benefits of Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory PhD Studentships
• Requirements for Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory PhD Studentships Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory PhD Studentships
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About University of Stirling

The University of Stirling is a UK research intensive campus university founded by Royal charter in 1967. It is a plate glass university located in the Central Belt of Scotland, built within the walled Airthrey Castle estate. Since its foundation, it has expanded to have four Faculties, a Business School, a Graduate School and a number of Institutes and Centres covering a broad range of subjects. It is ranked among the top 50 universities in the world that are under 50 years old by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and among the top 40 in the UK in the complete university gu... continue reading

Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory PhD Studentships

Aim and Benefits of Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory PhD Studentships

Studentship funding awards:

• Provide full UK fees (£4,712) and a stipend set at the UKRI minimum annual award for 2024/25 (£18,622 p.a.). There are limited fee waivers available for international candidates. In addition, there is funding available to support specific research training requirements. The funding for PhD Studentships is subject to the Leverhulme Trust’s Terms and Conditions.

Requirements for Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory PhD Studentships Qualification

University of Stirling welcome Expressions of Interest from all candidates who meet the University’s entry criteria for Postgraduate Research degrees. We especially welcome Expressions of Interest from people from groups under-represented in the UK Postgraduate Research community, including people from ethnic minorities, women, disabled people, people from the Global South, and people from care-experienced or socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Interview date, Process and Venue for Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory PhD Studentships

Timeline

22 November 2024                 Application opens

20 December 2024                 Application closes

13-17 January 2025                Interview select candidates (online, 10-15 minutes)

24 January 2025                      Select candidates invited to submit formal application

14 February                             Formal applications and supporting documentation due

By 28 February 2025               Outcomes announced

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit University of Stirling scholarship website.