Who is this for?
As per the ESRC CASE Studentship guidelines, we welcome applications from candidates who have a First Class or upper 2:1 undergraduate degree and a postgraduate degree awarded with a Distinction or Merit in social science (i.e. sociology, social policy, or criminology) or cognate discipline (i.e. politics, critical military studies, international relations). In line with core skills training requirements of the ESRC Postgraduate Training and Development Guidelines we are seeking to appoint a candidate with a strong profile of relevant qualitative research interests and training (i.e. preferably relating to elements of investigative methods), ideally with some quantitative and/or data visualisation skills (but not essential). The candidate should also have interests and/or expertise in the project’s subject matter (i.e. military elites, military power, UK Armed Forces, critical military studies, lobbying, defence spending, etc.). This PhD studentship is only available to UK/Home students.