Bonnart Trust PhD Scholarship
A fully funded three year postgraduate Bonnart Trust PhD Scholarship, to commence in October 2016
Addressing Intolerance and Integration
A fully funded three year postgraduate Bonnart Trust PhD Scholarship, to commence in October 2016, will be awarded by the School of Social Sciences, History and Philosophy, Birkbeck; it will cover the cost of fees at the full-time home/EU rate for MPhil/PhD degrees, and an annual stipend set at Research Council rates. The scholarship will be awarded to an outstanding candidate whose research topic explores a theme concerned with either Diversity and Belonging or Minorities and Social Justice:
- Diversity and Belonging – research topics include, but are not limited to the following: subjective and attitudinal dimensions of intolerance, the ways in which racial, religious, linguistic and other minorities challenge societies and cultures to think of themselves in new ways, the extent to which minorities identify with and seek to integrate within mainstream society.
- Minorities and Social Justice – concerned with the social outcomes experienced by minorities. Research topics include, but are not limited to the following: the entitlements and social trajectory of minorities, how these vary across place and time, the concept of social justice as applied to minorities, including minority language speakers.
Closing date for applications: Monday 1st February 2016
Further details and how to apply: please click here