University of Edinburgh/Copenhagen Scholarship

The University of Edinburgh is offering one studentship for a PhD applicant to undertake a project in Social Data Science for June 2022 entry. This is a student-led open competition for PhD research proposals for projects combining social science theory and methods with data science techniques and digital methods. The successful candidate will register on the full time PhD Science and Technology Studies.

The PhD projects should deal with important problems and phenomena related to social science using methods from computational/data science, including (but not limited to) digital ethnography, network analysis, computational text analysis, and machine learning. We are looking for candidates that ideally bring knowledge and experience in either one of the content areas, methods, or both.

The project will be undertaken as part of the University of Edinburgh – University of Copenhagen joint research initiative. The candidate will be associated with the Digital Social Science Cluster at the Centre for Data, Culture and Society at the University of Edinburgh, and the Center for Social Data Science at the University of Copenhagen, with supervision from both universities. Applications should clearly indicate how the candidate will address the aims of both centres. It is expected that PhD students will spend up to one year at the partner University.

Awards

A maximum of one award will be offered by the University of Edinburgh.  The successful applicant will be awarded a 4 year studentship, which includes full tuition fees, a stipend pegged at UKRI levels (£15,609 for 2021/22) and provision of research costs.

Eligibility

The studentship will be awarded competitively and is open to UK, EU and overseas students applying to start their PhD programme of study no later than 30 June 2022.

Criteria

All applicants should hold at least a UK 2:1 honours degree or its international equivalent, and a UK masters degree with an overall mark of 65% or its international equivalent.

English Language requirements:

All non-UK candidates whose first language is not English must provide a certificate of proficiency in the English Language before they are able to matriculate at the University of Edinburgh.

Please note that if applicants cannot demonstrate that English language requirements have been met at the point of application, the English requirement will be part of any admission offer made.

Applying

The deadline for applications is 5pm (UK time) Monday 4 April 2022

Applicants are required to provide the following information saved WITHIN ONE PDF FILE.

• Personal statement about their research interests, reasons for applying, and fit to the theme of Social Data Science (maximum 1000 words)
• Research proposal demonstrating the contribution to be made to Social Data Science, including a) Description of the main issue to be examined, b) Research objectives and questions, and c) Proposed methods and data (maximum 1000 words)
• Academic CV
• Two signed referee letters of reference. Candidates are required to submit at least 1 academic reference. The second reference may be academic or professional
• Degree transcripts (translations should be provided if the originals are not in English)

Where information is missing, the application may not be considered. Please note that the successful applicant must be in a position to enrol for commencement of studies no later than 30 June 2022.

The PDF file should be emailed PGAwards by the application deadline.

• Two signed referee letters of reference. Candidates are required to submit at least 1 academic reference. The second reference may be academic or professional.
• Degree transcripts (translations should be provided if the originals are not in English)

Further Information

Queries regarding research proposals should be directed to Ben Williamson.

General enquiries about the studentship can be directed to PGAwards.

University of Copenhagen Joint Funded PhD Studentship