Postgraduate research opportunities Opening conversations among road users in Glasgow
ApplyKey facts
- Opens: Friday 4 August 2023
- Deadline: Monday 28 August 2023
- Number of places: 1
- Duration: One-year full time starting 11 September 2023 for MRes, 1 October 2023 for MPhil
- Funding: Equipment costs, Home fee, Travel costs
Overview
Inter-disciplinary MRes/MPhil to enhance our understanding of we engage with motor vehicle drivers in active mobility research and knowledge exchange. The methods and research questions can be flexible to suit the student’s own skills or if they are working in a related area.Eligibility
Applications for this studentship will be considered from backgrounds including: Physical Activity for Health, Arts & Humanities, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Psychology and must hold:
- Honours degree (high 2:1 or 1:1) for MRes
- Honours degree (high 2:1 or 1:1) and Masters degree with Merit/Distinction for MPhil
Project Details
Since September 2022, Harrington and Ferguson have been using knowledge exchange, community action and academic research to open the conversation between road users in Glasgow’s south side.
Via Strathclyde’s Active Mobility Hub, we propose this inter-disciplinary MRes/MPhil as a way to enhance our understanding of how to create a paradigm shift in how we engage with motor vehicle drivers in research and knowledge exchange. From a road legislation and a health and safety aspect drivers are the ultimate ‘hard to reach’ group. This has created a juxtaposition of vulnerable road users (cyclists) alongside unreachable and powerful road users (motor vehicle drivers) that needs exploring in an inter-disciplinary way.
The supervisory team brings physical activity and health (School of Psychological Sciences and Health) and transport engineering (Civil and Environmental Engineering) together in this fast-moving topical research area.
The MRes/MPhil methods and research question can be flexible to suit the student’s own skills. It may suit someone working in a related area and the project can be adapted to link with their employer. We are particular interested in students with an arts or humanities background.
While the MRes/MPhil is in “Physical Activity for Health”, there will be a strong inter-disciplinary aspect with the longer-term impact being the health benefits of modal shift away from motor vehicles.
Further information
Open to Home/RUK applicants only.
Funding details
MRes/MPhil AHRC-aligned Interdisciplinary Excellence Award Studentship.
Additional funding will be applied for any travel or equipment costs.
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Supervisors
Additional Supervisor: James Bonner, PhD (Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Innovation, Strathclyde Business School)
Apply
To be considered for this scholarship, eligible applicants must apply formally online via Pegasus for either MRes Physical Activity for Health or MPhil Physical Activity for Health and be available to commence study full-time on 11 September 2023 for MRes OR 1 October 2023 for MPhil.
In the funding section of the application form please state the project title:
MRes/MPhil IEA Project: “Opening conversations among road users in Glasgow”
Please submit your application with the following documents uploaded no later than 28 August 2023, 5pm deadline
- 500-to-1000-word personal statement outlining why you wish to undertake this studentship and what you will bring to the project
- CV (2 pages)
- 2 academic references – name and full contact details
- All degree certificates and transcripts, to date
- If applicable - IELTS (taken within the past 2 years prior to commencing study) or equivalent proof of English language proficiency (if English is not your first language)
Number of places: 1
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Contact us
Informal enquiries or if intending to apply should be directed to Dr Deirdre Harrington deirdre.harrington@strath.ac.uk.