PhD Studentship in Property Law

Full Time

Closing Date:  26th July 2024

Bursary:  The studentship includes a stipend, tuition fees and remuneration for teaching in accordance with the demonstrator rate of the University:

Year: 2024-25

Annual Stipend: £19, 237

Fees: Demonstrator rate: £15.76 per hours

Teaching 60 hours per annum: £1,418.40

Applications are invited from highly motivated graduates wishing to pursue cutting-edge research in the areas covered by our Property, People and Community research centre. We are keen to foster the property scholars of the next generation and are interested in research topics which challenge the status quo of property rights, including research into access to land, the extension of rights to nature and eco-systems, the global housing crisis, the persistence of homelessness, and the relationship between sustainability and property. Projects which investigate Indigenous land rights and post-colonial approaches to property would also be welcome. Methodologically we are a broad church encouraging bottom-up as well as top-down research and theoretical, empirical, socio-legal and doctrinal approaches.

Southampton Law School is a global Law School, firmly rooted in the UK with a mission to respond to global challenges. We have a robust internationalisation agenda and, as a Law School in a Russell Group University (QS 81st), we are committed to research-driven legal education as well as engaged, innovative and impactful scholarship. Southampton Law School was ranked 16th in the UK in REF2021 for outputs. This places us in the top 25% of Law Schools in the UK, with 81% of all outputs submitted considered to be “world-leading” or “internationally excellent”. Our triple helix approach (people, education, research and enterprise) accentuates the value of our people and exemplifies our constant pursuit of collegiality and social cohesion among staff members, who comprise a diverse international cohort of renowned leading as well as early career researchers.

The Property, People and Community Centre is one of eight research centres which together serve as essential clusters for the achievement of our objectives. The successful applicant will be assigned two experienced and enthusiastic supervisors and will join the Property, People and Community Centre contributing to its ongoing success. They will be part of and help develop our vibrant PhD community. In addition, the successful applicant will gain teaching experience through our PGR teaching programme and will be expected to teach Equity and Trusts and/or Property Law, or other modules as directed by the Head of School (https://www.southampton.ac.uk/doctoral-college/researcher-resources/policy.page). We offer supportive mechanisms to PhD students to equip them to deliver high-quality teaching, in conjunction with the University of Southampton’s Doctoral College.

Further information about our Russell Group University can be found at www.soton.ac.uk and about the Law School at www.law.soton.ac.uk.

Enquiries may be addressed to:

Professor Werner Scholtz, Head of Southampton Law School at W.Scholtz@soton.ac.uk

Application Procedure 

You should submit your completed application form, CV and provisional research proposal (https://www.southampton.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research/create-project) of up to 1500 words (excluding bibliography) online at www.jobs.soton.ac.uk.

The application deadline will be midnight on the closing date stated above.

We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Please note that applications from agencies will not be accepted.

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