NUAcT PhD Studentship: Geographies of Refuge

Award Summary

Full PhD tuition fees at the UK home student rate (UK students and EU students with settled or pre-settled status).

An annual stipend equivalent to the UKRI doctoral stipend (estimate at £19,162 for 2024/25).

£1500 each year for PhD consumables.

Overview

The School of Geography, Politics and Sociology at Newcastle University invites applications for a fully funded doctoral studentship on the theme ‘Geographies of refuge’. Supervised by Dr Malene H. Jacobsen (Geography), the successful candidate is expected to develop their own research project within this theme.  

We welcome applications from students who approach geographies of refuge from diverse geographical locations and theoretical perspectives, including decolonial and postcolonial theory, feminist theory, and/or critical race theory. 

Possible topics may include:  

• Geographies of displacement and refuge 
• (Geo)politics of refuge and/or asylum 
• Coloniality, refuge, and state protection 
• War, refuge and refugees 
• Trajectories, embodiment and counter-topographies of refuge 
• Geographies of activism, resistance, and solidarity 
• Refuge, refugee politics and futures 
• Law and legal geographies of asylum 
• Testimony, memories and witnessing  
• Temporalities of asylum and refuge 
• Borders, boundaries and territoriality  
• Displacement, refuge and diaspora 

Applications are welcomed from students of Geography, Gender Studies, Queer Studies, Critical Border Studies, Black Studies, Critical Refugee Studies, or other social sciences fields.

Newcastle University offers a vibrant research culture with a range of research clusters and networks, including ‘Power, Space and Politics’, ‘the Migrations Collective’ and ‘the MENA-NE Network’.

Number of awards: 1

Start date: September 2024

Award duration: 3 years full time. Part-time working patterns are available.

Application closing date:

Expressions of interest and questions should be directed to Dr Malene H. Jacobsen (Malene.jacobsen@newcastle.ac.uk) before 27 July 2024.

Applications should be submitted by 23:59 on 30/07/24

Sponsor: Newcastle University (NUAcT fellowship) 

Supervisors: Dr Malene H. Jacobsen

Eligibility criteria:

Essential:

• This position is open to UK students and EU students with settled or pre-settled status.
• Training and/or proven expertise in qualitative methodologies.
• Demonstrated interest in, knowledge of, and/or commitment to decolonial and postcolonial theory, and/or feminist theory, and/or critical race theory.
• Applicants whose first language is not English require an IELTS score of 7.0 overall with a minimum of 6.5 in all sub-skills.

Desirable:

• Experience of conducting research at Master’s level.
• Demonstrated interest in and/or knowledge of refuge and/or asylum.
• Willingness to undertake fieldwork.

For information on now to apply, please see www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/fees-funding/search-funding/?code=gpsna9

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an online interview at Newcastle University.

Contact details:

malene.jacobsen@newcastle.ac.uk

gps.pgr@newcastle.ac.uk (for administrative queries)

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