Transforming lives, businesses and communities: Funded PhD studentships in Business and Law (“Transform Studentships”)

Project contact: Dr Helen Wadham (h.wadham@mmu.ac.uk)

About the Project

The Faculty of Business and Law at Manchester Met is inviting applications for four three-year full-time PhD studentships to help build our doctoral community and cement our reputation for world-leading research.

All four studentships are fully-funded.

Consistent with the aims of Manchester Met’s Doctoral College, the studentships will build capacity around four key areas of research excellence for the faculty, namely:

• Transforming Places (hosted by Place Management Knowledge Platform)
• Sustainability (hosted by Transformative Sustainable Futures Knowledge Platform)
• Sports Policy (hosted by Sports Policy Unit)
• Decent Work (hosted by Decent Work and Productivity Research Centre)

The “Transform Studentships” are aimed at exceptional doctoral applicants who combine a strong academic profile with a commitment to pursuing innovative and impactful research that will help build our understanding of the pressing problems facing our planet and global society.

The successful candidates will be supervised by experienced, world-leading academics in their chosen field. You will work alongside your supervisors and other academic colleagues to:

• Undertake excellent research using the latest and innovative methodologies leading to the timely completion of your PhD project.
• Prepare, present and publish research outputs through the appropriate forums e.g. research workshops, conferences, seminars, exhibitions, portfolios, academic journals etc. 
• Contribute to developing ideas for generating income to ensure the continued success and growth of your research group’s portfolio.
• Disseminate findings of research widely to further the institution’s standing in the higher education and research community and strengthen the impact of the research.
• Become an active member of Manchester Met’s Doctoral College and support efforts to build a cohort identity within and beyond the faculty.

We will recruit up to four candidates, based on application and assessment performance, and best fit to our preferred areas of research, across the four areas of research excellence.

We look forward to hearing from you!

We can only consider complete applications that include all requested documents. Please visit the University's website for further details about the Transform Studentships and application process.

Funding Notes

This studentship is fully-funded at the UKRI standard rate (£19,237 per year for 2024-2025).

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