University of Cambridge
Job title:
AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA) PhD studentship for “Structured inter-religious encounter and anti-discrimination education: a study”(Faculty of Divinity and The Faith & Belief Forum)
Company:
University of Cambridge
Job description
Applications are invited for an AHRC CDA doctoral studentship offered by the Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership, to start in October 2025.The studentship will be based in the Faculty of Divinity. The successful applicant will work on a collaborative project co-led by Professor Esra Özyürek ( ), University of Cambridge and Ms Carrie Alderton, co-supervisor, and Head of Programmes at the Faith and Belief Forum. Additional supervision is possible from Dr Daniel H. Weiss (Divinity) and Dr Daniel Moulin-Stozek (Education).This practice-based PhD project will critically investigate approaches to structured interreligious encounter and exchange as deployed in the work of The Faith & Belief Forum, whose programmes span schools, universities, communities and workplaces. Augmenting previous studies of interfaith work, the project will include a unique focus on the interaction between such programmes and the goal of reducing prejudice and discrimination, whether in terms of religion or belief, gender, race, nationality or other intersectional identities.Further details of the project and its aims can be found on the Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC DTP website:Funding:The DTP studentships will provide an annual maintenance grant to cover living costs (£19,237 stipend + £600 CDA allowance pa at current rates) and university tuition fees at home fee level. The fee gap between the home and overseas fee rates will be covered by the University through internal co-funding for international candidates.For more details, see: .Application process:All applications will need to be made through the University Postgraduate Application Portal:Whilst making your online application please make clear that you are applying for the project ‘Structured inter-religious encounter and anti-discrimination education: a study’ and indicate the supervisor leading the project (Professor Esra Özyürek). When applying for study through the Postgraduate Applicant Portal, you must indicate that you would like to be considered for funding, complete the AHRC section under “Funding” and upload the OOC DTP Application Form as an additional document when completing the application through the portal.Informal enquiries about the project should be directed to the University supervisor ( ).Application deadline is Tuesday 3 December 2024.If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please visit .Please quote reference GA43223 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.We want to encourage the widest range of potential students to study for this studentship and are committed to welcoming students from different backgrounds to apply. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.The University values diversity and is committed to equality of opportunity.
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Location
Cambridge
Job date
Wed, 11 Sep 2024 22:17:57 GMT
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