[Asis-l] PhD Studentship Leeds University Business School

[David Allen [LUBS]]

Applications are invited for an Economic and Social Research Council Collaborative PHD scholarship in Leeds University Business School UK



Research topic and supervision

The focus of the work will be on the interplay between new organisational models for response to climate change and emerging new technologies. The topic has been developed in collaboration with a multinational telecommunications services company and will have the support of staff within their Global Research and Development Headquarters.



More information about the project is available by contacting Professor David Allen at d.allen at lubls.leeds.ac.uk<mailto:d.allen at lubls.leeds.ac.uk> or Dr Andrew Brown at a.brown at lubs.leeds.ac.uk<mailto:a.brown at lubs.leeds.ac.uk>





The Research Environment

The student will be located in the AIMTech Research Centre in Leeds University Business School (http://lubswww.leeds.ac.uk/aimtech/about-aimtech/) and associated with the Leeds Campus ibuild Research Centre (http://research.ncl.ac.uk/ibuild/ibuildteam/).



Leeds University Business School has entered the top ten business and management research institutions in the UK, according to the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF). The Business School has been ranked 9th in the UK for the quality of its research following the national review process, achieving a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.18 (our of a possible total score of 4). The Business School was also ranked 9th in the UK according to ‘research power’ – a measure of the volume and the quality of the research. Some 82% of research submitted by the Business School to the REF 2014 was judged by experts to be either 'world leading' (4*) or 'internationally excellent' (3*).





AIMTech (Adaptation Information Management and Technology) is a Research Centre within the Leeds University Business School. The group’s work is focused on the inter-relationship between new technologies, information management and organisational change. The main academic research areas within AIMTech are information behaviour and practices, information systems innovation, evaluation of information systems and the design of information services and systems. A prominent component of AIMTech’s activities is the on-going transfer of knowledge to both the public and the private sectors. Work within the group is informed by Activity Theory which forms the theoretical bedrock for most of their projects.

i-BUILD is funded by a £3.5 million grant from the EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) and the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council). The programme also benefits from £1.8 million of support from university partners, industry and government departments and agencies.

‎i-BUILD is a consortium of three of the UK's leading Universities:

o    Newcastle University (Headquarters)

o    University of Leeds

o    University of Birmingham

Each University has a world-leading track records in engineering, economics and social sciences.

Funding

The Economic & Social Research Council<http://www.esrc.ac.uk/> is the main provider of postgraduate awards in the areas of economic and social sciences. UK applicants will be eligible for a full award (paying fees and maintenance at standard Research Council rates). EU applicants are normally eligible for a fees only award, unless they have been resident in the UK for 3 years immediately preceding the date of the award.



Application Criteria

Applicants must hold a First Degree at undergraduate level equivalent to at least a UK Upper Second Class Honours Degree. Applicants must meet the Business School’s minimum English Language entry requirements.



Application Procedure



Further information can be found here: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/rsa/postgraduate_scholarships/ESRCWRDTCCollabProjectForm-AllenD-2049


Professor David Allen
Leeds University Business School
Maurice Keyworth Building,
University of Leeds,
Moorland Rd,
Leeds,
West Yorkshire
LS6 1AN

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