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Urban and Regional Studies PhD/MPhil/MSc (Research) – (Ph.D.)
University of Birmingham
School of Public Policy| Application Deadline: | None, but early application advised | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 4,232 - ≈ € 12,860 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Birmingham / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 36 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Birmingham
Degrees may include a coursework element and can be taken on a full- or part-time basis. Prospective applicants are invited to apply, outlining their research interests. We have ESRC recognition for our research training programmes.
Learning and teaching
Research students normally have a lead supervisor and a co-supervisor who meet regularly with the student to review and guide their work.
Each research student agrees with their supervisor(s) a programme of training tailor-made to their needs and previous experience. A programme may include:
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* Any module offered by CURS related to their research
* Modules and programmes in other departments
* Personal development and skills training provided through the University's Graduate School on subjects including computing, time management, thesis writing, writing for publication, and teaching
All research students give an annual presentation on their work in progress. These take place in research student workshops. These occasions are also opportunities to hear presentations and share views and experiences with other research students and academics and practitioners from the ‘outside world’. In addition, students present their work to a research supervisory panel as another means of gauging progress.
We help research students to produce publications arising from their work and encourage them to publish as single authors when appropriate. Many research students are aiming for academic careers and we recognise the importance of providing opportunities for them to be involved in teaching and tutorial work, without compromising their obligations as research students.
Key facts
Type of Course: Doctoral research, continuing professional development
Duration: PhD: 3 years full-time equivalent; MPhil: 2 years full-time equivalent; MSc (Research): 1 year full-time equivalent
Start date: September 2011
Contents
Research interests of staff
* City centre regeneration; City living and gentrification; Inter-city competition and co-operation; Comparative urban development in Britain, Europe and North America. Contact: Dr Austin Barber
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 2984
Email: a.r.g.barber@bham.ac.uk
* Planning, Urban regeneration policy; Community involvement; Impacts of urban development on local communities. Contact: Dr Mike Beazley
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 3278
Email: m.j.beazley@bham.ac.uk
* Industry clusters, EU regional policy and governance; Innovation, industrial competitiveness and the regional economy; Automotive and the food industries; Labour market change. Contact: Gill Bentley
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 4984
Email: g.a.bentley@bham.ac.uk
* Development of quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, particularly the use of survey-based economic valuation techniques (contingent valuation and choice modelling); Contribution of creative and knowledge-intensive industry to urban and regional development; Industry networks and clustering. Contact: Dr Julie Brown
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5025
Email: j.brown@bham.ac.uk
* Economic development (economic restructuring, creative industries, digital city); Public policies (governance, cluster policy and transport policies); Urban transportation (in developed and developing countries); Quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Contact: Dr Caroline Chapain
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 2292
Email: c.a.chapain@bham.ac.uk
* Regional and local economic change; Evolving patterns of governance and state organisation at different scales; The use of spatial scale analysis as a conceptual tool in the examination of economic and political change. Contact: Chris Collinge
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 3783
Email: c.j.collinge@bham.ac.uk
* European urban and regional studies; Strategic leadership in economic development, planning and regeneration. Contact: Dr John Gibney
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 3051
Email: j.gibney@bham.ac.uk
* Housing, social policy and the inner cities; Urban renewal; Housing the homeless; Comparative housing and urban policy. Contact: Richard Groves
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5027
Email: r.groves@bham.ac.uk
* Impact of economic restructuring on gender relations, urban and regional development, knowledge economy, unemployment and labour market policy. Contact: Dr Laura James
Email: l.James@bham.ac.uk
* African Caribbean home ownership; Ethnic minority housing wealth; Return migration; Ethnic minority communities; Use of life history methods. Contact: Dr Ricky Joseph
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 7233
Email: r.joseph@bham.ac.uk
* Comparative housing research between East Asian and Western countries; Housing renewal and community involvement in housing schemes. Contact: Dr Shinwon Kyung
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 3101
Email: s.kyung@bham.ac.uk
* Housing markets and neighbourhood change; Housing and social exclusion; Issues related to concentrations of deprivation, segregation and excluded communities; Development of models of affordability at local and regional level for the purpose of housing strategy development. Contact: Peter Lee (Director of CURS)
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 3645
Email: p.w.lee@bham.ac.uk
* Analysis of the cultural sector’s contribution to social cohesion, social inclusion and economic development; Critical examination of place-marketing. Contact: Jane Lutz
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 7290
Email: r.j.lutz@bham.ac.uk
* Knowledge economy; Innovation, automotive industry; Business strategies and their interaction with public policy; Regional economic development; Technology foresight. Contact: Dr Stewart MacNeill
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5007
Email: s.macneill@bham.ac.uk
* Governance, management and regulation of housing organisations; Role of the non-profit sector in public policy; Homelessness and access to social housing; New migration, equality and diversity. Contact: Professor David Mullins
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 3348
Email: d.w.mullins@bham.ac.uk
* The changing housing situation and housing policy in the UK and other countries, in particular to privatisation of public housing, the residualisation of social rented housing, differences within the home ownership sector and changing demand for housing in the UK. Contact: Professor Alan Murie
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5018
Email: a.s.murie@bham.ac.uk
* Gypsy and Traveller accommodation issues; Mobile homes; Homelessness and housing allocations; Housing benefit reform. Contact: Pat Niner
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5024
Email: p.m.niner@bham.ac.uk
* Planning, developing and managing sustainable communities; Community and neighbourhood governance; Delivering affordable housing options; Housing co-operatives and co-ownership housing; Regeneration of public housing estates.
Contact: Rob Rowlands
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 2243
Email: r.o.rowlands@bham.ac.uk
* Social housing finance both in the UK and in Central and Eastern Europe; Contracting and partnerships in housing and public service provision. Contact: Bruce Walker
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 4957
Email: j.b.walker@bham.ac.uk
* Urban studies, Planning; Public transport; Sustainable development. Contact: Carina Weingaertner
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5023
Email: c.weingaertner@bham.ac.uk
* Urban and brownfield regeneration policies; Culture-led regeneration; Planning and sustainable development; Comparative planning in Europe (especially France, Great Britain and Switzerland). Contact: Dr Lauren Andres
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5021
Email: l.andres@bham.ac.uk
* Spatial Planning (Urban Regeneration); Cities and Society; Place making and mediating space. Contact: Professor Jon Coaffee
Tel: +44(0)121 414 7421
Email: j.coaffee@bham.ac.uk
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* Attainment of an Honours degree (normally a First or Upper Second Class Honours degree or equivalent) in a relevant subject awarded by an approved university, or
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* After we have received your application you may, if you live in the UK, be invited for an interview or to visit us to discuss your application.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Master's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 93 |
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