Gordon Social Innovation Scholarship – Power Project
This scholarship will support the development of social innovation research capacity at the University of Stirling.
Key facts
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Postgraduate (research)
Number of awards
1
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This scholarship is funded by an alumni gift from the Gordon family, to support the development of social innovation research capacity at the University of Stirling. This will pay for a PhD studentship to undertake doctoral study at Stirling Management School for three years, covering PhD studentship and all fees. Exceptional international candidates will be considered.
This PhD project (under the supervision of Prof Michael Roy and Dr Krista Bondy) will extend our knowledge on the role of power in shaping social innovation (viz Avelino, 2021). This interdisciplinary project will focus on how different structures and hierarchies of power (e.g. Pfeffer, 1992; Young, 2011; Fraser, 2008) lead to differences in how ideas are created and spread throughout society. It will bring together recent insights from the power literature such as challenging narrow views of what we mean by power (e.g. Haugaard, 2010), to better articulate and understand the nuanced and complex ways in which power operates in practice (e.g. Willmott, 2013), with a range of other literatures that contribute to our understanding of how ideas spread, such as norms (e.g. de Groot, Bondy & Schuitema, 2021) and sustainability (e.g. Meqdadi, Johnsen, & Johnsen, 2017).
More details about the studentship can be found on FindaPhD.com.
Eligibility and availability
Eligible for PhD study (usually having master's degree or equivalent with a sizeable social science component).
International fees may be covered for exceptional candidates.
This specific PhD competition only.
Study commences in Autumn 2024.
Student will be expected to attend on-campus meetings and commit to being on campus for a significant amount of the week.
How to apply
Applicants must be able to demonstrate an interest in the sector and potential and enthusiasm for developing skills more widely in related areas. Applicants will need to have interpersonal skills to develop positive working relationships with supervisors and stakeholders. It is essential to have effective verbal and written communication skills. Applicants should demonstrate that they can work to deadlines, prepare, and deliver presentations and write high quality research papers.
Applicants should submit via email a curriculum vitae (no more than 2 pages), a research proposal of around 4-5 pages outlining how they propose to tackle the chosen topic of the two, a brief letter outlining their motivation and qualification for the studentship, transcripts of undergraduate and master’s qualifications, and two academic references, to Professor Michael Roy (email: michael.roy1@stir.ac.uk) by no later than 5pm on 28th June 2024. Please ensure the subject line of your email appears as ‘’Social Innovation PhD studentship” and “Power project”.
In conjunction with the above application process, the successful candidate will also be required to complete an PhD Management and Organisation application and have their offer in place in good time for an autumn 2024 start date.
Contact us
Contact Professor Michael Roy for further information.