Deadline for applications: 21st december 2012

Precarious work / Migration Aspirations and Realities

The WLRI is advertising two exciting opportunities for fully-funded PhD studentships in a Marie Curie project. See below for details and how to apply. The deadline for applications is Dec 21st. 

Research Fellow (Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher - Precarious work)

London Metropolitan University's Working Lives Research Institute (WLRI) has just secured a new full-funded PhD studentship in a Marie Curie project, Changing Employment, headed by Strathclyde University. This exciting new international comparative European Initial Training Network (ITN) of Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) and Experienced Researchers (ERs) preparing for doctoral and post doctoral research, is amongst a small number of multi disciplinary social science programmes to be awarded funding in the current Marie Curie awards under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development (FP7).

The ITN, co-ordinated by the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow), has successfully obtained 4,060,000 Euros to support the network bringing together new and recent post graduate researchers working on an international post graduate research programme supervised by internationally renowned senior academics. Language training will be provided where required.

The fixed-term three year appointment is due to commence from February 2013 and is a Marie Curie funded Early Stage Research Fellow post. In line with the Marie Curie funding requirements, applicants must have not have lived in the UK for more than 12 of the last 36 months.

This post is Marie Curie Fellow (PhD/Early Stage Researcher-ESR5) and will involve research in Spain. Its project title is: 'Life on the Margins - the social implications of precarious work specifically in relation to young minority ethnic workers'. As some of the fieldwork will take place at Oviedo in Spain, the post will thus involve mobility spending some time in Spain.

For further information about the post, please contact Dr Leroi Henry (Senior Research Fellow) by email at l.henry@londonmet.ac.uk

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Research Fellow (Marie Curie Early Stage - Migration Aspirations and Realities)

London Metropolitan University's Working Lives Research Institute (WLRI) has just secured a new full-funded PhD studentship in a Marie Curie project, Changing Employment, headed by Strathclyde University. This exciting new international comparative European Initial Training Network (ITN) of Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) and Experienced Researchers (ERs) preparing for doctoral and post doctoral research, is amongst a small number of multi disciplinary social science programmes to be awarded funding in the current Marie Curie awards under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development (FP7).

The ITN, co-ordinated by the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow), has successfully obtained 4,060,000 Euros to support the network bringing together new and recent post graduate researchers working on an international post graduate research programme supervised by internationally renowned senior academics. Language training will be provided where required.

The fixed-term three year appointment is due to commence from February 2013 and is a Marie Curie funded Early Stage Research Fellow posts. In line with the Marie Curie funding requirements, applicants must have not have lived in the UK for more than 12 of the last 36 months.

This post is Marie Curie Fellow (PhD/Early Stage Researcher-ESR9) and will involve research in Poland. This project title is: 'Migration aspirations and realities: The experiences of Polish migrants in the UK and the role of trade unions'. The post will involve mobility, spending some months in Poland and in Brussels.

For further information about the post, please contact Professor Sonia McKay (Research Professor) by email at s.mcKay@londonmet.ac.uk.

Apply here