[Commlist] AHRC Midlands4Cities Studentships - Media & Culture Research

AHRC Midlands4Cities PhD funding for UK/International applicants*****

Media & Culture Research Centre

The AHRC-fundedMidlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership 
<https://www.midlands4cities.ac.uk/> (M4C) brings together eight leading 
universities across the Midlands to support the professional and 
personal development of the next generation of arts and humanities 
doctoral researchers. M4C is a collaboration between De Montfort 
University, the University of Leicester, the University of Birmingham, 
Birmingham City University, University of Warwick, Coventry University, 
University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University.

M4C is awarding up to 93 doctoral studentships for UK and international 
applicants for 2022 entry and 16 Collaborative Doctoral Awards.

De Montfort University invites applications for a 3-year fully funded 
PhD scholarship with the *Media & C**ulture**Research Centre*, De 
Montfort University, Leicester 
(https://www.dmu.ac.uk/research/centres-institutes/mcrc/ 
<https://www.dmu.ac.uk/research/centres-institutes/mcrc/>).

The MCRC is an interdisciplinary research Centre whose main areas of 
specialization are:

 1. Representation
 2. Media technical change & culture
 3. Cultural citizenship
 4. Cultural & Media policy
 5. Cultural Value
 6. Games & Media Industries

We would welcome research proposals that relate to these areas. Some 
examples of the work of MCRC members in these areas are:

_Representation_

Migrant communities, Race, youth engagement, media representation of 
women, national and cultural belonging, pop culture, subcultures, gender 
identities & intersectionality, black masculinity

_Media technical change & culture _

Disinformation, Big Data, social disadvantage through human centred 
design, database culture, TV Studies and streaming cultures

_Cultural citizenship _

Multiculturalism and decolonization, online, women in academia, mental 
health, sports rights and the media, Festival studies

_Cultural & Media policy_

Institutional analysis,  sport & the media, journalism and political 
actors in India,

_Cultural Value_

Online communication and persuasion, intersections between the 
aesthetics of media forms and ideology.

_Games & Media Industries_

Agency and interactivity; Video game aesthetics; Media industry and 
production studies; Media paratexts; Transmedia and media convergence.

The MCRC undertakes this research utilizing a wide range of methods 
including textual analysis, semiotic analysis, statistical analysis, 
industry/policy analysis, ethnography, games based modelling as well as 
theory led approaches.

For informal enquiries and advice, please contact Dr Simon Mills 
((smills /at/ dmu.ac.uk) <mailto:(smills /at/ dmu.ac.uk)>) or visitour website for 
further detailsM4C DMU 
<https://www.dmu.ac.uk/research/midlands4cities-dtp/m4c.aspx>. 
Applicants must in the first instance apply for a PhD at DMU via the 
DMU’s Doctoral College:DMU Doctoral College 
<https://www.dmu.ac.uk/research/midlands4cities-dtp/m4c.aspx>(deadline 3 
December 2021), with a second-stage deadline for M4C funding (12 January 
2022).

Applicants are advised to book a place on the (online) application 
writing workshop on *6th November* (register here 
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/midlands4cities-application-writing-workshop-leicester-tickets-180748111467 
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/midlands4cities-application-writing-workshop-leicester-tickets-180748111467>)

For full details of eligibility, funding, research supervision areas and 
CDA projects, and for dates of further support, please 
visit:https://www.midlands4cities.ac.uk/ 
<https://www.midlands4cities.ac.uk/>or 
(contactenquiries /at/ midlands4cities.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(enquiries /at/ midlands4cities.ac.uk)>

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