[Commlist] Call: PhD Studentship on the Displaced Ukrainian Community

A reminder about this PhD Studentship which involves a mix of media 
practice and community-based action research. Please share this 
opportunity with your students and wider network as the deadline is 
approaching on April 21st, 2023.

The University of Derby has an opportunity for a full-time postgraduate 
research studentshipinCreative and Cultural Industries 
<https://www.derby.ac.uk/research/themes/creative-cultural-industries/>area 
of research in the College of Arts, Humanities and Education (AHE).

https://www.derby.ac.uk/research/degrees/applicants/studentship-opportunities/mphil-phd-studentship-case-study-voices-displaced-community-ukrainian-diaspora-derby-derbyshire/ 
<https://www.derby.ac.uk/research/degrees/applicants/studentship-opportunities/mphil-phd-studentship-case-study-voices-displaced-community-ukrainian-diaspora-derby-derbyshire/>

The successful applicant will receive a maintenance stipend (based on 
the minimum stipend defined by UKRI, currently £17,668 for the academic 
year 2022/23) and home MPhil/PhD tuition fees (£4,596 - subject to 
amendment) only up to the target submission date.

The intended intake period is September 2023, or the next available intake.

The successful applicant will be expected to complete their MPhil/PhD 
within 3 years on the MPhil/PhD route, contribute to the College REF 
submission and get involved in the wider research activities of the College.

Applicants will become part of a friendly and welcoming team and will be 
supported and managed by their supervisors.

The vacancy details are as follows:

*Purpose/objectives*

This project aims to listen and attune the public to the recently 
displaced Ukrainian community who are escaping war in their country. The 
studentship offers an opportunity for an academic or student to come to 
the UK and engage with the migrant community here and gather a record of 
their experiences to understand their contributions here in Britain as a 
displaced community in a conflict situation.

The studentship provides opportunity that might not be otherwise 
available in their home country and will offer valuable learning for a 
British audience of the contributions of the refugees who yearn for home 
they were forced to leave.

*Project description*

The current conflict in Ukraine has taken an enormous toll on the 
country and its people, millions of whom have fled in search of safety 
throughout Europe, including more than 115,000in the UK. This influx has 
had an impact on UK society which this research aims to identify and 
disseminate. Through an exploration of the displaced, and often 
marginalised, Ukrainian community within Derby and Derbyshire (currently 
numbering 1,315), this study aims to represent a microcosm of the 
Ukrainian experience in contemporary Britain as a whole – Derby itself 
being a highly diverse and multicultural city.

The successful candidate will work with the Ukrainian migrants using a 
community-based approach and be invited to offer further input into the 
research design. This proposed doctoral project will be a 
qualitative-led investigation drawing upon artistic and mediatic 
practice, using the skillset of the researcher to gather and curate the 
experiences of migrants via in-depth semi-structured interviews to camera.

The work will have the capacity to improve social, ethnic and cultural 
tolerance and inform policy development by improving the understanding 
of migrants and their contribution to economic growth, an argument that 
is often overlooked in current debates on immigration. By publishing the 
rich qualitative findings via a curated practice-based output, the 
research will demonstrate how the creative and cultural industries can 
have positive impacts on society and instigate change.

The project will be collaborative and engage with the particular 
characteristics of Ukrainian society and modes of expression that are 
unique to their culture. The interviews will yield valuable qualitative 
data for analysis and contribute to existing knowledgeon the Ukrainian 
diaspora and serve as an artefact of oral history.

The incorporation of the practical component will allow for an original 
interpretation of the primary research material and extend the 
engagement and impact of the study beyond academia through public 
exhibition. This project will comprise 30% creative media practice and 
70% theory. Experience in media practice will be a requirement of the 
successful candidate.

Link to advert:

https://www.derby.ac.uk/research/degrees/applicants/studentship-opportunities/mphil-phd-studentship-case-study-voices-displaced-community-ukrainian-diaspora-derby-derbyshire/ 
<https://www.derby.ac.uk/research/degrees/applicants/studentship-opportunities/mphil-phd-studentship-case-study-voices-displaced-community-ukrainian-diaspora-derby-derbyshire/>

Queries can be directed to Director of Studies Daithí McMahon at 
<(d.mcmahon /at/ derby.ac.uk)>


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