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[ecrea] ESRC CASE+3 year PhD Studentship: Understanding and communicating Islam in official discourse and policy in Scotland and the UK
Tue Apr 21 15:11:31 GMT 2009
*ESRC Collaborative (CASE) +3 year PhD Studentship:
**Understanding and communicating Islam in
official discourse and policy in Scotland and the UK*
*Globalisation, Communication and Democracy
Cluster, Department of Geography and
Sociology**, **University** of Strathclyde*
The Department of Geography and Sociology at the
University of Strathclyde has been awarded an
ESRC Collaborative Doctoral Studentship in
partnership with the Office of the Scottish
Islamic Foundation. The PhD will be supervised
by Prof David Miller and Dr William Dinan at
Strathclyde and by Osama Saeed of the Scottish-Islamic Foundation.
We invite applications from potential UK/EU
research students who have a good Masters
qualification and meet the eligibility criteria
for ESRC doctoral funding. Suitably qualified
candidates from a wide range of social science
disciplines - including sociology, media
studies, politics, geography, anthropology and
international relations - are encouraged to
apply. ESRC meets the tuition fees and pays a
basic (tax free) maintenance grant of £17,290
p.a. The collaborating organisation pays an additional £2,000 p.a.
This study will examine relations between, and
policy communications about, Islam and
governmental agencies in the UK. The focus will
be on governmental strategies for dealing with
Islam and British Muslims particularly in
relation to issues of community cohesion,
?radicalisation?/?de-radicalisation? and the
management of particular themes or strands in Islam.
To do this the project will
* systematically map the policy initiatives launched by the UK and
Scottish Government (formerly Scottish Executive)
* intended to deal with the issues arising from the attacks in the
US on 11 September 2001 and those in the UK including most notably
on 7 July 2005.
* Analyse the historical progression of the strategies and examine
both changes in policy and potential contradictions or tensions
between differing government agencies
* Examine the communicative relationships between Muslim
organisations and individuals and governmental agencies in
* relation to these policy issues
* Analyse media output on these questions and how it interacts with
policy processes.
* Contribute to policy debates on the most appropriate way to
respond to potential threats to public order.
* Inform and contribute to Muslim 'community' responses to official
policies
The research will catalogue varying government
responses historically, and in terms of
geographical and policy coverage. It will
explore the formation of government policy in
this area and look at the already evident
contending agendas and approaches which exist
inside government, such as those focused on a
policing response and those seeking to engage
and involve communities in decision making on
the one hand, and the extent to which differing
arms of government may be unwittingly
undermining each other by operating in varying
policy arenas such as for example the alleged
conflict between and the Foreign Office and the
Department for Communities, or the varying
approaches to the 'war on terror' taken by the
Cabinet Office (branded as 'UK Resilience')
compared with proactive community work.
The origins of policy will also be examined
through research on the strategies and
activities of the various policy actors in
public debate on these matters, including
voluntary organisations, think tanks,
journalists, civil liberties groups and other
community based organisations. It will also take
a prospective approach and follow how policies
determined in Whitehall and Edinburgh operate in
practice by attending and observing policy
events such as cultural or religious events
sponsored or supported as part of government policy.
A CV, letter of application (making a case why
you should be appointed), a transcript of your
qualifications to date, and anticipated results
if you are still studying and the names of two
referees, should be sent to Margaret Keoghan,
Dept Geography and Sociology, 50 Richmond
Street, Glasgow G1 1XU by Friday 15 June 2009
and short-listed candidates will be interviewed
in the week beginning 22 July. The successful
candidate will be expected to take up the studentship on 1 October
All nominees must satisfy the ESRC?s academic
and residential eligibility requirements which can be downloaded from:
http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/Images/GUIDANCE%20MARK%202_tcm6-7186.pdf
*For informal discussion and further details
about the project, contact **Prof David
Miller**, **0141 548 3794 / 07786 927 551** **(davidmiller /at/ strath.ac.uk)*
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Nico Carpentier (Phd)
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