Overview
The Crucible Centre is a place where researchers and academics from across the whole of UCL can come together to meet the challenges of lifelong health and wellbeing against the backdrop of today’s vastly extended life expectancy. Supported by over £3million of funding from 4 Research Councils (BBSRC, EPSRC, ESRC and MRC), CRUCIBLE provides researchers from across the whole of UCL with ways of meeting, collaborating and developing interdisciplinary research projects.
Outside the university gates, CRUCIBLE seeks to ensure its remit covers training medical, social services and other professionals to cope with these questions over the next 50 years. It is vital that students learn today how they can gain from understanding that solutions to these questions are to be found interlinked across many disciplines. CRUCIBLE has a PHD programme that emphasises this and provides future leaders and problem solvers with the tools to transfer this knowledge into the wider society and thus will strengthen their future careers.
Value of this studentship
The studentship advertised here is based in at least two departments are highly multidisciplinary. The studentship advertised here is based in different departments but is part of the Crucible Centre The 2010 stipend has not yet been set by MRC; as a guide, the 2009 stipend for London is £15,500. Fees are funded at the UK/EU rate. This is a four year studentship.
The Centre for International Health and Development at the Institute of Child Health carries out research into the effectiveness of community-level interventions in developing countries, including Nepal, Malawi and rural India. Often the research is carried out by means of ‘cluster randomized trials’ where, for example, a number of villages or regions receive an intervention, while others are treated as controls and do not gain the benefit of the programme if it turns out to be efficacious (at least during the trial period), but are also saved any risks associated with it. Furthermore in some cases the programme offers what could be called a ‘second-best solution’, below a standard or recommended package of care, in view of resource constraints in the area under study. This work, and similar work by other research groups, raises a host of ethical questions, especially concerning the circumstances in which using a cluster randomized trial is legitimate, and when it is acceptable to offer a second best solution. The successful candidate will be expected to write a PhD thesis on one or more the ethical questions that arise in the context of such work.
Eligibiliy Requirements
Applicants should have a background in philosophy at undergraduate or masters level, and be able to demonstrate an interest in health issues in the developing world. The first year of the project will include taking a number of Masters level courses in international health and development and research methods in health to provide the necessary grounding for the research project as a whole.
How to apply
Interested applicants should contact Prof. Jonathan Wolff, Department of Philosophy (j.wolff@ucl.ac.uk)
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this opportunity
The Crucible Centre is a place where researchers and academics from across the whole of UCL can come together to meet the challenges of lifelong health and wellbeing against the backdrop of today’s vastly extended life expectancy. Supported by over £3million of funding from 4 Research Councils (BBSRC, EPSRC, ESRC and MRC), CRUCIBLE provides researchers from across the whole of UCL with ways of meeting, collaborating and developing interdisciplinary research projects.
Outside the university gates, CRUCIBLE seeks to ensure its remit covers training medical, social services and other professionals to cope with these questions over the next 50 years. It is vital that students learn today how they can gain from understanding that solutions to these questions are to be found interlinked across many disciplines. CRUCIBLE has a PHD programme that emphasises this and provides future leaders and problem solvers with the tools to transfer this knowledge into the wider society and thus will strengthen their future careers.
Value of this studentship
The studentship advertised here is based in at least two departments are highly multidisciplinary. The studentship advertised here is based in different departments but is part of the Crucible Centre The 2010 stipend has not yet been set by MRC; as a guide, the 2009 stipend for London is £15,500. Fees are funded at the UK/EU rate. This is a four year studentship.
The Centre for International Health and Development at the Institute of Child Health carries out research into the effectiveness of community-level interventions in developing countries, including Nepal, Malawi and rural India. Often the research is carried out by means of ‘cluster randomized trials’ where, for example, a number of villages or regions receive an intervention, while others are treated as controls and do not gain the benefit of the programme if it turns out to be efficacious (at least during the trial period), but are also saved any risks associated with it. Furthermore in some cases the programme offers what could be called a ‘second-best solution’, below a standard or recommended package of care, in view of resource constraints in the area under study. This work, and similar work by other research groups, raises a host of ethical questions, especially concerning the circumstances in which using a cluster randomized trial is legitimate, and when it is acceptable to offer a second best solution. The successful candidate will be expected to write a PhD thesis on one or more the ethical questions that arise in the context of such work.
Eligibiliy Requirements
Applicants should have a background in philosophy at undergraduate or masters level, and be able to demonstrate an interest in health issues in the developing world. The first year of the project will include taking a number of Masters level courses in international health and development and research methods in health to provide the necessary grounding for the research project as a whole.
How to apply
Interested applicants should contact Prof. Jonathan Wolff, Department of Philosophy (j.wolff@ucl.ac.uk)
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this opportunity
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