Application deadline: Thursday 1 June 2017 17:00 (UK time)
PhD start date: 1 October 2017 or 1 February 2018

Three (3) scholarships (one UK/EU and two International) are available to candidates commencing full-time PhD study within the Economics Division of Leeds University Business School on either 1st October 2017 or 1st February 2018. Read more…
Successful candidates will be expected, after appropriate training, to undertake teaching duties as a teaching assistant (TA) from their second year (teaching opportunities are subject to availability and are limited to a maximum of 250 hours per year).

Preference will be shown to applicants who can identify how their projects complement existing research interests and strengths in the Economics Division of the Business School. In particular, applications in the following areas are welcome:

the political economy of work and job quality
well-being research; distributional analysis
the history of economic thought
economic sociology
economic history
international political economy
financial integration, financialisation and/or monetary policy in developed or developing economies
international financial system and financial regulation
financialisation and the political economy of the financial crisis
European union
Eurozone
economics of innovation, environmental innovation and/or clusters in developed or developing economies
regional development and sustainability
employee participation, ownership and equality
mutual and cooperative firms
public-private comparisons
labour supply
inter-industry and gender wage differentials and/ or gender discrimination
human capital and wages
labour market contracts and institutions
Applications are also invited in areas related to current and past funded research projects of the Division which include:

FESSUD investigates how finance serves economic, social and environmental needs.
i-Build investigates new business models to improve infrastructure systems and services and to promote regional growth and sustainable development.
Applicants are also advised to consult the Economics division pages.

Number of awards: Up to three (3) Economics Scholarship awards are available (up to one for UK/EU fee-rated candidates and up to two for international fee-rated candidates).

Value of award: tuition fees at the relevant UK/EU or international rate and a maintenance grant of £14,553* per annum (*the amount will be reviewed annually). There are no additional allowances for travel or research costs.

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