Exploring Methods of Communication at a System and Landscape Level for Floods and Other Risks in the UK” (Department of Architecture and Arup) at University of Cambridge

Applications are invited for an AHRC CDA doctoral studentship offered by the Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership, to start in October 2025.

The studentship will be based in the Department of Architecture. The successful applicant will work on a collaborative project co-led by Professor Emily So (ekms2@cam.ac.uk), University of Cambridge and Dr. Juliet Mian, co-supervisor, and Fellow, Infrastructure Resilience & Global Resilience Skills Leader at Arup. Additional supervision is possible from Professor Alan Blackwell, Department of Computer Science.

This Collaborative Doctoral Award would give you the opportunity to shape the UK’s climate adaptation programme. Partnering with Arup and the EA in their recently launched FENS2100+ project, you will gain privileged insights from practitioners and the local communities at risk and pilot their research-led designs during their PhD. The aim of this project is to explore and propose methods of communication at a system and landscape level for floods and other risks in the UK. 

Further details of the project and its aims can be found on the Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC DTP website: www.oocdtp.ac.uk/cam-cda-so-arup

Funding:

The DTP studentships will provide an annual maintenance grant to cover living costs (£19,237 stipend + £600 CDA allowance pa at current rates) and university tuition fees at home fee level. The fee gap between the home and overseas fee rates will be covered by the University through internal co-funding for international candidates.

For more details, see: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/funding.

Application process:

All applications will need to be made through the University Postgraduate Application Portal: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/directory/aharpdahc

Whilst making your online application please make clear that you are applying for the project ‘Common ground: exploring methods of communication at a system and landscape level for floods and other risks in the UK’ and indicate the supervisor leading the project (Professor Emily So). When applying for study through the Postgraduate Applicant Portal, you must indicate that you would like to be considered for funding, complete the AHRC section under “Funding” and upload the OOC DTP Application Form as an additional document when completing the application through the portal.

Informal enquiries about the project should be directed to the University supervisor (ekms2@cam.ac.uk).

Application deadline is Tuesday 7^th January 2025.

If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please visit www.oocdtp.ac.uk/how-to-apply#tab-2276201.

Please quote reference GA43229 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

We want to encourage the widest range of potential students to study for this studentship and are committed to welcoming students from different backgrounds to apply. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

The University values diversity and is committed to equality of opportunity.