Faculty
of Health and Life Sciences Centre for Psychological
Research
Department
of Psychology, Health and Professional Development
Integrating green spaces and
urban farming: Feasibility and acceptability of ‘edible streets’
3 Year Full Time PhD Studentship
Eligibility: Home UK/EU with Settled Status
applicants who must be permanently resident in UK
Closing date: 5 November 2021
Interviews: W/C: 22 November
2021
Start Date: January 2022
Bursary: equivalent to UKRI national minimum stipend currently £15,609
- 2021/2022.
University Course fees and Bench fees: at the Home rate
will be met by the University for the 3 years
of the Studentship
Supervisors: Dr Emma Davies, Dr Sangeetha Thondre, Dr Mina
Samangooei
Project:
We are in a climate and ecological emergency with temperatures set
to rise placing enormous strain on the infrastructure relied upon for food,
water and power. Architects and built environment professionals are looking at
how food production could be integrated with buildings and streets to promote
sustainable urban environments (Samangooei, 2016).
The
Broken Plate Report (2021) found that people in more deprived local authorities
have increased access to unhealthy food and COVID-19 highlighted need for
community cohesion to sustain mental and physical health. The creation of
‘edible streets’ – shared growing areas within neighbourhoods – may be a way to
improve health, wellbeing, social connectedness and increase accessibility to
nutritious food. The benefits of community gardens and other urban agriculture
initiatives are known. This research will investigate the feasibility of
bringing these benefits directly where people live - in their streets.
This
interdisciplinary studentship, with supervisors from psychology, nutrition and
architecture, will use a psychologically underpinned approach to understanding
the acceptability and feasibility of integrating edible streets into urban
areas. Our research groups value co-production and employ systematic frameworks
for intervention development (e.g. Behaviour Change Wheel).
As part
of their Studentship, any successful applicant will be required to undertake up
to 6 hours undergraduate teaching a week during semesters without further
remuneration. Training will be given.
For further information: Dr Emma Davies edavies@brookes.ac.uk
Requirements: Applicants should be
of the highest quality and capable of submitting a PhD thesis within 3 years.
Applicants should have a first class or upper second class (minimum 2.1)
honours degree from a Higher Education Institution in the UK or an acceptable
equivalent qualification. A Master’s degree would be an advantage. EU Applicants with Settled Status in the UK
must have an IELTS Academic test certificate with an overall minimum score of
7.0 and no score below 6.0 issued within the last two years from an approved
test centre. We will consider alternative acceptable evidence of English
Language ability.
https://www.gov.uk/student-visa/knowledge-of-english
Application procedure:
Applicants
should request an application form from hlsapplications@brookes.ac.uk .
Complete
applications should include a proposed project proposal (max 1000 words)
including background, aims and an outline of how those aims will be addressed,
applicants can liaise with
Dr Emma
Davies when developing their proposal.
Completion
of a DBS check is required on enrolment the cost of this will be covered by the
University.
Faculty
of Health and Life Sciences
Centre for Psychological Research, Department of
Psychology, Health and Professional Development
Self and emotion in depression
3 Year Full Time PhD
Studentship
Eligibility: Home UK/EU with settled status applicants
who must be permanently resident in UK
Closing date: Friday 5 November 2021
Interviews: W/C: 22 November
2021
Start Date: January
2022
Bursary: equivalent to UKRI
national minimum stipend £15,609 – 2021/2022
University Course fees and Bench fees: at the Home rate will be met by the University for the
3 years of the Studentship
Supervisors: Dr Sanjay Kumar and Dr
Michael Pilling
Project
A
range of research has indicated a bias for information associated with the self
in attention, perception and memory. Similar biases have also been observed
with emotional stimuli. Some studies from our lab indicate that individuals
show self-related bias in attention and memory and they can integrate self and
positive emotion information to show even larger self-biases. Our studies also
suggest that individuals with depression show systematically reduced
self-biases for both happy and sad emotional stimuli (McIvor, Sui, Malhotra,
Drury & Kumar, 2021).
The
proposed PhD will extend this line of research. The PhD candidate will
investigate the role of self and emotion in biased information processing in
individuals with depression using behavioural experiments, EEG/ERP and TMS. The project will be
supervised by Dr Sanjay Kumar and Dr Michael Pilling at Oxford Brookes
University. The successful candidate would be expected to present at scientific
meetings and publish.
There
is an additional requirement to undertake up to 6 hours undergraduate
teaching/week during semesters and to participate in a teaching skills course
without further remuneration.
For further information contact: Dr Sanjay Kumar (skumar@brookes.ac.uk)
Requirements: Applicants should be of
the highest quality and capable of submitting a PhD thesis within 3 years.
Applicants should have a first class or upper second class (minimum 2.1)
honours degree from a Higher Education Institution in the UK or an acceptable
equivalent qualification in
psychology or related cognate discipline (e.g.,
Neuroscience, Natural Sciences). A Master’s degree would be an advantage, as
would previous research and/or professional experience of working with
parents. EU
Applicants with Settled Status in the UK must have an IELTS Academic test
certificate with an overall minimum score of 7.0 and no score below 6.0 issued
within the last two years from an approved test centre. We will consider
alternative acceptable evidence of English Language ability.
https://www.gov.uk/student-visa/knowledge-of-english
Application procedure:
Applicants
should request an application form from hlsapplications@brookes.ac.uk .
Complete
applications should include a proposed project proposal (max 1000 words)
including background, aims and an outline of how those aims will be
addressed.
Completion
of a DBS check is required on enrolment the cost of this will be covered by the
University.