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<p>Dear SIGCIS list</p>
<p>Here's an upcoming funded PhD studentship at the University of
York (UK). I'm forwarding on behalf of the supervisors: potential
applicants should contact Sabine Clarke, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sabine.clarke@york.ac.uk">sabine.clarke@york.ac.uk</a>,
who will be able to advise further. <br>
</p>
<p>The timetable for recruitment is <br>
</p>
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<li>Application deadline: Monday 11 January 2021</li>
<li>Anticipated interview dates: February 2021 </li>
<li>Start date: October 2021</li>
</ul>
<p>The funding will cover fees at UK rates for 4 years and a student
stipend at the UKRI national minimum rate for 3.5 years (£15,560
per year for 2021/22). International students are eligible, but if
they are charged the higher international fee rate, will need to
find additional funds to cover the difference.</p>
<p>Best<br>
James</p>
<p><br>
</p>
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style="" size="4">PhD in Statistics, computing and
environmental knowledge in the 20th Century</font><br>
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<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px
20px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.1em;line-height:1.5;font-family:museo-sans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.9)">A
PhD studentship is available to explore the contributions to
environmental knowledge and innovations in farming made by applied
scientists based at agricultural research stations in Britain and
its colonies between 1920 and 1970. Statistics and computing
became key tools for the study of ecology during the course of the
20th century and this project will unpack the motives for
developing these tools and the assumptions that underpinned their
use. You will be based in the <a
href="https://www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene-biodiversity/"
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Leverhulme
Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity (LCAB)</a> at the
University of York, supervised by leading experts in this field, <a
href="https://www.york.ac.uk/history/staff/profiles/clarke/"
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Sabine
Clarke</a> and <a
href="https://www.york.ac.uk/biology/research/ecology-evolution/calvin-dytham/"
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Calvin
Dytham</a>.</p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px
20px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.1em;line-height:1.5;font-family:museo-sans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.9)">Key
research questions include:</p>
<ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px
20px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:museo-sans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.9)">
<li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px
6px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.1em;line-height:1.5;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:square;list-style-position:inside">What
is the relationship between problem-solving in agriculture and
the development of new quantitative methods of analysis
involving statistics and computing between 1920 and 1970?</li>
<li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px
6px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.1em;line-height:1.5;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:square;list-style-position:inside">What
is the relationship between agricultural research and ecology in
Britain?</li>
<li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px
6px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.1em;line-height:1.5;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:square;list-style-position:inside">What
was the relationship between environmental knowledge and the
ambitions of government for increasing productivity in farming
in Britain and the British empire?</li>
</ul>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px
20px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.1em;line-height:1.5;font-family:museo-sans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.9)">The
student will use the archives of agricultural research stations
and British scientists, and relevant publications to map the
contexts and networks that were important for the production of
new techniques for analysing data and their relationship with
ecological and agricultural knowledge in the mid-twentieth
century.</p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px
20px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.1em;line-height:1.5;font-family:museo-sans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.9)">This
project would suit a student with an interest in history (of
statistics, computing, ecology or agricultural research) or
ecological/environmental science methods and interdisciplinary
working. It also has potential for thinking about the ways in
which ecologists communicate their methods (not just their
findings) to a wider public audience, a key issue in building
trust in science amongst society.</p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px
20px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.1em;line-height:1.5;font-family:museo-sans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.9)">LCAB
will provide you with a range of opportunities to interact with
other PhD students and researchers across departments and
institutions, and will support you with additional training as
required.</p>
<ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px
20px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:museo-sans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.9)">
<li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px
6px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.1em;line-height:1.5;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:square;list-style-position:inside">Supervisors: <a
href="mailto:sabine.clarke@york.ac.uk"
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Dr
Sabine Clarke</a> and <a
href="mailto:calvin.dytham@york.ac.uk"
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Prof
Calvin Dytham</a></li>
<li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px
6px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.1em;line-height:1.5;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:square;list-style-position:inside"><a
href="https://www.york.ac.uk/history/"
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Home
department: History</a></li>
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