Housing and
Dispute Resolution: Social wellbeing and bottom up forms of community engagement
Full fee waiver plus a stipend of £13,863!
Deadline: 24 October 2014
The housing crisis across much of Europe, and indeed other parts of the
world, shows no sign of abating. The issue is particularly pressing in
high-density urban settlements where the further problems of low income,
immigration and lack of community engagement are often found. The solution is
often deemed simply to be more housing, but this is often not achievable
especially in the short term. There are further issues that are intimately
linked to urban housing including anti-social behaviour and the creation of
sustainable communities. Rather then
than focussing purely on material housing it is a question on focussing on
tenant wellbeing through empowerment and engagement.
This PhD will be based around an empirical study of the attitudes and
perspectives of tenants in urban Birmingham. It will also seek to examine the
views of key stakeholders such as housing associations, charities and legal
experts. It aims to consider the question of housing from a social science
perspective by considering the concept of ontological security and drawing on
geographical theory in attempting to examine the sense of place.
The
candidate:
Candidates
should have a good first degree (2:1 or above) and ideally a Masters and
experience of qualitative research would be helpful. Candidates must be able to demonstrate good
communication skills, both for undertaking the research and disseminating its
results. We also expect him/her to contribute to BSBE’s overall strategy of
exploring cutting edge practices and research informed teaching.
For further
information and informal enquiries please contact Julian Sidoli del Ceno (Julian.sidolidelceno@bcu.ac.uk)
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