PhD studentships at Queen's University Belfast
 
PhD Studentships, School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology
The School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology at Queen's University Belfast will obtain a number of fully-funded awards this year.  The following postgraduate research projects have been approved for support, starting in 2007.  Projects are listed by Research Cluster.

The application procedure is entirely on-line via https://pg.apply.qub.ac.uk/home/ where a storable account can be created. Referees will be contacted and we encourage early application. Supporting
information can also be uploaded and the use of this facility will be beneficial to our assessment. 

DEADLINE: 14th Feb 2007

PAST CULTURAL CHANGE (Archaeology)
• Place of the Dead, 1600-1800 (Dr F McCormick & Prof J Mallory)
• Social Structure of Steppe Populations from Prehistory through the Historic Periods (Prof. J P Mallory & Dr E. M. Murphy)

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE (Palaeoecology)
• Floodplain-mire interactions and palaeoecology: implications for wetland ontogeny and Holocene climate change. (Dr N Whitehouse & Dr B Gearey, Univ of Birmingham) seeking ORS/DEL support
• Peatland archives of recent (last 150 years) climate and environmental change in the North of Ireland. (Dr H Roe and Dr R Tomlinson)
• Chronological coherence of dispersed particulate organic matter in sediments. (Dr C Hunt)
• Palynology and chronology of late Pleistocene cave sediments in Island, SE Asia.  (Dr C Hunt)
• Middle and Late Pleistocene sea-level history of the Belgian Coastal plain. (Dr H Roe, Dr A Ruffell and Dr C Baateman, Belgian Geological Survey)
• Palaeoenvironment and palaeoeconomy at Euhesperides, Cyrenaica, Libya.  (Dr C Hunt)
• Forensic Importance of Microenvironmental Changes in Shallow Water Bodies and Soil (Dr A Ruffell, Dr C Hunt)
• Dynamics of a tropical raised bog in Sarawak (Dr C O Hunt, Dr P J Reimer and Dr G Thompson (Bradford) seeking DEL support

Interested applicants may obtain a full project description, on request from either: Ms Mary Conway, School of Geography, Archaeology & Palaeoecology, Queen's University, Belfast, BT7 1NN. Tel: 0044 (0)2890 9734 m.a.conway@qub.ac.uk or Mrs Gillian Johnson, Archaeology & Palaeoecology,
(address as above). Tel: 00 44 (0)2890 975141 g.johnson@qub.ac.uk

In addition, we strongly encourage informal contact be made with the nominated supervisor(s) regarding the details of the project and with the head of Postgraduate Studies: Dr Alastair Ruffell (a.ruffell@qub.ac.uk) regarding application procedures and assessment.https://pg.apply.qub.ac.uk/home/mailto:m.a.conway@qub.ac.ukmailto:g.johnson@qub.ac.ukmailto:a.ruffell@qub.ac.ukshapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1shapeimage_1_link_2shapeimage_1_link_3
Geoarchaeology and Archaeological Geology
Grants, Fellowships, and Funding Opportunities for Graduate Students
 
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