Humanitarian Research Ethics Job - King's College London

Research Associate

Reference: THW/16/059639/000344 

Salary Details: £32,600 to £38,896 per annum 

Allowances: £2,323 London Allowance 

Contract Type: Temporary/Fixed term 

Contract Term: Full time 

We invite applications for a post of Research Associate to participate in the Wellcome Trust funded project “Towards a Humanitarian Research Ethics”. The project aims to contribute to developing a robust humanitarian health research ethics, by 1) systematically reviewing the existing literature on the ethics of conducting clinical and public health research in humanitarian emergencies; 2) identifying and interviewing key stakeholders about the unsolved ethical challenges in conducting such research; and 3) developing a larger empirical bioethics project on humanitarian health research ethics.

The post holder will be responsible for contributing to the further development, design and implementation of the programme of research on this project, under the guidance and supervision of the Principal Investigator, Dr Annette Rid. The post holder will undertake interdisciplinary bioethics research utilising concepts and methods from bioethics, philosophy, the social sciences, and policy research. He or she will contribute to disseminating the project results, by 1) communicating to multi- and interdisciplinary audiences at seminars, workshops, conferences and public outreach events and 2) publishing peer-reviewed academic papers in high-impact bioethics, social science or other journals.

The appointment will be made, dependent on relevant qualifications, within the Grade 6 scale, currently £32,600 to £38,896, per annum plus £2,323 per annum London Allowance.

This post is offered on a fixed term contract for 12 months.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 1 April 2016.

Interviews will be held 12 April 2016.

Equality of opportunity is College policy.

To apply for this post, you will need to register with the HireWire system first to download and submit the application form. Please note, should you wish to submit a CV and/or a short statement, you will need to copy & paste these at the end of the application form as the system will only allow one document to be uploaded.

Closing date: 01 April 2016 

Attachments: 
Job Pack (Word Document 344k) 

If you have questions about this role, please contact: Dr Annette rid, Email: annette.rid@kcl.ac.uk,

Application form:

Note: Only one document can be uploaded. If you wish to submit any additional information please include it within the application form.

KING’S College London, ESRC STUDENTSHIPS IN HEALTH POLICY, EFFECTIVENESS & EVALUATION

KING’S ESRC STUDENTSHIPS IN HEALTH POLICY, EFFECTIVENESS & EVALUATION

ESRC Studentships for September 2012 are available at King’s College London, in the thematic area of health policy, effectiveness and evaluation (HPE) (http://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/pg/school/DoctoralTrainingCentres/KISS-DTC/KISS-DTCHealth.aspx) .

HPE is part of the King’s Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Centre (KISS-DTC), and it encompasses three broad pathways:

 *   Health care effectiveness
 *   Health policy
 *   Health economics


You can either apply to one or other of these areas, or you can apply with a project that works across them. You should have very good qualifications and a clear research idea, and to apply, there are a number of steps to follow:

1) Identify a potential supervisor (discuss your project with admissions tutors, academic staff etc. in the relevant school/department if don't already have a specific person in mind).

2)  Email the person you have identified, providing detailed information about your background, your qualifications, prior research methods training, and a research proposal.  If after a very careful look, you are unsure about who to contact, please send the material to me at anita.patel@kcl.ac.uk writing ‘ESRC Studentship’ in the Subject.

3)  If the person you have contacted encourages you, follow the application procedures outlined at www.kcl.ac.uk/study/pg/funding/sources/esrc.aspx.  Check your eligibility very carefully, and confer with your potential supervisor if you’re unclear whether your project qualifies for funding from the ESRC.

4)  As well as writing your studentship application – the ‘Case for Support’ – you need to apply for an ordinary/non-funded doctoral place through the online admissions portal: https://myapplication.kcl.ac.uk/.  You’ll need to include a research proposal in the ordinary application, but do note the difference between this and the Studentship Case for Support.  The CfS form asks specific questions and you can’t use more than 2 sides of A4.

5)  The closing date for the ESRC Studentship applications is Wednesday 1 February 2012, 17.00hrs.  If you’re encouraged to apply, start working on the forms well before this deadline. You will also need to contact your referees well in advance, to ensure that they have submitted their references by the deadline.

For general queries related to studentships and doctoral places, please see the KCL graduate school website: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/pg/school/index.aspx.

Best wishes
Anita Patel
HPE Theme Leader, KISS-DTC

King's College London more than 6 fully funded PhD positions in philosophy

SIX fully-funded PhD positions in Philosophy at King's College London

- The Department of Philosophy at King's College London is delighted to
announce SIX KCL - AHRC studentships for UK/EU students in philosophy for
2012/3.

- Candidates may also apply for the following:
* Medieval Studies KCL Graduate School studentship (to include Medieval
philosophy) UK/EU only.
* International PhD doctoral award - for applicants applying to study
jointly with a King's partner institution (National University of Singapore,
Hong Kong University, Humboldt University (Berlin) or Stuttgart University,
or where they have an agreed secondary supervisor at our other strategic
partner institution, the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill).)
       > http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/study/Funding/gradfund.aspx

* Further studentships are available (UK, EU and international/overseas) via
the KCL Graduate School:
    > http://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/pg/funding/sources/pgr.aspx

The deadline for applications for these awards -for both, programmes and
funding-  is February 1st 2012: all application materials must be received
by this date.

*  In addition, the Department of Philosophy has funds available, up to
£12,000 annually, to assist graduate students in the Department:
       >
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/philosophy/study/funding/sorabji.aspx
       >
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/philosophy/study/funding/stebbing.aspx

How to apply
Full details of how to apply can be found via the above links, and the
Department of Philosophy website:
       > http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/philosophy/study/pgr/index.aspx

Queries?
* Contact the Centre for Arts & Sciences Admissions at King's:
casa_pgr@kcl.ac.uk
* Contact the Department of Philosophy via: philosophy@kcl.ac.uk

Messages to the list are archived at http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/philos-l.html.

Discussions should be moved to chora: enrol via
http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/chora.html.

Other philosophical resources on the Web can be found at http://www.liv.ac.uk/pal.

KCL Lectures | Brazil, China, and India: Comparative Perspectives on Domestic and International Governance

Distinguished Lecture Series | Brazil, China, and India: Comparative Perspectives on Domestic and International Governance

The King's Brazil Institute, jointly with the China and India Institutes, is pleased to announce the first of three events in the Distinguished Lecture Series. The series seeks to cultivate debate and investigate questions of political economy and sustainable development in Brazil, China, and India.

The first panel, Re-evaluating the global periphery: Contemporary growth and domestic development in Brazil, China, and India, will feature: 

Alfredo Saad Filho (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) on Brazil;

John B. Knight (Department of Economics, University of Oxford) on China; 

Stuart Corbridge (International Development, London School of Economics) on India.

The panel discussion will be followed by drinks and snacks.

WHEN: 29 November 2011 from 18:30.

WHERE: Old Anatomy Theatre (K6.29), King’s Building, Strand Campus, WC2R 2LS 

COST: Free to attend, all welcome, no need to book

Throughout much of the twentieth century, economic growth and political power was unquestionably centred within Western Europe and North America. Today, however, old lines that once separated the global 'core' from the 'periphery' have grown increasingly blurred. While the United Kingdom, European Union, and the United States confront economic hardships and an increasing number of political hurdles, countries formally relegated to the 'developing world' are now home to skyrocketing levels of economic growth and development. At the forefront of these emergent economies are Brazil, China, and India, with a combined population of nearly 2.7 billion people and a collective landmass occupying almost twenty per cent of the earth’s total ground surface. These three countries boast thriving economies and immense resource bases, and today, increasingly, they play an expanding role in international decision-making processes.

In the first panel session, we turn our attention to contemporary development, globalisation, and domestic policy. As trade markets expand globally – and capital seeks new spaces to harness labour – material questions related to production (e.g., land, water, energy, agriculture) and sustainability become increasingly urgent. What measures will be taken by Brazil, China, and India to prolong their recent surges in economic growth, what will their priorities be, and how will domestic development programs proceed in a climate of both local and global neoliberal governance? These are some of the questions to be explored in this panel session, an encounter that brings together leading scholars with extensive research backgrounds in political economy, domestic and international policy, and regional and area expertise.