Trinity College Dublin Provost’s PhD Scholarships
The School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences is offering two fully funded PhD Scholarships, covering fees (EU and non-EU), as well as an annual stipend of €16,000 for four years. One scholarship will be funded in each of the following two disciplines:
Clinical Speech and Language Studies. Research Project My day, my life and me (Supervisor: Dr. Martine Smith)
Trinity Centre for Asian Studies. Research Project Multilingualism in Hong Kong (Supervisor: Dr. Lorna Carson)
The successful applicants will produce an independent piece of research in the form of a PhD thesis. They will also assist their supervisors with other elements of the project (for example: research tasks; conference organisation; workshop management). In addition to their own research and doctoral studies, students with a Provost’s Scholarship may be asked to work up to 24 hours per month on the project.
Further information on the application process for the project My Day, My Life and Me under the supervision of Dr Martine Smith, can be found here.
Apply for the PhD by clicking here. Include a research proposal showing how your planned dissertation fits within the project (see project descriptions below) and indicate clearly that you wish to be considered for the Provost’s Scholarship. Please contact the prospective supervisor about your project before submitting your application. The deadline for online applications is 1 May 2018.
Research Project My day, my life and me (Supervisor: Dr. Martine Smith)
This research project is focused on personal stories of individuals whose stories are largely untold: those with significant communication disabilities. Constructing and expressing personal stories is uniquely difficult for this group because the very tools usually used to construct those stories – speech, language and communication – are their key areas of challenge.
The PhD student recruited into this project will contribute to:
- Establishing a multimodal conceptual framework for personal stories.
- Field-testing the framework with individuals with severe communication impairments.
Students are free to focus on personal stories of individuals with specific types of communication impairments, and to choose a specific perspective on the role of personal stories and how they can be understood. Possible research questions might focus on how people choose to represent their stories, on the content of stories, the role of personal stories or any other aspect of particular interest. The PhD student will design a programme of research to fit within the larger project, ensuring s/he has full ownership of the thesis topic. A professional qualification in speech and language therapy will be a strong advantage.
Research Project Multilingualism in Hong Kong (Supervisor: Dr. Lorna Carson)
This research project advances research in urban multilingualism. This project investigates into discourses on language and identity in Hong Kong during a crucial period of political transition in East Asia, contributing to our understanding of belonging, acceptance of change and adaptation.
The PhD student recruited into this project will contribute to:
(i) an investigation of the linguistic effects of English on Hong Kong Cantonese during the colonial period, and
(ii) a study of the impact on current notions of ‘Chinese-ness’ in contemporary Hong Kong.