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Devva Kasnitz
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Devva Kasnitz, PhD
Devvaco Consulting,1614 D St. Eureka, CA 95501-2345 -- devva@earthlink.net
Adj Professor, City University of New YorkSchool of Professional
StudiesDisability Studies
Executive Director, Society for Disability Studies, PO BOX 5570, Eureka CA
95502 -- She/Her/Hers
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Subject: Funded PhD studentship: Reimagining community housing with people
with disabilities post-pandemic: a comparative study of supporting
independent lives (deadline 19th July 2021)
See below details of a funded PhD opportunity at University of Dundee.
Please circulate. Many thanks, Ed Hall.
Fully funded PhD studentship at the University of Dundee
Reimagining community housing with people with disabilities post-pandemic: a
comparative study of supporting independent lives
This fully funded PhD studentship on community housing for people with
disabilities in UK and Canada post-pandemic is part of Community Housing
Canada, a large collaborative research project (2020-2025), with
universities and housing organisations in Canada.
The studentship is co-funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council (SSHRC) in Canada, and University of Dundee, and will be based in
Geography and Environmental Science, School of Social Sciences, University
of Dundee. There will be opportunities for (in-person/online) fieldwork in
the UK and Canada and the successful candidate will become part of an
international network of academics, students, and practitioners, with
research interests in community housing; and part of an active and vibrant
PhD community at the University of Dundee.
Outline of the research
The Covid-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted the lives of people
with disabilities and has highlighted the vulnerable situations within which
many people with disabilities living independently are located. Whilst many
more are now living within communities, in private rented or more commonly
social/community housing, independent living is the product of social and
support relations with family, neighbours, friends, formal carers, local
voluntary organisations and housing providers. The pandemic severely
disrupted or stopped these networks of relations, resulting in exclusion
from employment and education, inability to access social and health care,
and social isolation.
This PhD project begins from the premise that the Covid-19 pandemic is a
moment to reflect upon and rethink the provision of social/community housing
for people with disabilities, and the role and importance of formal and
informal networks in supporting and making possible independent living and
inclusion in communities. A comparative study of Canada (within the context
of the National Housing Strategy) and the UK, the project will: (i) examine
the social and spatial characteristics of pre-pandemic normal
social/community housing provision for people with disabilities in the two
countries, and the sites, services and networks that support peoples
everyday independent lives; (ii) detail the impact of the pandemic on
individuals with disabilities housing support provision, local accessibility
and inclusion, and on the groups and organisations providing support; and
(iii) co-design affordable, accessible and sustainable post-pandemic
community housing support services, and social connections for people with
disabilities; to strengthen social, economic and cultural inclusion in local
places.
The project will adopt a co-productive methodological approach to design and
undertake the research, working in collaboration with people with
disabilities, national and local disability and support organisations, and
community housing partners, in Canada and the UK (at national level and
local case-studies).
Supervisory team: Dr. Ed Hall (University of Dundee) and Prof. Robert Wilton
(McMaster University, Canada).
Dr Ed Hall has research expertise in disability and learning disability, and
has published widely on topics including social exclusion/inclusion and
belonging, creative arts and hate crime; in 2020, he completed an
ESRC-funded project on social care and support for people with learning
disabilities (with University of Southampton).
Prof. Robert Wilton is based at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He
has an established research interest in disabilities and mental ill health,
and social geographies of exclusion. Recent projects include SSHRC-funded
research on the exclusion of disabled persons from spaces of paid
employment.
Closing date for applications: 5pm on Monday 19th July 2021. Interviews will
be held in w/c 2nd August (online).
Start date: End of September 2021.
Duration: The studentship will run for three years (full-time only).
Funding: The funding will cover the full UK/Home tuition fee and a stipend
(at UKRI rate: £15,609 in 2021/22), and a research project fund for
fieldwork etc.
Eligibility: Applicants must hold a MSc in Human Geography or a cognate
discipline (such as Sociology, Social Policy, Disability Studies, Social
Research), preferably including research skills training that will allow
them to undertake a PhD; plus a 1st or 2:1 undergraduate degree in a
relevant subject. The studentship is open to UK/Home students only.
To be classed as a UK/Home student, candidates must meet the following
criteria:
- Be a UK National (meeting residency requirements), or
- Have settled status, or
- Have pre-settled status (meeting residency requirements), or
- Have indefinite leave to remain or enter.
How to apply
Please include the following documents in your application for the PhD
studentship:
http://uod.ac.uk/sig-home
Dr. Edward Hall
Reader in Human Geography
Co-ordinator, Graduate Community of Social and Health Sciences
School of Social Sciences, University of Dundee
+44 (0)1382 388073 | mailto:e.c.hall@dundee.ac.uk e.c.hall@dundee.ac.uk
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The Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019 and The Guardian
University Guide 2019
NEW ARTICLE: Personalisation policy in the lives of people with learning
disabilities: a call to focus on how people build their lives relationally,
Critical Social Policy (2021)
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/02610183211004534
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/02610183211004534
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Devva Kasnitz, PhD
Devvaco Consulting,1614 D St. Eureka, CA 95501-2345 -- devva@earthlink.net
Adj Professor, City University of New YorkSchool of Professional
StudiesDisability Studies
Executive Director, Society for Disability Studies, PO BOX 5570, Eureka CA
95502 -- She/Her/Hers
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<DISABILITY-RESEARCH@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> On Behalf Of Edward Hall (Staff)
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2021 6:17 AM
To: DISABILITY-RESEARCH@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Funded PhD studentship: Reimagining community housing with people
with disabilities post-pandemic: a comparative study of supporting
independent lives (deadline 19th July 2021)
See below details of a funded PhD opportunity at University of Dundee.
Please circulate. Many thanks, Ed Hall.
Fully funded PhD studentship at the University of Dundee
Reimagining community housing with people with disabilities post-pandemic: a
comparative study of supporting independent lives
This fully funded PhD studentship on community housing for people with
disabilities in UK and Canada post-pandemic is part of Community Housing
Canada, a large collaborative research project (2020-2025), with
universities and housing organisations in Canada.
The studentship is co-funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council (SSHRC) in Canada, and University of Dundee, and will be based in
Geography and Environmental Science, School of Social Sciences, University
of Dundee. There will be opportunities for (in-person/online) fieldwork in
the UK and Canada and the successful candidate will become part of an
international network of academics, students, and practitioners, with
research interests in community housing; and part of an active and vibrant
PhD community at the University of Dundee.
Outline of the research
The Covid-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted the lives of people
with disabilities and has highlighted the vulnerable situations within which
many people with disabilities living independently are located. Whilst many
more are now living within communities, in private rented or more commonly
social/community housing, independent living is the product of social and
support relations with family, neighbours, friends, formal carers, local
voluntary organisations and housing providers. The pandemic severely
disrupted or stopped these networks of relations, resulting in exclusion
from employment and education, inability to access social and health care,
and social isolation.
This PhD project begins from the premise that the Covid-19 pandemic is a
moment to reflect upon and rethink the provision of social/community housing
for people with disabilities, and the role and importance of formal and
informal networks in supporting and making possible independent living and
inclusion in communities. A comparative study of Canada (within the context
of the National Housing Strategy) and the UK, the project will: (i) examine
the social and spatial characteristics of pre-pandemic normal
social/community housing provision for people with disabilities in the two
countries, and the sites, services and networks that support peoples
everyday independent lives; (ii) detail the impact of the pandemic on
individuals with disabilities housing support provision, local accessibility
and inclusion, and on the groups and organisations providing support; and
(iii) co-design affordable, accessible and sustainable post-pandemic
community housing support services, and social connections for people with
disabilities; to strengthen social, economic and cultural inclusion in local
places.
The project will adopt a co-productive methodological approach to design and
undertake the research, working in collaboration with people with
disabilities, national and local disability and support organisations, and
community housing partners, in Canada and the UK (at national level and
local case-studies).
Supervisory team: Dr. Ed Hall (University of Dundee) and Prof. Robert Wilton
(McMaster University, Canada).
Dr Ed Hall has research expertise in disability and learning disability, and
has published widely on topics including social exclusion/inclusion and
belonging, creative arts and hate crime; in 2020, he completed an
ESRC-funded project on social care and support for people with learning
disabilities (with University of Southampton).
Prof. Robert Wilton is based at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He
has an established research interest in disabilities and mental ill health,
and social geographies of exclusion. Recent projects include SSHRC-funded
research on the exclusion of disabled persons from spaces of paid
employment.
Closing date for applications: 5pm on Monday 19th July 2021. Interviews will
be held in w/c 2nd August (online).
Start date: End of September 2021.
Duration: The studentship will run for three years (full-time only).
Funding: The funding will cover the full UK/Home tuition fee and a stipend
(at UKRI rate: £15,609 in 2021/22), and a research project fund for
fieldwork etc.
Eligibility: Applicants must hold a MSc in Human Geography or a cognate
discipline (such as Sociology, Social Policy, Disability Studies, Social
Research), preferably including research skills training that will allow
them to undertake a PhD; plus a 1st or 2:1 undergraduate degree in a
relevant subject. The studentship is open to UK/Home students only.
To be classed as a UK/Home student, candidates must meet the following
criteria:
* Be a UK National (meeting residency requirements), or
* Have settled status, or
* Have pre-settled status (meeting residency requirements), or
* Have indefinite leave to remain or enter.
How to apply
Please include the following documents in your application for the PhD
studentship:
* A full CV, including qualifications and relevant training and work
experience.
* A two-page application letter: setting out why you would like to
undertake this PhD project; the skills, knowledge and experience that you
would bring to the project; and some brief reflections on the purpose,
methodological approach, and potential impact of the study.
* Two references, at least one of which should be an academic
reference (on headed paper and signed).
* University degree transcripts and relevant academic degree
certificates.
Please email your application documents in a single email to
<mailto:PhD-SocialSciences@dundee.ac.uk> PhD-SocialSciences@dundee.ac.uk
with the subject line Community Housing PhD, by the deadline of 5pm Monday
19th July 2021.
For further details of the proposed project and for informal discussion,
please contact Dr Ed Hall ( <mailto:e.c.hall@dundee.ac.uk>
e.c.hall@dundee.ac.uk).
For further details of Community Housing Canada:
<https://sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/community-housing-canada/home>
https://sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/community-housing-canada/home
<http://uod.ac.uk/sig-home>
Dr. Edward Hall
Reader in Human Geography
Co-ordinator, Graduate Community of Social and Health Sciences
School of Social Sciences, University of Dundee
+44 (0)1382 388073 | <mailto:e.c.hall@dundee.ac.uk> e.c.hall@dundee.ac.uk
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<http://uod.ac.uk/sig-ig> <http://uod.ac.uk/sig-sc>
<http://uod.ac.uk/sig-strapline> One of the UK's top 30 universities
The Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019 and The Guardian
University Guide 2019
NEW ARTICLE: Personalisation policy in the lives of people with learning
disabilities: a call to focus on how people build their lives relationally,
Critical Social Policy (2021)
<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/02610183211004534>
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/02610183211004534
The University of Dundee is a registered Scottish Charity, No: SC015096
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