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PhD Studentship: Building Manchester: The Future of Cities through Immersive Engagement with their Histories. A LUDeC Project.
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Qualification Type:
PhD
Location:
Manchester
Funding for:
UK Students, EU Students, International Students
Funding amount:
Fully-funded PhD (home fees), stipend paid at UKRI rate (2021/22 rate £15,609)
Hours:
Full Time
Placed On:
21st February 2022
Closes:
25th March 2022
Project contact
: Dr Kirsty Fairclough ( ****
Funding info
: Fully-funded PhD (home fees), stipend paid at UKRI rate (2021/22 rate £15,609)
Mode of study
: Full-time, 3.5 years
Eligibility
: Home fees covered. Eligible overseas students will be required to make up the difference in tuition fees where funding is available
Start date
:  October 2022
Project Summary
This fully-funded 3.5 year Leverhulme-funded
transdisciplinary PhD opportunity combines developing immersive experiences with urban studies, history and environmental sustainability. Game engines and headsets provide new opportunities to step back into time and explore recreated landscapes and learn about the past. Anyone with an Oculus headset can now visit Anne Frank’s home and see the world she inhabited during her time in hiding.
In this project, you will work with historians and immersive producers to create new experiences with this transformative technology and test the extent to which augmented reality can challenge and enhance the ways people relate to history.
A key goal is to encourage users to think about the limits of the biosphere in the present and the future by exploring the global supply chains that allowed nineteenth century Manchester to grow beyond regional ecological limits.
The project will aspire to making the invisible connections of nineteenth century globalisation visible as a way of understanding and bringing to life the nature of global inter-connections and its historical grounding.
This unique PhD will include funding to spend a semester abroad at the University of Saskatchewan
in Canada.
Aims and Objectives
To develop an evidence-based strategy for mobilising environmental history knowledge, enhancing its effectiveness in classrooms and museum exhibits, and bringing it to a broader public audience.
To build a Museum Without Walls using immersive technologies (virtual reality VR, augmented reality AR, mixed reality, XR) to explore historical connections and processes concerning the city of Manchester.
Specific requirements of the project
We want to encourage the widest range of potential students and are committed to welcoming students from different backgrounds to apply
Applicants should ideally have or expect to receive a relevant Master’s-level qualification, or demonstrate equivalent experience in a professional or voluntary setting. Suitable disciplines are flexible, but might include history, geography, English, creative writing or heritage studies
Applicants should have experience with digital 3D design and game engine software (Unreal or Unity). Students with degrees in computer science, digital arts, game art, architecture or other fields with experience creating 3D digital worlds are encouraged to apply
Applicants should have an interest in urban studies, history, and/or environmental sustainability 
How to Apply
Interested applicants should contact Dr Kirsty Fairclough
for an informal discussion.
Applicants must submit a full application for admission
to the PhD programme by Friday 25 March 2022
at the latest (at this point applications must be complete including all supplementary documentation e.g. 2 x academic references).
In addition to their application for admission to the PhD Programme candidates must submit a LUDeC Funding Application
The application should be submitted to ****
. For more information refer to the guidance notes.
Closing date 5pm, Friday 25 March 2022.
Please quote the reference: ArtsHums-KF-2022-building-manchester
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