PhD Studentship - HK Stephenson Endowment Funded Scholarship for a PhD in Architectural Humanities
University of Sheffield
The School of Architecture and Landscape are pleased to be able to offer a 3.5 year fully funded scholarship to a Home student with an excellent idea for a PhD in Architectural Humanities. The scholarship covers home student fees and a living allowance stipend paid in line with the UKRI Standard Minimum Stipend amount which for 2026/27 is £21,805 and rising annually in line with inflation, plus expenses to be agreed. What we are looking for: any architectural humanities project which aligns with the expertise of...
The School of Architecture and Landscape are pleased to be able to offer a 3.5 year fully funded scholarship to a Home student with an excellent idea for a PhD in Architectural Humanities. The scholarship covers home student fees and a living allowance stipend paid in line with the UKRI Standard Minimum Stipend amount which for 2026/27 is £21,805 and rising annually in line with inflation, plus expenses to be agreed. What we are looking for: any architectural humanities project which aligns with the expertise of...
Opportunity details
The School of Architecture and Landscape are pleased to be able to offer a 3.5 year fully funded scholarship to a Home student with an excellent idea for a PhD in Architectural Humanities. The scholarship covers home student fees and a living allowance stipend paid in line with the UKRI Standard Minimum Stipend amount which for 2026/27 is £21,805 and rising annually in line with inflation, plus expenses to be agreed. What we are looking for: any architectural humanities project which aligns with the expertise of the Situated Humanities Research cluster at the School of Architecture and Landscape, see our webpages here Potential approaches may include: Postcolonial studies of industrial landscapes or built environments Humanities based environmental studies of spatial, landscape or urban cultures (domestic or institutional) Histories of industry and their impacts on migration and urban settlements, in the past or present Spatial and gendered approaches to history, including of domestic or health spaces, wellbeing, marginal spaces and practices Gender studies of spatial practices and environments Histories of architecture from a feminist perspective Methodologies and time periods: Proposed projects can draw on an appropriate range of archival, theoretical, historiographic, ethnographic and creative or practice-based methodologies, and from time periods from eighteenth to twenty-first centuries. Any initial questions on scope should be sent to Gemma Fearnley-Cooke ala-ops@sheffield.ac.uk and Dr. Emma Cheatle e.cheatle@sheffield.ac.uk Pre-application A short research pre-proposal of 300 words should initially be sent to suitable potential supervisors in the Situated Humanities research cluster. Once a supervisor agrees to support your proposal it can be developed in the...
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Funding and benefits
Funding amount: £21,805 - please see advert (Full UK stipend and Home fees plus).
Required documents
CV, References
How to apply
Emma Cheatle e.cheatle@sheffield.ac.uk Pre-application A short research pre-proposal of 300 words should initially be sent to suitable potential supervisors in the Situated Humanities research cluster. Full application The full application (as guidance) must be made to the the University’s portal by 16th November 2026 Timeline w/c 7th December 2026: Interviews (online or in person - TBC) 1st February 2027: Targeted start date of the PhD Please note this is a full-time in-person PhD opportunity. We do not accept online students, but can consider part-time applications.
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Benefits
Funding amount: £21,805 - please see advert (Full UK stipend and Home fees plus).
Eligibility summary
Requirements
Documents required
CV, References
Language/test requirements
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