PhD Studentship: Lives and Places in Transition: (Decommissioning) infrastructure, work and community
University of Exeter
A fully funded Geography PhD exploring how people, families and places navigate the shift from nuclear operations to decommissioning. The University of Exeter’s Department of Geography is inviting applications for a fully funded PhD studentship starting in 2026/2027. The award covers Home tuition fees and provides an annual tax-free stipend of at least £22,442 for four years full-time. How do people, families, communities and places live and thrive through major infrastructural and socio-economic change? This Ph...
A fully funded Geography PhD exploring how people, families and places navigate the shift from nuclear operations to decommissioning. The University of Exeter’s Department of Geography is inviting applications for a fully funded PhD studentship starting in 2026/2027. The award covers Home tuition fees and provides an annual tax-free stipend of at least £22,442 for four years full-time. How do people, families, communities and places live and thrive through major infrastructural and socio-economic change? This Ph...
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A fully funded Geography PhD exploring how people, families and places navigate the shift from nuclear operations to decommissioning. The University of Exeter’s Department of Geography is inviting applications for a fully funded PhD studentship starting in 2026/2027. The award covers Home tuition fees and provides an annual tax-free stipend of at least £22,442 for four years full-time. How do people, families, communities and places live and thrive through major infrastructural and socio-economic change? This PhD explores that question through the UK nuclear sector, focusing on the transition from operations to decommissioning at Sellafield in West Cumbria. It asks how working lives, identities, relationships and community futures are reshaped when a long-standing industrial site shifts from production to decommissioning and dismantling. This project will be especially relevant to students interested in the social and spatial dimensions of work, identity, place, class, family, community, risk, industrial change, energy transitions, organisational culture or the social life of infrastructure. The project will move beyond a narrow organisational view to ask how change is experienced across workplace, home and community life. This project is likely to include qualitative social science methods, though other methods may also be relevant. There will also be scope for the student to shape the project around their own interests within the broad themes of geographies of work, community and social change. Any training will be supported through the University of Exeter’s Researcher Development Programme, with opportunities to develop experience in publishing, policy engagement and public dissemination. You will benefit from a supportive supervisory team with expertise in energ...
Eligibility
The project will move beyond a narrow organisational view to ask how change is experienced across workplace, home and community life. Any training will be supported through the University of Exeter’s Researcher Development Programme, with opportunities to develop experience in publishing, policy engagement and public dissemination. The studentship is funded by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and includes a generous research and training allowance to support fieldwork, skills development and research-related travel. We welcome applications from candidates with a background in Geography or cognate social sciences or humanities disciplines.
Requirements
The project will move beyond a narrow organisational view to ask how change is experienced across workplace, home and community life. Any training will be supported through the University of Exeter’s Researcher Development Programme, with opportunities to develop experience in publishing, policy engagement and public dissemination. The studentship is funded by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and includes a generous research and training allowance to support fieldwork, skills development and research-related travel. We welcome applications from candidates with a background in Geography or cognate social sciences or humanities disciplines.
Funding and benefits
Funding eligibility: UK Students. Funding amount: The award covers Home tuition fees and provides an annual tax-free stipend of at least £22,442.
How to apply
The University of Exeter’s Department of Geography is inviting applications for a fully funded PhD studentship starting in 2026/2027. We welcome applications from candidates with a background in Geography or cognate social sciences or humanities disciplines. Applicants should ensure they have sufficient funds to meet these costs before applying. For further information regarding this studentship and to apply for it, please visit the following website: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/award/?id=5864
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Benefits
Funding eligibility: UK Students. Funding amount: The award covers Home tuition fees and provides an annual tax-free stipend of at least £22,442.
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Requirements
The project will move beyond a narrow organisational view to ask how change is experienced across workplace, home and community life. Any training will be supported through the University of Exeter’s Researcher Development Programme, with opportunities to develop experience in publishing, policy engagement and public dissemination. The studentship is funded by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and includes a generous research and training allowance to support fieldwork, skills development and research-related travel. We welcome applications from candidates with a background in Geography or cognate social sciences or humanities disciplines.
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