PhD opportunities at CRIC

CRIC places great importance in providing PhD opportunities!

CRIC has in place a PhD Programme in conjunction with the Graduate School of Legal Economic and Social Studies in the Faculty of Economic and Social Studies at the University of Manchester which carries full Mode B recognition from the ESRC. As CRIC is an interdisciplinary research centre, students from any academic background are invited to apply, subject to normal admission requirements of the University of Manchester.

Research at CRIC is organised around three central research themes:

• Distributed Innovation Processes
• Innovation Consumption and Demand
• Innovation and the Competitive Process

These three interlinked programmes provide the framework within which CRIC conducts its empirical programme. This has a strong specialisation in the service sector and has a strong interest in:

• Retailing
• Food
• Medicine
• Air Transport
• High Tec Service Industries
• Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

It operates with a variety of different research strategies and approaches, which are:

• Quantitative - sophisticated analysis of many large data sets
• Qualitative - use of interviews, observations and focus groups
• Historical - archival researches, company histories

The PhD programme builds upon Manchester's established reputation for research into the management of innovation and change.  It combines a consideration of technological and organisational change and management innovation and is integrated with CRIC's central research themes.

PhD students are an integral part of this research programme and they will be expected to write an original thesis which is complementary to CRIC's research agenda. They are co-located with the Centre's Research Fellows and Directors, they are also part of a wider community of scholars and PhD students who work in the fields of science and technology policy (PREST). CRIC is an independent research institute within the School of Social Sciences. CRIC also enjoys close relations with the Manchester Business School.

See webpage for list of topics for potential PhD Supervision.

Marie Curie Host Fellowships are also available for study at CRIC for periods of between 3 months and 12 months.

Note - There are no Marie Curie Host Fellowships currently available.

For funding information and availability please see the Overseas Postgraduate Research Studentships Award Schemes 2007/08 and the Postgraduate funding opportunity database.

All enquiries regarding PhD Opportunities should be made to the Centre Administrator, Siobhan Drugan.