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To register for a PhD (part-time or full time) you should have a 2(i) degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline and should have gained, or expect to gain before starting the studentship, a masters-level degree or equivalent research training in a discipline appropriate to the Digital Lifestyle centre’s research activities.

Chimera, the Institute for Social and Technical Research at the University of Essex has a postgraduate research programme recognised by both the ESRC and EPSRC as a centre for full-time and part-time research studentships including industry-funded CASE awards. We are open to applications from prospective students who wish to study the interactions between technologies and society in a lively post-disciplinary research oriented environment. Candidates must exhibit the potential to excel in incisive and innovative thinking which can help to understand the social and technical dynamics of societal change and/or develop and test new societal tools and applications. Our research activities and students are clustered into two groups but cross-group projects and student research programmes are actively encouraged. For more information see here  or view the attached brochure.