Translation and Translanguaging: Investigating Linguistic and Cultural Transformations in Superdiverse Wards in Four UK Cities (AHRC) 

We are seeking applications for a doctoral student to join a major research project funded by the AHRC as a Large Grant in the Translating Cultures theme.  The aim of the project is to understand how people communicate across diverse languages and cultures. Linguistic practices will be investigated in public, private, and digital settings, in four UK cities.

The doctoral student will be a key member of a research team in Cardiff and a larger, national and international team across the UK and Europe. The student will have a background in sociolinguistics, language studies, applied linguistics, linguistic anthropology and/or social sciences.

The doctoral research is concerned with language and law and focusses on Police Community Support Officers. The PhD will be supervised by Dr Frances Rock.

The project is led by Professor Angela Creese at the MOSAIC Centre for Research on Multilingualism, University of Birmingham, and is a collaboration with University of Birmingham, University of Leeds, and Birkbeck, University of London. Other doctoral study opportunities and research posts at these universities are currently being advertised. 

The PhD is full-time, from 1st October 2014

The PhD includes fees and a stipend (at Research Council UK rates)

Closing date:      1st March 2014

Interviews will be held for this PhD.

Informal enquiries to: Dr Frances Rock: RockF@Cardiff.ac.uk

More information about the project as a whole can be found at:

http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/translation-and-translanguaging/index.aspx

Application details for the PhD can be found at:

http://courses.cardiff.ac.uk/funding/R1183.html and at the short url:

http://ow.ly/sqE2x

Kindest regards

Frances Rock

RockF@Cardiff.ac.uk