Teaching

Training a new generation of researchers

One of STEPS Centre’s key activities is training a new generation of students and researchers in our concepts, methods and approaches. From Masters’ students and PhD students to postdoctoral and visiting fellows, STEPS aims to share our learning and build capacity among a new generation of scientists and social scientists.

We hope that by running a programme of courses at, and allied to, the STEPS Centre, we can help to secure opportunities for poor and marginalised people in the long-term, through future thinking and policy-making. Existing PhD students at IDS and SPRU also get involved with the Centre through attending seminars and discussion meetings.

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What does STEPS teach?

PhD studentships

Three fully paid-for PhD studentships began in October 2007,funded by the ESRC, with three more to follow in 2008 (application deadline has now closed for 2008, but get in touch if you are interested for future years). Fees, fieldwork expenses and a living allowance will be paid by the STEPS Centre for the duration of the three-year course.

Applicants will develop their own research topic addressing one of more of the STEPS Centre's areas - food and agriculture; health and disease; water and sanitation – or themes – dynamics; governance; designs.

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MA course

A brand new MA in Science, Society and Development linking closely with the STEPS Centre will begin in October 2007.

While the study of science and society is among the liveliest fields in higher education and one of the fastest growing research areas worldwide, this course goes a step further and links science and society to development and enhancing the lives of poor people, until now.

Based in the Knowledge, Technology and Society (KNOTS) team at IDS, the course focuses on practical and policy questions and combines a solid grounding in development theories with an understanding of the politics and governance of scientific knowledge and policy.

More information on the MA Science, Society and Development

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Postdoctoral Fellows

Nine post-doctoral Fellows will join STEPS throughout the life of the Centre for three months at a time and will be fully involved with our work.

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Visiting Fellows

STEPS will host a total of 18 Visiting Fellows, mainly from our partner organisations, over the course of the next five years. Visiting fellows will spend a month at a time contributing to the cross-cutting analysis of our work.

 

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