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‘Biosciences and Society’: New ESRC Social Science Studentships The ESRC has awarded the White Rose DTC Science, Technology and Society network three new studentships to begin in October 2013. The studentships provide 4 years of funding, including all PhD fees and an enhanced stipend of £2000 per annum, in addition to the normal stipend of £13,726 p.a. and research support grant of £750 p.a. The studentships involve joint-supervision by sociologists and bio-scientists and selected periods working alongside bioscience students as a single group for specific training, networking and collaboration purposes. Individually-tailored training relating to the proposed PhD projects will also be provided. The vision is to create a community of researchers – regardless of disciplinary background – capable of engaging with future research questions relating to biosciences and biotechnology in society. By working in this way, the social science researchers will be better placed to understand and find ways to address societal challenges that arise in relation to emerging bioscience and biotechnological developments. Applications are invited for a studentship in Sociological Studies in the following area: New methodologies for knowledge production in biosciences Supervisors: Dr Kate Reed (Department of Sociological Studies), (Dr. Susan MolyneuxHodgson (Department of Sociological Studies) and Professor Simon Foster (Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology), University of Sheffield The project will explore aspects of imaging and the visual within biological research and the possibility of novel routes to knowledge production that images and imagining play in science. The advent of new technologies (e.g. novel microscopes, large datasets) is opening up avenues for the development of innovative data analysis tools and novel approaches to the way data can be understood and given meaning by different groups participating in research. The project will explore the value of these new visual methods in the production of biological knowledge and the implications for society. Associated projects will be based at Leeds and York and the 3 students appointed will form a Network, alongside the supervisors, to pursue an innovative research agenda on biosciences and society. 1|Page