Dual PhDs with the Polish Academy of Science

The Institute for Sociology and Philosophy at the Polish Academy of Science (IFIS PAN) and the Sociology Department at Lancaster are world-renowned centres of scholarship in the social sciences. Since 1952 the Polish Academy of Science has undertaken world-class research on the remarkable changes to Polish society over the last century and has been a seat of learning that has attracted academic researchers from Eastern Europe who wished to engage in dialogue with the world. In the United Kingdom, Lancaster University was founded in the 1960s but over the last fifty years its Sociology Department has built up a global reputation. The two institutions have collaborated for the last five years on an English MA programme in social science run from the Graduate School for Social Research (GSSR) at IFIS PAN, which, since 1992, has built a reputation for excellence in its social science doctoral programme.

About Lancaster Sociology Department

At Lancaster, the Sociology Department has six research centres that provide an interdisciplinary focus for research activity around core themes:

gender and women’s studies

social studies of science

society and environment

political economy

mobilities

The sixth centre is the prestigious ESRC funded Centre for the Social Aspects of Genomics, a collaboration with Cardiff University, that has twelve full-time researchers and a number of fractional research posts. Sociology at Lancaster also has a strong tradition of innovative theoretical research, a strand of quantitative empirical research on inequality, violence and race and a rapidly growing group who work on media culture, especially visual, urban and material culture. The research centres bring together academics from different disciplines for collaborations on workshops, seminars, conferences, writing and research projects. Graduate students in Sociology usually become affiliated with at least one research centre, which often provides an intellectual focus for their own study. As well as being welcome to audit Masters courses taught in the Department, at the suggestion of their supervisors they can also take modules from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences research training programme. Sociology has an unusually large and lively community of around sixty postgraduate students who enjoy the ‘club areas’ in the recently refurbished building that provide an opportunity to mix across research interests. The social life of the graduate students usually includes a number of parties as well as the regular Departmental seminars for which they invite the speakers and culminates in the annual ‘intellectual party’ of the Sociology Summer Conference which provides an opportunity to present papers on their developing work.

About the Graduate School for Social Research, Warsaw

In Warsaw the Graduate School for Social Research is a centre of doctoral studies that brings together academic expertise in a wide range of disciplines whose training is highly respected in Poland and abroad. Its interdisciplinary educational approach provides a springboard for a scientific or professional career and, as well as being located in the beautiful buildings of Institute of Philosophy and Sociology in the heart of Warsaw, students have access to the Institute’s library.

In January 1995 the international jury chaired by Lord Ralf Dahrendorf and appointed by the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna awarded the GSSR the Hannah Arendt Prize, which was established by the Körber Foundation for institutions promoting reforms in the higher education system in Central and Eastern Europe. In October 2000 the GSSR received the Hannah Arendt Prize for the second time. Today the GSSR has 213 doctoral students, including 79 foreign students from 21 countries.

About the Degree

The Dual PhD programme is designed so that students can spend half their time at Lancaster and half in Warsaw Students are assigned according to the academic focus of their project to at least one supervisor in each centre. While they are resident in the centre they will have regular meetings with the local supervisor but will keep in touch with their other supervisor through email and Skype. Students will be expected to send an email at least monthly to both supervisors summarising their progress and future plans. There will be an annual review of progress according to the local procedures in each institution.

Applying

In applying for admission to the Dual PhD programme, intending students should provide an outline of their proposed research. This will be used in selecting suitable candidates who, once enrolled, will revise the proposal in consultation with their supervisors. This process will identify suitable research methods and lead to an agreed training programme drawing on the resources of both institutions. The proposal will set out a programme of research that can lead to a written thesis, normally of eighty thousands words, written in English. The thesis must be prepared, submitted and examined according to the regulations of each institution, but its content must be the same.

Fees for enrolment in the Dual PhD programme are payable to Lancaster University for the three years of continuous study at the reduced rate of £1000 per year for students from the European Union. For non-EU students, the figure will be £6000 per year. It is a requirement of registration under the scheme that students must spend at least eighteen months resident in Lancaster – this would normally include a period of nine months at the beginning of registration and nine months at the end of three years. These reduced rates are for enrolment to begin study in October 2010 and may be subject to change in line with other fee changes at Lancaster although the intention is to maintain the proportionate reduction for students enrolled on the Dual Phd programme. The normal period of registration for a PhD at IFIS PAN is four years but students who have completed an MA with the GSSR are able to count it towards their registration for the PhD.

Initial application should be made to both the Lancaster Department of Sociology (using the online application system) and to the Graduate School for Social Research at IFIS PAN, making it clear that the application is for the Dual PhD programme. The scheme will be administered at Lancaster by the Director of Doctoral Studies in the Department of Sociology and in Warsaw by the Academic Director of the GSSR. Informal inquiries about the Dual PhD programme can be made to:

Dr Tim Dant, Head of Department of Sociology, University of Lancaster, LA1 4YT

Dr John Fells, Academic Director, Graduate School for Social Research, Polish Academy of Science, Nowy Świat 72, 00-330 Warsaw, Poland

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PhD Menu PhD Study at Lancaster What our Students Say Applying for a PhD Fees & Funding Doing a PhD Current PhD Students Recent PhD Awards Find a Supervisor Visiting Students & Academics	Dual PhDs with the Polish Academy of Science The Institute for Sociology and Philosophy at the Polish Academy of Science (IFIS PAN) and the Sociology Department at Lancaster are world-renowned centres of scholarship in the social sciences. Since 1952 the Polish Academy of Science has undertaken world-class research on the remarkable changes to Polish society over the last century and has been a seat of learning that has attracted academic researchers from Eastern Europe who wished to engage in dialogue with the world. In the United Kingdom, Lancaster University was founded in the 1960s but over the last fifty years its Sociology Department has built up a global reputation. The two institutions have collaborated for the last five years on an English MA programme in social science run from the Graduate School for Social Research (GSSR) at IFIS PAN, which, since 1992, has built a reputation for excellence in its social science doctoral programme. About Lancaster Sociology Department At Lancaster, the Sociology Department has six research centres that provide an interdisciplinary focus for research activity around core themes: gender and women’s studies social studies of science society and environment political economy mobilities The sixth centre is the prestigious ESRC funded Centre for the Social Aspects of Genomics, a collaboration with Cardiff University, that has twelve full-time researchers and a number of fractional research posts. Sociology at Lancaster also has a strong tradition of innovative theoretical research, a strand of quantitative empirical research on inequality, violence and race and a rapidly growing group who work on media culture, especially visual, urban and material culture. The research centres bring together academics from different disciplines for collaborations on workshops, seminars, conferences, writing and research projects. Graduate students in Sociology usually become affiliated with at least one research centre, which often provides an intellectual focus for their own study. As well as being welcome to audit Masters courses taught in the Department, at the suggestion of their supervisors they can also take modules from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences research training programme. Sociology has an unusually large and lively community of around sixty postgraduate students who enjoy the ‘club areas’ in the recently refurbished building that provide an opportunity to mix across research interests. The social life of the graduate students usually includes a number of parties as well as the regular Departmental seminars for which they invite the speakers and culminates in the annual ‘intellectual party’ of the Sociology Summer Conference which provides an opportunity to present papers on their developing work. About the Graduate School for Social Research, Warsaw In Warsaw the Graduate School for Social Research is a centre of doctoral studies that brings together academic expertise in a wide range of disciplines whose training is highly respected in Poland and abroad. Its interdisciplinary educational approach provides a springboard for a scientific or professional career and, as well as being located in the beautiful buildings of Institute of Philosophy and Sociology in the heart of Warsaw, students have access to the Institute’s library. In January 1995 the international jury chaired by Lord Ralf Dahrendorf and appointed by the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna awarded the GSSR the Hannah Arendt Prize, which was established by the Körber Foundation for institutions promoting reforms in the higher education system in Central and Eastern Europe. In October 2000 the GSSR received the Hannah Arendt Prize for the second time. Today the GSSR has 213 doctoral students, including 79 foreign students from 21 countries. About the Degree The Dual PhD programme is designed so that students can spend half their time at Lancaster and half in Warsaw Students are assigned according to the academic focus of their project to at least one supervisor in each centre. While they are resident in the centre they will have regular meetings with the local supervisor but will keep in touch with their other supervisor through email and Skype. Students will be expected to send an email at least monthly to both supervisors summarising their progress and future plans. There will be an annual review of progress according to the local procedures in each institution. Applying In applying for admission to the Dual PhD programme, intending students should provide an outline of their proposed research. This will be used in selecting suitable candidates who, once enrolled, will revise the proposal in consultation with their supervisors. This process will identify suitable research methods and lead to an agreed training programme drawing on the resources of both institutions. The proposal will set out a programme of research that can lead to a written thesis, normally of eighty thousands words, written in English. The thesis must be prepared, submitted and examined according to the regulations of each institution, but its content must be the same. Fees for enrolment in the Dual PhD programme are payable to Lancaster University for the three years of continuous study at the reduced rate of £1000 per year for students from the European Union. For non-EU students, the figure will be £6000 per year. It is a requirement of registration under the scheme that students must spend at least eighteen months resident in Lancaster – this would normally include a period of nine months at the beginning of registration and nine months at the end of three years. These reduced rates are for enrolment to begin study in October 2010 and may be subject to change in line with other fee changes at Lancaster although the intention is to maintain the proportionate reduction for students enrolled on the Dual Phd programme. The normal period of registration for a PhD at IFIS PAN is four years but students who have completed an MA with the GSSR are able to count it towards their registration for the PhD. Initial application should be made to both the Lancaster Department of Sociology (using the online application system) and to the Graduate School for Social Research at IFIS PAN, making it clear that the application is for the Dual PhD programme. The scheme will be administered at Lancaster by the Director of Doctoral Studies in the Department of Sociology and in Warsaw by the Academic Director of the GSSR. Informal inquiries about the Dual PhD programme can be made to: Dr Tim Dant, Head of Department of Sociology, University of Lancaster, LA1 4YT Dr John Fells, Academic Director, Graduate School for Social Research, Polish Academy of Science, Nowy Świat 72, 00-330 Warsaw, Poland	Publications Read the latest edition of The Sociologist - a postgraduate newsletter published by the Department. Postgraduate Drop in Sessions Interested in postgraduate study? Talk to programme convenors, come to a research event, or visit the department, 1st Tues of every month. Find out more» Dual PhDs We also offer single thesis dual PhDs with: The Polish Academy of Science European & Global Studies, University of Siegen, Germany
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