PhD Studentship (Centre for Service Excellence) - 'Public Service Reform'

The Centre for Service Excellence (CenSE) is an interdisciplinary research and engagement centre within the University of Edinburgh Business School. It is offering a fully funded PhD studentship on the above topic.

Applications are welcome for proposals that explore any facet of the reform of public services and which advance our understanding of the processes/impacts of such reform. CenSE is committed to understanding public services as ‘services’ and exploring the implications of this for both theory and practice about public services delivery.

Proposals will be especially welcome that are located within the New Public Governance literature (e.g. Osborne 2010) and/or which test and extend the Public Service-Dominant Logic paradigm (Osborne et al 2013, 2015).

Inter alia, these might explore:
- The concepts of 'value' and 'value co-creation' in public services delivery.
- Public service innovation.
- Co-production.
- The management and impact of public service processes and/or public service networks.
- Public service delivery systems and the applicability of such techniques as 'service blueprinting'.
- Resilience and sustainability in public services delivery.
- Sectoral or comparative differences in the application of PSDL.
- Good proposals on other topics will also be considered.

Any methodological frameworks will be considered though innovative approaches will always be welcomed.

Eligibility
CenSE is offering a fully funded 3 year PhD studentship available from Autumn 2016.

Applicants should:
- have a Master’s degree from an accredited UK or overseas university, with above-average academic achievement in any management discipline, public management, public administration, public policy, and/or social policy.
- have an IELTS score of least 7.0 (for applicants whose native language is not English), with no score lower than 6.0 in each section, or the equivalent from our approved list of certificates.
- meet our full eligibility criteria for the PhD programme

The successful applicant will undertake developmental activities that may include research development and training for tutoring. As part of their studentship, they will be expected to contribute tutorial support to our teaching programmes during the second and third years of their studentship, for a maximum of eight hours per week.

For further information please click here.

Funding information

Value:

Tuition fees (EU/overseas) + approx. £14,057 stipend + Research Support Grant (£750) + Fieldwork grant (£450)

Funding applies to:

Open to applicants from a range of countries

Contacts and how to apply

Academic contact:

For further information on the studentship contact Professor Stephen Osborne

Administrative contact and how to apply:

Download our scholarship covering letter template
Complete the downloaded covering letter explaining your reasons for applying and why you are the ideal person to receive this scholarship.
Upload your completed covering letter to your EUCLID online application for the PhD programme.

Submit your online application here: http://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/phd/how-to-apply
Administrative contact: phd@business-school.ed.ac.uk

Application deadline:

17 April 2016