Collaborative doctoral studentships

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Oxford GLAM's AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP)

Oxford GLAM's AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) began in 2016 and operates across the six gardens, libraries and museums: the Ashmolean Museum, Bodleian Libraries, History of Science Museum, Museum of Natural History, Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum and the Pitt Rivers.

The Collaborative Doctoral Partnership training grants produce research that helps us to develop new perspectives on our collections and to share knowledge more widely and effectively with a range of audiences, while also training a new generation of scholars working between the academic and heritage sectors.

Each CDP studentship is jointly supervised in partnership between one or more of Oxford University museums and academics from UK Higher Education Institutions (HEI).

The partner HEI administers the studentship, receiving funds from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) for the student’s fees and maintenance in line with a standard AHRC award.

In addition to this full studentship award for fees and maintenance, Oxford University museums provide up to £2,000 per annum per student (pro rata) to cover the costs of travel between the HEI and Oxford, and related costs in carrying out research. Studentships can be based at any UK HEI apart from Oxford University.

For general enquiries about Oxford University GLAM Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships please contact Dr Harriet Warburton, GLAM Research and Impact Manager, at harriet.warburton@glam.ox.ac.uk. For enquiries about specific projects please contact the project supervisors named below.

Collaborative Doctoral Awards

GLAM hosts a number of doctoral studentships who are funded by other Collaborative Doctoral Award schemes, including the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

2024 collaborative doctoral student projects at Oxford University Gardens, Libraries and Museums

Meaningful measurement: Qualitative data methods & analysis for understanding real-world GLAM experiences

Applications are invited for an Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC DTP-funded Collaborative Doctoral Award at The Open University (OU) in partnership with the Gardens, Libraries, and Museums (GLAM) Division at the University of Oxford. This fully-funded studentship is available from October 2024 on a full or part-time basis. Further details about the value of an Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC DTP award are available on our Studentships page.

GLAM institutions have a wealth of data, from audience evaluation, digital engagement and visitor figures, online reviews such as Google or TripAdvisor, as well as collections data and business data (such as shop sales). This project will consider how digital humanities techniques can help cultural institutions (museums, galleries, and other cultural and natural heritage sites) better understand their qualitative data. It will identify and engage with relevant case studies across the sector but make specific use of, and reference to, existing datasets and prototyping opportunities at the Oxford University Museums and Bodleian Libraries to test techniques and serve as a ‘living laboratory’.

The project will be supervised by Dr Jaspal Singh, Open University, and Professor David De Roure, Helen Adams, and Dr Megan Gooch, University of Oxford.

Application deadline: midday (UK time) 9th January 2024.

For full details of the studentship, including further particulars and how to apply, please follow the link to the studentship advert on the OOC website.

2023 collaborative doctoral student projects at Oxford University Gardens, Libraries and Museums

2022 collaborative doctoral student projects at Oxford University Gardens, Libraries and Museums

2021 collaborative doctoral student projects at Oxford University Gardens, Libraries and Museums

 

 

 

2020 collaborative doctoral student projects at Oxford University Gardens, Libraries and Museums

 

 

2019 collaborative doctoral student projects at Oxford University Museums

 

 

2018 collaborative doctoral student projects at Oxford University Museums

 

2017 collaborative doctoral student projects at Oxford University Museums

 

 

2016 collaborative doctoral student projects at Oxford University Museums