Kent Law School is pleased to announce an exciting opportunity to undertake funded doctoral research in the emerging field of law, design and technology.<\/p>\n
The PhD Research Studentship in Legal Design, New Technology and Human Values<\/a>, is offered in association with the UKRI-funded Future Leaders Fellowship project<\/a> led by Dr Connal Parsley<\/a>.<\/p>\n This studentship invites prospective doctoral researchers to devise their own PhD research project, on a topic at the intersection of new information technologies, designed legal systems and processes, and changing approaches to norms, values, decision quality or evaluation.<\/p>\n New information technologies like automated decision-making are becoming increasingly central to legal systems. Attention is turning to their potential to affect those systems\u2019 fundamental features, driven by a growing awareness of how technology can \u2018design in\u2019 values. On the one hand, new technologies impact legal concepts and norms, disrupt institutional processes and practices, and sometimes challenge long-held ideas about law and the values it is presumed to uphold. Yet on the other, design-focused approaches might catalyse improved legal and political processes for the era of digital democracy.<\/p>\n This studentship presents the opportunity to pursue a funded programme of doctoral research within this general field. Research proposals are particularly encouraged to take a critical, historical, or theoretical approach, bringing research paradigms from the humanities and social sciences to bear on the pressing questions currently facing law and government.<\/p>\n The studentship, based at Kent Law School, will commence in September 2023, on a three years full-time or five years part-time basis. Tuition fees are covered at the standard postgraduate rate, plus an annual maintenance stipend of \u00a317,668. The deadline for applications is 16 February 2023, 29:59 GMT, with interviews being held in March 2023. Prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to arrange an informal 15-minute conversation about their research proposal, prior to submitting an application, with Dr Connal Parsley<\/a>.<\/p>\n Further details about the studentship and how to apply can be found on the University\u2019s scholarships page<\/a>.<\/u><\/p>\n Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n