Funded PhD opportunities in Law and Popular Culture

The University of Westminster has just advertised some research studentships which might be of interest to some readers of this blog. Details about the application process appear via link above. There are a number of named possible topics but you are free in addition to construct your own proposal. Members of The Centre for Law, Society and Popular Culture welcome proposals in relevant fields. The Centre currently has three students working on fields as diverse as: 

• Olympic Brandscapes: the production, control and impact of the space of London 2012 Olympics (Andrea Pavoni)
• Technology and Ideas: the challenge of ‘intangible property’ within Copyright Law (Danilo Mandic)
• Gambling and Governance: an analysis of common law approaches to the business of gaming, and their social and cultural impacts (Thea Oxbury)

In addition, in December 2009 the first of our PhD students, Oxana Chiscenco, successfully defended her thesis 'The Record Industry and Competition law in the Twenty First Century'. The areas that the Centre can supervise in are not confined to these above of course and anyone interested in applying should consider looking at the research interests and work of members of the Centre (currently Guy Osborn, Steve Greenfield, Ken Foster, Stephanie Roberts and Stuart Toddington); we are interested, amongst other things, in anything that examines the intersection between law and popular culture, and we construe popular culture very broadly. Any one interested should make contact  if they would like to discuss this further. The closing date is 19th February 2010.

PhD Studentships

The University of Westminster is offering a number of PhD research studentships, two of which (at least) may be of interest to readers of this blog. Ones I am involved in include:
1 Ticketing and the Olympics 2012: Social Inclusion and Exclusion
2 Regulation and Reception of Paranormal Media
Feel free to pass on however you feel fit! More details of the law studentships is available here. More details of the Centre for the Study of Law, Society and Popular Culture is available here, all the members are available to supervise PhDs in various areas of law and popular culture and beyond.