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<div class="">Happy New Year!</div>
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<div class="">Since the deadline for the PhD proposal submission is fast approaching, we would like to send a wee reminder about the below.</div>
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<div class="">In particular, we would like to ask, who would be interested in joining the revised IAS bid (see details below) as part of the supervisor pool. If that’s you, we would love to hear from you by coming Monday, 8th of January, at noon.</div>
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<div class="">Thank you!</div>
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<div class="">Gözde and Till</div>
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<div class="">On 21. Dec 2023, at 14:58, Till Stowasser <<a href="mailto:till.stowasser@stir.ac.uk" class="">till.stowasser@stir.ac.uk</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div class="" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular;">I hope I am catching most of you before heading out the door for a well-deserved break!</div>
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<div class="" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular;">As you probably know, IAS has announced a new competition round for PhD scholarships for the coming year.</div>
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<div class="" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular;">Gözde and I (as PIs of this year’s bid) have had a post-mortem meeting with Iain to receive feedback on why our cluster was unsuccessful. One of the key points that held us back was that our cluster theme was
perceived as too broad. We always knew that a catch-all strategy (cluster theme = Behavioural Science), which set us apart from the other, much narrower, cluster themes, could go either way. Now we know, which way it went: the wrong one.</div>
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<div class="" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular;">Anyway, what was very clear to us after meeting with Iain is that (if we want to have another go in 2024), we need to significantly narrow the cluster theme. We asked Iain if this was possible under the IAS
rules that only previously pre-approved clusters were able to compete next year and he said that it would be.</div>
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<div class="" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular;">So, after some pondering, <b class="">Gözde and I have decided that we’d be willing to throw our hats in the ring once more - provided we have the support from the cluster.</b> </div>
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<div class="" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular;">Together with Iain, we had a look at the competing cluster themes (many of which are behavioural science in nature already) and the clearest opening (as in: least crowded field of competing bids) was in Environmental
Behaviour. Given the abundance of expertise in our cluster in Behavioural Health, we are also considering a cluster theme that combines, Behaviour, Health, and Environment. This would also be a great match for the University’s new R&I strategy (Spaces, Places
& Lives), as we will have to reframe our initial proposal to this R&I strategy anyway (see details <a href="https://stir.sharepoint.com/sites/InstituteforAdvancedStudies/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=/sites/InstituteforAdvancedStudies/Shared%20Documents/General/POSTGRADUATE%20RESEARCH%20STUDENT/IAS%20Studentships/2024_25/Master%20documents/Shared%20documents/IAS%20Studentships%202024%20guidance%20for%20Clusters.pdf&parent=/sites/InstituteforAdvancedStudies/Shared%20Documents/General/POSTGRADUATE%20RESEARCH%20STUDENT/IAS%20Studentships/2024_25/Master%20documents/Shared%20documents&p=true&ga=1" originalsrc="https://stir.sharepoint.com/sites/InstituteforAdvancedStudies/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=/sites/InstituteforAdvancedStudies/Shared%20Documents/General/POSTGRADUATE%20RESEARCH%20STUDENT/IAS%20Studentships/2024_25/Master%20documents/Shared%20documents/IAS%20Studentships%202024%20guidance%20for%20Clusters.pdf&parent=/sites/InstituteforAdvancedStudies/Shared%20Documents/General/POSTGRADUATE%20RESEARCH%20STUDENT/IAS%20Studentships/2024_25/Master%20documents/Shared%20documents&p=true&ga=1" shash="N3UeSGehXsfkCXux//aKKxsFDUWuik7DG5y4Qja6khAazEzYHwar6RHZskM/u0utlZFzqn1bUyd2Er2Fjos3H4p5dDO2XHfs+Z9iEEac/ES9/1KSBiBrvU4Vt5/CVzBvaLSJa9m+T/kf5ELG1TYs7b+6g9wTO8I5Yg/PlWlFl7E=" class="">here</a>).</div>
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<div class="" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular;"><b class="">So here are our questions to you:</b></div>
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<div class="" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular;">(1) Are there any objections to entering the 2024 competition with a theme narrowed to Environmental Behaviour (and possibly added Behavioural Health)?</div>
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<li class="">Importantly: The narrowing of our cluster theme would only affect our PhD studentship bid. <u class="">The theme of our Behavioural Science cluster as a research group would remain a broad tent!</u></li><li class=""><span class="">Also: If you have an alternative idea for rebranding our IAS bid (and/or would be interested in Co-PIing it), we’d be very keen to hear it</span></li></ul>
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<div class="" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular;">(2) Who would want to join such a revised IAS bid?</div>
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<li class="">Just as last time, we are looking for a healthy mix of senior colleagues and ECRs</li></ul>
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<div class="" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular;">(3) Optional (but highly welcome): If you raised your hand under (2), could you give us a concrete example of a potential research topic or two? </div>
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<div class="" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular;"><b class="">We would be very happy to hear from you regarding these three points.</b></div>
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<div class="" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular;">The deadline to submit our revised bid is Tuesday, 9th of January (thanks IAS... ;-) ). If we feel that the support from the cluster is there, Gözde and I would be willing to give it another go.</div>
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<div class="" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular;">Best wishes, and happy holidays, once they come!</div>
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<div class="" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular;">Gözde and Till</div>
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