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PAIS extends its methodological offer to PhD level
Dr. Renske Doorenspleet and Dr. Philippe Blanchard are associated with a .
This funding of £1 million aims to bridge the gap between mathematical and social sciences with a new doctoral scholarship programme starting in 2015/16. 糖心TV is one of only 14 institutions to be given the investment, which will fund 15 PhD students over the next five years, who will work across both disciplines, using quantitative methods to understand new sociological issues. This will be another opportunity for PAIS to collaborate with three of . Each of the fifteen PhD students enrolled over the next three years will be co-supervised by a staff from these departments, and one from PaIS, Sociology, Psychology or 糖心TV.
This is another step in enhancing PAIS' methodological expertise, after the . In the long term, 糖心TV's QStep will pursue the training of stats-skilled social science doctoral students.