PhD programme in Society, Space and Technology
The PhD programme in Society, Space and Technology is a researcher education programme within the Department of People and Technology. It is mainly connected to the master degree programmes in Sustainable Transitions and Urban Planning. The programme is based on a multidisciplinary approach to research and academically it spans social sciences and the arts, natural science and technology, with a predominant emphasis on the social sciences.
The Phd. research is mainly associated with the following two research groups:
- TRANSITIONS. The research aims at generating transdisciplinary knowledge about sustainable transitions with a focus on the interactions between societal and technological development. The ambition of the group is to increase the understanding of how environmental regulation, planning and governance can facilitate sustainability transitions in key societal sectors and domains.
- MOSPUS. The research groups develops theoretically informed and critical research on the themes of space, place, mobility and urban studies. The group brings together researchers from a variety of disciplines that include geography, sociology, anthropology, planning and architecture. Our work is guided by a strong commitment to social justice and to making more sustainable and democratic futures.
The PhD programme's academic profile follows the research groups, as the research groups are composed according to their research themes, across the educational affiliation of the researchers. In this way, a certain volume is obtained with regard to the number of PhD students and associated supervisors, who can support the PhD students, for example with courses, expertise, guidance, the PhD student's own network, supervisor training and administrative support.
The programme's special profile is thus the interdisciplinary approach. It links together the various disciplinary aspects of the research, for example in relation to technology, resources and culture as the basis for the social production and reproduction of various research objects. All the research within the research groups emanates from this interdisciplinary profile, regardless of their thematic diversity. Thus, the individual research projects and PhD projects have a number of overlapping themes in and across the two research groups. Examples of these themes are:The connection between nature and culture; Sustainability; Everyday life; Mobilities, urban and rural development; Participation and empowerment; Planning, organization and regulation. These are themes that form the common basis for the programme, which is also characterized by the research's objective of achieving change and innovation.
Contact
Head of PhD programme: Jonas Egmose: jem@ruc.dk
PhD administration: Signe Skov: forskerskolen@ruc.dk