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Sports Ethics and Integrity: Fully Funded Swansea & JGU Joint PhD: football competition manipulation

Published on September 1, 2023

Sports Ethics and Integrity: Fully Funded Swansea & JGU Joint PhD: football competition manipulation

PHD
Full tuition waiver + €55,855
10 September 2023

The project will identify the critical sports integrity stakeholders within football and model the optimal distribution of responsibilities and cooperation between those stakeholders when it comes to education and prevention. It will identify and analyse the strategies implemented and tools used to raise awareness among various football populations that can be targeted to fix matches and become involved in such corruption schemes.  It will develop a model of stakeholder’s obligations regarding detection and reporting, and how to cope with related information.

It is a joint PhD between Swansea University and Johannes Gutenberg-Universität (JGU) Mainz. It is one of 17 PhDs on offer through a Doctoral Network (DAiSI) funded by the EU, UKRI and Swiss Government. The Doctoral Training Network in Sport Ethics and Integrity (DAiSI) has established an interdisciplinary network of research institutions and non governmental organisations in the field of sport ethics and integrity. It will produce a cohort of doctoral candidates (DCs) that are capable of understanding, developing, and critiquing the complex ethico-legal challenges in sporting contexts around the globe. The DAiSI Doctoral Training Network (DTN) will form a new generation of experts and sport officials equipped with the necessary theoretical and methodological skills to identify, prevent, and manage current and future threats to sport integrity in both sport ruling and sport-related government bodies.

Eligibility

Early applications are strongly encouraged. Applicants will normally hold a Bachelor and Master Degree in a field relevant to the topic of study. However, consideration will be given to applicants with only an undergraduate degree (a minimum of a 2.1 (or equivalent)) if additional pertinent experiences can be demonstrated.
The doctoral candidate does not yet have a PhD at the start of his/her assignment.
The doctoral candidate has not resided or carried out their main activity (e.g. work, studies) in the country of recruitment (i.e. UK) for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the start of his/her assignment .
The doctoral candidate is recruited for a maximum of 36 months.
All candidates must have a minimum IELTS score of 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 in the four components of language learning.
This scholarship is open to candidates of any nationality (as long as you meet the above criteria re. country of study/work in last 3 years).
NB: If you are holding a non-UK degree, please see Swansea University degree comparisons to find out if you meet the eligibility.

Benefits

This scholarship covers the full cost of tuition fees and an annual stipend of up to the Sterling equivalent of €55,855 per year. There is also a family and mobility allowance available if required.

Additional research expenses will also be available.

Application

If you intend to apply for more than 1 of the DAiSI PhDs, then you may indicate 1-3 PhDs that you are interested in, in ranked order, in your motivation letter by using the DC numbers mentioned in the summary of all 17 PhDs.

To apply, please complete your application online with the following information:

Start year – please select 2024
Funding (page 8) –
‘Are you funding your studies yourself?’ – please select No
‘Name of Individual or organisation providing funds for study’ – please enter ‘RS413 – Competition Manipulation’

*It is the responsibility of the applicant to list the above information accurately when applying, please note that applications received without the above information listed will not be considered for the scholarship award.

One application is required per individual Swansea University led research scholarship award; applications cannot be considered listing multiple Swansea University led research scholarship awards.

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