ESRC Funded PhD Studentship on social media and disaster resilience Dr Tina McGuinness (Management School, University of Sheffield) and I are looking for applications for an ESRC PhD studentship, entitled "social media and community resilience: a process based study of South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Services." Funded by the White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership Collaborative award, the successful applicant will work with SYFR to evaluate how sites such as Facebook and Twitter can be used to promote community disaster resilience and encourage citizens to fully participate in disaster risk management and reduction initiatives. Further details on the studentship can be found here <http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AXW312/phd-studentship-social-media-and-community-disaster-resilience-a-process-based-study-of-south-yorkshire-fire-and-rescue/> and the closing date for applications is *20 March 2017*. If you have any questions about this then please feel free to email me ( p.j.reilly@sheffield.ac.uk) or Tina (martina.mguinness@sheffield.ac.uk). Best Wishes Paul Dr Paul Reilly Faculty Officer for PGR Student Affairs (Social Sciences) Senior Lecturer in Social Media & Digital Society Information School University of Sheffield 235 Regent Court 211 Portobello Sheffield S1 4DP Tel: +44 (0) 114 222 2647 <+44%20114%20222%202647> Email: P.J.Reilly@sheffield.ac.uk Twitter: @PaulJReilly <http://www.twitter.com/PaulJReilly> Voted number one for student experience Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2014-2015 Keep it green: do you need to print this email? Visiting the university? Try to travel sustainably: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/visitors/mapsandtravel