Qualification Type: PhD

Location: Bristol

Hours: Full Time, Part Time

The University of Bristol, and Amgueddfa Cymru –Museum Wales are pleased to announce the availability of a fully funded studentship [from October 2023] under the AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Scheme.

The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic saw a trend to collect, decorate and display pebbles in public places. As time has passed pebbles have been gathered by communities to form memorials to those who died during the pandemic. The research will explore these trends and see how pebbles have been used to express human experience through time and will offer a multi-disciplinary perspective on how affective, sensory and creative connections with the natural world play a role in well-being when life itself comes under threat.

The successful candidate will be eligible to participate in CDP Cohort Development events. All new CDP students will be expected to attend the CDP Student Launch Event at the British Museum.