HOME ABOUT US COLLABORATION FUND PROJECTS PhD TRAINING NEWS CONTACT PhD Training We have 3 main Doctoral Training Partnerships providing PhD training programmes;the White Rose Social Science DTP accredited by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) the White Rose DTP in Mechanistic Biology with investment from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC); and the White Rose College of the Arts & Humanities (WRoCAH) supported by a large award from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Additionally we support our DTPs through a studentship network scheme. You can see the networks we have funded below: CONTACT US Funded PhD Projects Studentship Networks The White Rose Studentship initiative was set up in 1997 to encourage collaboration between the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York. Since 2005 the studentships have been awarded as networks to promote collaboration across the three institutions. You can see more details about the Studentship Networks scheme here, or contact Dr Craig Walker who will be happy to help with any enquiries MORE INFOCONTACT US CULTURES OF CONSUMPTION IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE In early modern society, diet offered nutrition; expressed national, regional and class identity; and was used to maintain and restore health. Between 1500 and 1700 cultures of consumption and attitudes […] FAITH IN FOOD AND FOOD IN FAITH: INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON DIETARY PRACTICE This network brings together researchers who are at different stages of their career in the fields of molecular archaeology, nutritional epidemiology, zooarchaeology, history of medicine and artefactual archaeology. Each researcher […] EUROPEAN FILM, EUROPEAN HERITAGE, EUROPEAN IDENTITY Thomas Elsaesser suggests that ‘European cinema distinguishes itself from Hollywood and Asian cinemas by dwelling so insistently on the (recent) past’. And, even if one takes the briefest of looks […] DESIGN MATTERS: TREASURING THE PAST, ENHANCING THE FUTURE This is a network created around the theme of design. ‘Nostalgic design’ is a subset of affective or emotional design, which exerts a profound impact on academic design research, heritage […] INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING THE WIDER DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND WELLBEING Innovative approaches to understanding the wider determinants of health and wellbeing using record linkage and mixed methods to exploit the full potential of population cohorts in Yorkshire & Humber (BiB […] STRUCTURAL AND MECHANISTIC BIOLOGY AT THE RNA/LIGAND INTERFACE The Network will investigate aspects of the biological consequences of RNAprotein/ligand interactions using multidisciplinary approaches. One of the projects addresses an essential feature of the assembly, and by implication the disassembly/uncoating, […] RESHAPING MULTICULTURALISM THROUGH CULTURAL PRACTICES Academic Lead – Professor Richard Phillips (University of Sheffield) The network investigates the ways in which multiculturalism – as a set of ideas and ideals, practices and policies – is being […] THE URBAN HOUSING EXPERIENCE IN THE AGE OF AUSTERITY Academic Lead – Dr Stuart Hodkinson – (Leeds) The project will explore the changing social, spatial and institutional contours of the urban housing experience in an age of austerity. It responds […] BIOTIC CONSTRAINTS TO CROP PRODUCTION: BIOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR BASIS OF PLANT INTERACTIONS WITH PESTS, PARASITES AND SYMBIONTS Academic Lead – Sue Hartley (York) The focus of the network is understanding the biotic interactions which impact on crop production at the biochemical and molecular level. Crops are […] NEW SINGLE MOLECULE TECHNIQUES FOR UNDERSTANDING THE PHYSICS OF LIVING SYSTEMS Academic Lead – Jamie Hobbs (Sheffield) “Understanding the Physics of Life” has been identified as a “Grand Challenge” by EPSRC. To meet this challenge we need to develop new physical […] CLASSICAL HEROISM IN WAR AND PEACE 1914-24 : A study of the receptions of classical heroism in wartime and in the cultural legacies of war in communities of Yorkshire, Britain and regional Europe. Academic Lead – Elizabeth Pender […] TEACHING BACTERIA TO EAT GRASS: GENETIC ENGINEERING OF ESCHERICHIA COLI FOR COMPLETE DEGRADATION AND UTILISATION OF MISCANTHUS HEMICELLULOSE Academic Lead – Gavin Thomas (York) The HUB network (Hemicellulose Utilisation by Bacteria) project provides a unique opportunity to bring together three separate pieces of research ongoing in the White Rose […] SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL CHANGE:CROSSING BOUNDARIES Academic Lead – Professor Mark Hardy – (York) Awarded as part of the White Rose Social Science Doctoral Training Centre The theme for the proposed White Rose ESRC Studentship network will develop […] BEYOND THE RIOTS: SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL ORDER, URBAN GOVERNANCE AND DISORDERLY ELITES Academic Lead – Dr Stuart Lister – ( Leeds) Awarded as part of the White Rose Social Science Doctoral Training Centre Managing sustainable social order in ways that prevent social conflict, minimise […] SOCIAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE IN BRITAIN Academic Lead – Dr Dan Vickers – (Sheffield) Awarded as part of the White Rose Social Science Doctoral Training Centre A simple look at today’s papers reveals the issues that […] RETHINKING THE SOCIAL PRODUCTION, LOCUS AND IMPACT OF BIOSCIENCE Academic lead Professor Andrew Webster – (York) Awarded as part of the White Rose Social Science Doctoral Training Centre This White Rose ESRC studentship network utilises a multidisciplinary approach to […] A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING THE CAUSES OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE AND IDENTIFYING THERAPEUTIC TARGETS Academic Lead – Alexander Whitworth (Sheffield) Neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease (PD) present an increasing threat to ageing populations. These disorders have been highlighted by the Medical Research Council […] INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTRE FOR MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS (ICMFC) Academic Lead – Victor Chechik (York) Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) make it possible to generate electricity from many organic compounds including waste. A single E. coli cell could theoretically produce […] OPTIMISING QUANTUM PROCESSES AND QUANTUM DEVICES FOR FUTURE DIGITAL ECONOMY APPLICATIONS Academic Lead – Almut Beige (Leeds) It is now widely known that quantum information (QI) offers huge potential for future technologies and services to support the Digital Economy. Examples include […] GLOBAL ANXIETIES AND URBAN GOVERNANCE (GAUG) Academic Lead – Paul Knepper (Sheffield) Global insecurity and conflict have transformed crime concerns within cities. The distinction between local threats to safety, to be dealt with by urban structures, […] HYDROPOLITICS: COMMUNITY, ENVIRONMENT AND CONFLICT IN AN UNEVENLY DEVELOPED WORLD Academic Lead – Graham Huggan (Leeds) This project illustrates the importance of local community interaction in addressing social and political issues of global significance. Struggles over water are likely to […] A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH FOR SUPPORTING AN AGEING POPULATION Academic Lead – Stuart Parker (Sheffield) The network utilises a multidisciplinary approach to supporting an ageing population with three inter-linked studentships on health and ageing, public services and older people, […] WHITE ROSE IMMUNE MODELLING NETWORK Academic Lead – Jonathan Timmis (York) Immune responses involve interactions between a plethora of different cell types and involve complex intracellular signalling pathways and extra-cellular signals. Although experimental approaches have […] RESPONDING TO GLOBAL CHALLENGES OF CRIME AND INSECURITY Academic Lead – Adam Crawford (Leeds) Security and crime-related concerns inform diverse forms of governance above, within and below the level of the nation-state; the traditional guardian of social order. This […] SOLAR POWERED ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE FOR THE REDUCTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE Academic Lead – Stephanie Haywood (Hull) Note: This is a four-University Network including Hull. Complementarity of the collaborators and added value: The network is unique in the UK and has […] ADAPTING TRANSPORT SYSTEMS: TOWARDS A LOW CARBON FUTURE Academic Lead – Susan Grant-Muller (Leeds) Note: This is a four-university Network involving Hull. The network provides a coherent framework for highly innovative research into mechanisms to de-couple economic development […] UNDERSTANDING OBJECT HANDLING INTERACTIONS THROUGH EXPERIMENT AND SIMULATIONS Lead Academic – Roger Lewis (Sheffield) This network applies advanced engineering materials to improve handling of objects for all users, regardless of ability, with the specific application to improve access […] MIXED CINEMA – INTERDISCIPLINARY AND INTERCULTURAL APPROACHES TO JAPANESE CINEMA Academic Lead – Lucia Nagib (Leeds) The mixed cinema network looks at cinema as a fundamentally interdisciplinary area of study. By addressing Japanese cinema through its interdisciplinary and intercultural elements, this […] ENGAGING YOUNG PEOPLE IN SCIENCE: KEY ISSUES ACROSS SECONDARY AND TERTIARY PHASES Academic Lead – James Donnell (Leeds) Note: this is a four university Network involving Sheffield Hallam University. The teaching of science has been a subject of considerable debate over the […] ENABLING SUPPLY CHAIN ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND A RESOURCE POOR FUTURE Academic Lead – Lenni Koh (Sheffield) The increase in concern about climate change amongst the general public and shifts in policy and regulations towards reducing resource consumption together result in […] ACTIVE VISION NETWORK Lead Academic – Jim Austin (York) The network brings together leading research groups at Sheffield, Leeds and York with overlapping interests and complementary skills in a new multidisciplinary collaboration, spanning […] UNDERSTANDING KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE NETWORKS FOR INNOVATION, ENTERPRISE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP Academic Lead – Tom Burgess (Leeds) The project unities White Rose management and Business Schools in researching knowledge exchange networks associated with innovation, enterprise and entrepreneurship. The network enables enhanced, […] YORKSHIRE CANCER STEM CELL NETWORK Academic Lead – Norman Maitland (York) Human cancer is not a homogeneous disease composed of rapidly dividing cells. Rather tumours are a mixture of cells, driven by a primitive embryonal-like […] AN INTEGRATED SYSTEMS LEVEL APPROACH TO BACTERIAL ADAPTATIONS TO STRESS (MICROSYST) Robert Poole (Sheffield) MODELLING PHYTOMER DEVELOPMENT Academic Lead – Ottoline Leyser (York) Plant shoot systems can be considered as modular structures with the shoot apical meristem at the tip producing sequential modules, termed phytomers, consisting of […] NANOSCALE QUANTUM INFORMATION PROCESSING Academic Lead – Ben Varcoe (Leeds) The proposed network is formed around the integration of existing ideas on the use of quantum dots, optical sources and strongly coupled system into […] IMPACTS OF LARGE-SCALE UPLAND MANAGEMENT CHANGE ON ECOSYSTEM SERVICES Academic Lead – Joseph Holden (Leeds) The proposed network will bring together expertise from both the natural and social sciences to assess impacts of potentially imminent large-scale upland management change […] SOUTHERN AFRICA IN THE WORLD Academic Lead – Brendon Nicholls (Leeds) The network would initiate a major strategic partnership that would expand research capacity in the humanities across the three White Rose universities. 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