Dundalk Institute of Technology are pleased to invite applications for several new PhD positions. These positions are co-funded through the HEA Technological Universities Transformation Fund and DkIT. Please refer to the individual project links for full project overviews and details on how to apply.

Project Title	Project Reference	Keywords	Position Details and Application
The Northern Box: A Critical Study of the Button Accordion in Ulster	01AHSS2020	Ethnomusicology Irish traditional music, Button Accordion, Musical Style, Music Competitions	Download Project Details
Intrapreneurship: Delivering Innovation, Creativity and Growth for the Irish Hospitality and Tourism Sector	02AHSS2020	Social Sciences, Business and Economic development, Intrapreneurship, Innovation, Strategic Renewal, Hospitality and Tourism Sector	Download Project Details
The evidence of non- funerary monuments in Ireland. Commemoration as a political, economic and socio-cultural barometer in the 17th century	03AHSS2020	Early Modern History/Post-Medieval Archaeology, Memorialisation, Commemoration, Archaeology, Early Modern History	Download Project Details
Media Representations of League of Ireland Football	04AHSS2020	Popular Culture; Football; Sports Media; Heritage; Fandom; Technology; Mass Media	Download Project Details
An Analysis of Cultural Life on the Irish Border 1898-1925: Newry.	05AHSS2020	Cultural Studies, Theatre, Drama, Film, Performance, Borderlands, Literature	Download Project Details
Adversarial Methods to Mitigate Detrimental Algorithmic Bias.	01STEM2020	Algorithmic Bias, Artificial Intelligence, Generative Adversarial Networks, Fairness	Download Project Details
Carbon fluxes in the littoral zone of lakes with contrasting alkalinity concentrations	02STEM2020	carbon, littoral zone, high alkalinity, humic lakes, biogeochemistry	Download Project Details
MULTISPEC: Ensiling multi-species swards	03STEM2020	Multi-species swards, silage, fermentation, ruminants	Download Project Details
Safe and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in Medical Devices – a Regulatory-Friendly Framework	01BIODESIGN2020	Medical device software, Algorithmic Bias, Artificial Intelligence	Download Project Details

Masters by Research within the Regulated Software Research Centre

DkIT are pleased to invite applications for a Masters by Research within the Regulated Software Research Centre, within the School of Informatics and Creative Arts. This 27 month project is co-funded by Nova Leah and DkIT. Please see the below link for full project details and information on how to apply

Project Title	Position Details and Application
Develop a Safety critical cybersecurity framework that identifies best practices and technologies to be used when developing a cybersecurity solution for connected safety-critical systems.	Download Project Details

Please also see our Human Resources page for all Research Staff opportunities at DkIT.