In 2019 Lloyd’s Register (LR) celebrated 150 years of operation in China. This doctoral-level research project will assess the influence and impact that LR and its surveyors had on international understandings of health, safety, and risk management, and their broader influences on local infrastructures and imperial cultural knowledge between the years 1869-1918.

The PhD project is sponsored by Lloyd’s Register Foundation and includes full fees, bursary and a budget to conduct research in the UK and China. LRF’s Heritage and Education Centre are partnering with the University of Portsmouth’s Port Towns and Urban Cultures (PTUC) research group in the School of Area Studies, History, Politics and Literature. The PhD is also supported by Hong Kong Baptist University and Dalian Maritime University who are providing Visiting Scholarships to support the student’s research in China.

The PhD will be based in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Portsmouth, and will be supervised by members of the Port Towns and Urban Cultures research group: Dr Matthew Heaslip, Dr Melanie Bassett and Professor Brad Beaven.

The PhD is open to UK and EU applications only. Applications close on 23 May. Full details.