The School of Planning and Geography has been awarded eight President's Research Scholarships as part of a Cardiff University scheme that aims to promote excellence and impact of research in all academic disciplines. Six of these scholarships have already been filled. CPLAN has invested these highly-prestigious PhD scholarships to strengthen and expand its ongoing and internationally renowned research on Food and Sustainable City-Regions. The scholarships have been devised to support research around one cutting-edge question: what is the role of different actors, governance levels, spatial scales and pro-poor planning strategies in reconnecting cities (physically, economically and socially) with their surrounding countryside'? Proposals are welcome in the following areas: • The politics and planning of urban food security in the UK (Main supervisor: Roberta Sonnino; Second: Kevin Morgan) • A Spatial analysis of rural/urban flows in the UK (Main supervisor: Terry Marsden; Second: Yiming Wang). Candidates are strongly advised to contact the first supervisor if they want additional information on these themes. Application deadline: 1 March 2013 Start date: 1 October 2013 Further information about funding, eligibility and how to apply can be found on our website http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AFO474/phd-projects-in-food-and-sustainable-city-regions/