The School of Media, Communication and Sociology offers supervision for the degrees of:

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - full-time and part-time

Master of Philosophy (MPhil) - full-time and part-time

The PhD is also available by distance learning.

Supervision and research areas

We offer PhD and MPhil supervision in Sociology in areas compatible with the research interests of our academic staff including:

Citizenship, Migration, and Identity

Culture, Consumption, and Production

Childhood, and Generation

Developments in Theory and Methods

Youth

Methods and Research Design

History of Social Science

Social Class

Everyday life and Biographical Research

Gender

Race

Environment

Democracy and New Media

Process Sociology

Extremism

Terrorism

Drugs and Addiction

Work and Employment

Emotions and Identity

Education

PhD description

PhD students complete an independent research project under the guidance of a supervisory team.

PhD students complete an independent research project under the guidance of a supervisory team. The maximum period of registration permitted before thesis submission is 4 years full-time / 7 years part-time. or distance learning.

Active research (including all experimental work, laboratory work, field work, and data collection) will typically take 3 to 3.5 years full-time / 6 to 6.5 years part-time or distance learning. On completion of active research students may request approval to register for a writing-up period of up to 12 months. The period of active research and writing-up together must not exceed the maximum registration period.