Sociology PhD funding opportunities, 2015-16

As part of the range of funding opportunities for new Social Science PhD students for 2015-16, we are keen to recruit high quality research students in Sociology and welcome applications in areas relating to research specialisms in the Sociology team.

Particular areas of interest in Sociology are:

• Contemporary Social Theory
• Anti-Capitalism and Social Protest
• Utopias and Social Imaginaries
• Social Psychology
• Globalisation and Global Cultures
• Sociology of Media and Culture
• New Media Cultures
• Families
• Childhood and Consumer Culture
• Environment and Climate Change
• Gender and Consumption
• Parenting and Motherhood
• Ethnicity, Race, Migration
• Urban Cultures
• Urban Regeneration
• Youth and Social Exclusion
• Sociology of Health and Illness

The first step in the application process is to identify a suitable supervisor through our Research pages, then approach them with some ideas about what your research might involve. If your interests mesh, you will then work on developing a PhD proposal in time for the application deadline.

If you have any queries or would like support in how to identify a supervisor or prepare an application, please contact Dr Mark Featherstone (m.a.featherstone@keele.ac.uk), Postgraduate Research Lead Sociology, Postgraduate Research Director for the Centre for Social Policy. The deadline for applications is February 23rd 2015, but contact us as soon as possible if you are interested in making an application.