Sociology PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Sheffield Hallam University - Graduate Teaching Assistantship (GTA) Scholarships in the Sheffield Business School: An Exploration of How Teenagers Navigate Friendship Online and Offline

Sheffield Hallam University Sheffield Business School

Applications are invited for Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) PhD scholarships in the Sheffield Business School, commencing 7 October 2024. Read more

Supervisors: Dr ED Dempsey, Dr EM Moorlock, Dr CC Carter

26 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Exploring Bias in Jury Decision Making within Sexual Offence Trials

Loughborough University Department of Social Sciences

Jury decision-making remains an important stage in administering justice within the most serious criminal cases, including sexual offence trials. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Willmott, Dr E Richardson

31 October 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Enhancing treatment access to treatments for mental health and substance misuse in developing and emerging economies

University of Birmingham School of Pharmacy

Mental health problems and substance use disorder (SUD) are linked to poor health outcomes including adverse social outcomes such as homelessness and early mortality and are amongst growing global public health problem. Read more

Supervisor: Dr V Paudyal

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Data protection surrounding mass graves

Bournemouth University Faculty of Media & Communication

As new technologies for identification emerge, concerns surrounding access to, and protection of, information and individuals’ data are likely to persist… Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Melanie Klinkner

5 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Cultural and Indigenous rights surrounding mass graves

Bournemouth University Faculty of Media & Communication

The recent discovery of suspected mass graves at Canadian residential schools designed to systematically assimilate Indigenous children, thereby destroying cultures, languages and possible ties with the land, indicates the issue is both pressing and current. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Melanie Klinkner

5 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Being a non-native speaker in a dynamic world: Language-related policy and its effects on people's cognition, wellbeing and other aspects of their lives

University of Dundee School of Social Sciences

PLEASE NOTE. This project is for self-funded or externally sponsored students only. It is quite common that a country or community has only one official language, or one overwhelmingly dominant official language amongst a few. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Y Kamide, Dr D. Stjepanovic

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Exploring cultural and structural factors that support equity, diversity, inclusion and respect in medical schools.

University of Dundee School of Medicine

There is growing recognition of the importance of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Respect (EDIR) issues captured formally in medical schools by the requirements of the Athena SWAN award, Stonewall and the Race Equality Charter. Read more

Supervisors: Dr L Gordon, Dr C Kennedy, Prof J Harvey

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Writing trans and non-binary lives in the 20th and 21st centuries: autobiography, autofiction, autotheory

University of Dundee School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law

This research project aims to explore the ways in which trans and non-binary people have been using different approaches in writing about their lived experiences. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Gratzke

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Rethinking the concept of life. A dialogue with non-Western perspectives

University of Dundee School of Humanities

We are currently experiencing a resurgence of interest in metaphysical concepts that often remain stuck in Western modes of thinking. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Röck, Dr O. Keohane

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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21st century literary representations of love and relationships in works with themes of disabilities, long-term illness or neurodivergence

University of Dundee School of Humanities

The primary objective of this PhD project is to research the interaction in literature of love and relationships with themes of disabilities, ill-health or neurodivergence. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Gratzke

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Ableism, Microaggressions and the Law

University of Dundee School of Education and Social Work

Studies in Ableism (SiA) is now a recognised sub-specialism of critical disability studies and focuses on ways that abledment (the process of being/becoming ‘abled’) is located within societal processes and practices. Read more

Supervisor: Prof F.K. Campbell

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Revealing Abledment: Ableism and the Body Politic

University of Dundee School of Education and Social Work

Studies in Ableism (SiA) is now a recognised sub-specialism of critical disability studies and focuses on ways that abledment (the process of being/becoming ‘abled’) is located within societal processes and practices. Read more

Supervisors: Prof F.K. Campbell, Prof G Pullin

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Sub-Continent Religious Traditions, Disability (Non-normative Bodies)

University of Dundee School of Education and Social Work

Miles (2013) estimates that at least half of all the world’s disabled people live Asia. Read more

Supervisor: Prof F.K. Campbell

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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The role of far-right narratives in mobilising support for violent political action

University of Dundee School of Social Sciences

The project aims to examine how different types of narratives might energise the supporters of the far-right movement and drive them to engage in political violence. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Bliuc

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Haunting Ecocide: Gothic Narratives of Environmental Crimes

University of Greenwich School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Haunting Ecocides, an interdisciplinary funded PhD Scholarship at the University of Greenwich, is an exceptional opportunity for cutting-edge interdisciplinary research with world-leading experts in the fields of literature and criminology. Read more

Supervisors: Prof AK King, Dr MF Fiddler, Dr FS Snailham

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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We have 110 Sociology PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Sociology PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 110 Sociology PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Sheffield Hallam University - Graduate Teaching Assistantship (GTA) Scholarships in the Sheffield Business School: An Exploration of How Teenagers Navigate Friendship Online and Offline

Exploring Bias in Jury Decision Making within Sexual Offence Trials

Enhancing treatment access to treatments for mental health and substance misuse in developing and emerging economies

Data protection surrounding mass graves

Cultural and Indigenous rights surrounding mass graves

Being a non-native speaker in a dynamic world: Language-related policy and its effects on people's cognition, wellbeing and other aspects of their lives

Exploring cultural and structural factors that support equity, diversity, inclusion and respect in medical schools.

Writing trans and non-binary lives in the 20th and 21st centuries: autobiography, autofiction, autotheory

Rethinking the concept of life. A dialogue with non-Western perspectives

21st century literary representations of love and relationships in works with themes of disabilities, long-term illness or neurodivergence

Ableism, Microaggressions and the Law

Revealing Abledment: Ableism and the Body Politic

Sub-Continent Religious Traditions, Disability (Non-normative Bodies)

The role of far-right narratives in mobilising support for violent political action

Haunting Ecocide: Gothic Narratives of Environmental Crimes

We have 110 Sociology PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Sociology PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 110 Sociology PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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