PhDs in Sociology

PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision (Online Programme)

Gain the knowledge and experience to assume a leadership role in a clinical, community, academic, nonprofit, or research setting or to work as a counselor educator. Study advanced teaching, supervision, and counseling skills that will broaden your ability to advocate for the profession and clients.

PhD in PhD in Transnational Studies

Our PhD programme comprises three years of study, starting in September of each year. The bulk of the workload for candidates in the programme takes the form of independent dissertation research. Apart from their independent research, all programme participants are required to take part in content-oriented survey courses, colloquia on research methods, and multidisciplinary skills workshops.

PhD in International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy (IMPRS-SPCE)

The International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy (IMPRS-SPCE) is a joint international PhD Program of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG) and the Department of Management, Economics and Social Sciences of the University of Cologne.

PhD in Political and Social Sciences

The European University Institute offers one of the world’s largest and most distinguished doctoral programmes in the social sciences. The Institute is unique in its European, comparative and interdisciplinary focus, and offers up to four years scholarship to research students, leading to a doctorate in Political & Social Sciences.

PhD in Human Services - Self-Directed (Online Programme)

Prepare to address the growing human services needs of diverse and underserved populations, including those struggling with illness, addiction, violence, and poverty. This program combines action-oriented research with practical experience and connects you with a community of professionals so that you may improve quality of life through effective policy and practice.

PhD in Modern Languages, Cultures and Societies

The Doctoral Programme aims to train experts with a wide and thorough linguistic-literary, historical-cultural and philosophical-religious education, equipped with skills in critical analysis and knowledge of the proper instruments needed to conduct it, with regard to the geographical and cultural areas of research (Educational Sector Codes).

PhD in Anthropology and Sociology of Development

The Institute’s PhD with a specialisation in Anthropology and Sociology of Development aims to provide students with analytical and methodological tools to explore the social and cultural systems that influence, and are influenced by, policy interventions, especially – but not exclusively – in the field of development.

PhD in Welfare State, Inequality and Quality of Life

Jacobs University Bremen

This field integrates macro, meso and micro level research, and focuses on the connection between social policies, patterns of inequality, and collective and individual well-being. Welfare state regimes are being transformed and the welfare state's central role in government has been called into question.

PhD in Economic and Social History PhD

The University of Manchester

This ESRC-recognised programme offers advanced teaching in economic history and in key issues of social history, notably demographic history and history of social policy. It is designed for students who wish to proceed to doctoral study, or who wish to combine the study of this kind of history with skills in research management; in applying social theory analysing and solving real social issues. The core course unit, Research Issues in Economic and Social History, explores topical debates in economic and social history, with a theoretical as well as an empirical dimension. Students are offered a unit in computing as well as research training in the Social Sciences, including quantitative and qualitative methods.

PhD in Visual Sociology PhD

Goldsmiths, University of London

The MPhil/PhD in Visual Sociology offers you the opportunity to combine written sociological argument with film, sound, or photographic representation. It will allow new researchers to re-think both the conduct of social research and the forms that social research writing takes in the 21st century. Students registered on this degree will complete all of the research training courses outlined for the MPhil/PhD programme. The PhD will allow you to re-think the gathering, analysis and presentation of research data and consider the future of sociological representation.

PhD in Sociology PhD

The University of Manchester

PhD students are supervised by a member of staff who is an expert in their area of research or co-supervised with another supervisor if other areas of expertise are required. Our staff are experts, often internationally renowned, in a wide range of key areas of sociology, and the presence of centres such as the Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research (CCSR) and the Real Life Methods node, which provide yet further opportunities for postgraduate research. Some of our main research themes include: sociological theory, research methods, cultural and media studies, sociology of gender, feminist movements, sociology of consumption, sociology of language and discourse, sociology of economic life, labour markets and educational attainment. Recent PhDs have included topics as diverse as internet use in Iran, branding in AIDs awareness advertising, and how class differences affect access to higher education.

PhD in Survey Methodology

University of Essex

This allows you to undertake research in the field of survey methodology.