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Sociology – (Ph.D.)
The University of Edinburgh
School of Social and Political Science| Application Deadline: | May 3rd (ESRC funding); July 22nd (Applications) | ||
| Location: | Edinburgh / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 36 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of The University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh Sociology is one of the premier research units in the United Kingdom, as indicated by its excellent rating in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. We have a long-standing commitment to original empirical and theoretical work on society, and to the production of cultural and scientific knowledge. We work closely with other colleagues in the School of Social and Political Science and supervise many cross-disciplinary projects.
Applications are particularly welcome from students wishing to specialise in:
* auto/biography and narrative studies;
* comparative sociology;
* South Asian studies;
* Southern Africa;
* family and intimate relations;
* innovation in genomics;
* medical sociology;
* health and illness;
* nationalism studies;
* constitutional change and governance;
* social studies of finance and markets;
* social, cultural and feminist theory;
* gender, inequality and social stratification;
* work, consumption and organisations;
* Scottish society and politics;
* science and technology studies.
Accreditation
This programme (as a stand-alone or combined with the MSc by research) has ESRC-recognition.
Faculty
http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/gradschool/homepage
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