Culture, Transformation and Subjectivity – (Ph.D.)

Research Areas:

The Culture, Transformation and Subjectivity research theme is a thriving centre for interdisciplinary research which brings together several groupings from the fields of anthropology, psychology, sociology, education, social philosophy, cultural studies, science and technology studies, feminism and political theory. Working on topics such as employment and labour, medicine and science studies, new social movements and local communities, sexuality and childhood, education, arts and cultural industries, migration and mobility, we investigate the creation of identities and subjectivities within their cultural and material settings and address their political and social implications. There is a strong interest in research which uses ethnography, psycho-social techniques, phenomenology and socio-cultural qualitative methods in dialogue with post-structuralism, feminist and queer theory, theories of affect, and dialogic and discursive methods. The interdisciplinary approach of the Culture and Identities theme is unique within British universities. A particular strength of the theme is the focus on class, gender and sexuality, and their intersections with ethnicity, migration and childhood. In addition other core interests include research on medicine and knowledge politics, future and risk, the transformation of work and globalisation, marginal communities and regeneration, new political formations and social movements.