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The PhD / MPhil programme is an advanced research degree enabling students to conduct in-depth independent research on a topic of their choice, thereby contributing to the knowledge and evidence base for counselling and psychotherapy.
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The PhD programme is based in either the Social Statistics discipline area or in the Centre for Census and Survey Research (CCSR): an inter-disciplinary research centre with a thriving research preogramme in Social Research Methods and Statistics. Research themes include; census and survey methodology, statistical methods in the analysis of social data, social network analysis, population studies, ethnic and gender differences and employment and the labour market. Some recent PhD title include; 'The Role of Privacy and Confidentiality in the Collection and Dissemination of Census and Survey Data' and 'Race and Population - a Statistical Demographic Approach'.
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.
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Research in Sociology at Kent covers a range of areas including social and critical theory, social movements, globalisation and everyday life, cities and space, media and technology, class, `race' and ethnicity, gender, work, visual sociology, the welfare state, risk and society, violence, NGOs and organisations, and social aspects of the body.
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The Cardiff School of Planning and Geography is a major international centre for research in the areas of planning, environment, housing and spatial policy.
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Aimed at senior professionals who wish to develop their research-based knowledge and skills, and to apply them to solving problems in the professional sphere.
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Goldsmiths’ research in sociology covers a range of areas including art and literature, deviance, education, the sociology of governance and regulation, theories of industrial society, health, illness and psychiatry, interpersonal relations, knowledge, politics, ‘race’ and ethnicity, class, religion, values in society, childhood and youth culture, the body and society, social aspects of the life sciences and bio-medicine, science and technology, the expansion of capitalism on a world scale, urban studies, gender and the sexual division of labour, and culture and communications.
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Research Degrees at Kent cover a range of range of areas including comparative policy analysis; the `Third Sector´; the organization and delivery of welfare; the analysis and management of risk in health and welfare; social policy in the Middle East; "race" and ethnicity; work; the welfare state, risk and society, violence, NGOs, social aspects of the body, and religion.
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The Applied, Social and Health Psychology research group contains leading researchers in several areas of applied psychology, including health, emotion, developmental disorders, psychoneuroimmunology, consumer psychology, sexual health, and social psychology.
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Research areas include: politics and policy making in Europe; history; transnationalism in Europe; Europe and Africa; Social, Historical and cultural change in Europe; English Literature; international relations; gender studies; and nation and identity.
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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.
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This PhD degree provides a structured programme of research training to equip students with the skills required to complete doctoral-level research in sociology. The degree is an ideal way for students to make an original contribution to the field of sociological research by pursuing a long piece of research on a topic of particular interest to them. An MSc/Diploma by Research in Sociology is also available.
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We offer MPhil and PhD research degrees in a range of topics linked to staff expertise in the fields of Social Sciences, including Sociology and Criminology. Our staff are recognised as experts in their fields, and have produced a number of influential books, journal articles and edited collections, and won funding for a number of prestigious research projects.
