Research Areas
We welcome applications for doctoral research in a wide range of areas of sociology. The research interests and expertise of academic staff are broad ranging, covering a range of substantive topics and employing a diversity of research methodologies from mixed-method and qualitative research to statistical analysis of large, complex data sets.
The Sociology Department has particular strengths in:
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Identities, Generation and Everyday Life
Media, Culture and Communication
Science, Environment and Technologies
Work, Organisations and Inequalities
The spread of topics being studied by doctoral students can be seen under Doctoral Research page.