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| Benzer, Matthias Dr |
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| Boxall, Kathy Dr |
I welcome applications to study for MPhil or PhD research degrees, either full or part time, and would be particularly interested in hearing from applicants who wish to undertake participatory research with people with learning difficulties. |
| Britton, Jo Dr |
I welcome applications to study for MPhil or PhD research degrees with me, either full or part-time, in any areas linked to the following broad research: sociology of race and racism, social construction of racialised and ethnic identities, multi-cultural citizenship, European muslims, mixed race studies. Topics of my current and recent postgraduates include transracial adoption, the Sheffield Yemeni community, British Muslim identity post 9/11, food and culture in British Somali families. |
| Churchill, Harriet Dr |
Students who share similar research interests to those listed below are welcome to discuss the possibility of postgraduate supervision: contemporary parenting and childhoods, social constructionist perspectives on families, childhood, youth and family orientated policies, family support, social exclusion, families and children, feminist family sociology / social policy |
| Clark, Tom Dr |
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| Davies, Katherine Dr |
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| Dennis, Alex Dr |
I am interested in supervising students interested in conducting interactionist investigations; studies of protest, particularly in its cultural aspects; social-theoretical work; and studies in the sociology of deviance, particularly in non-criminal forms (lifestyle, sexuality, appearance, etc.). |
| Farnsworth, Kevin Dr |
I would welcome applications from PhD students working in the following areas: economic sociology, economic crisis and its social impact / impact on welfare systems, the sociology of business/markets, business and community/society, business / corporate power and policy making, nationally and internationally organised business, comparative social policy, corporate social responsibility, corporate welfare, global actors and social policy, occupational welfare, political economy and social/public policy, privatisation and public policy |
| Foster, Liam Dr |
I welcome enquiries from students interested in pursuing doctoral studies in the areas of social security, pensions, political economy approaches to welfare and poverty in older age. |
| Gregory, Marilyn Dr |
I welcome applications to study for MPhil or Phd research degrees, either full or part time, and would be particularly interested in hearing from applications who wish to undertake research relating to either criminal justice practice, or any aspect of domestic abuse. |
| Hodgson, Susan M. Dr |
I am interested in supervising students with interests relating to the above-mentioned research themes, and including: gender and science, sociology of the environment, sociology of knowledge production |
| Horwath, Jan Prof |
I have particular interest in supervising students interested in the following research topics: assessment, child neglect, child maltreatment, child welfare systems, international comparative studies related to child welfare |
| Irving, Zoë Dr |
My main supervisory interests include: employment as it relates to social policy, social security, comparative analysis |
| James, Allison Prof |
I am an experienced PhD supervisor and usually have around 6 PhD students at any one time and I have supervised PhDs across a fairly wide range. Most of my students do dissertations in connection with Childhood Studies. Recent topics include:, children's participation, rural childhoods, disabled children's identities, children's domestic work, children, computers and leisure, children’s understanding of crime, childhood in other cultures, children, family and kinship, children, health and illness |
| Jenkins, Richard Prof |
I particularly welcome applications from students interested in the following very broad areas of research: Ireland, particularly northern Ireland, the Scandinavian countries, particularly Denmark, the social construction of identification, ethnicity, in all of its aspects, modern enchantments and supernatural beliefs, medical sociology and anthropology |
| Kilkey, Majella Dr |
I welcome enquiries from students considering pursuing doctoral studies in areas related to my specific research interests: comparative gender analysis at the interface of paid work, care and welfare; international migration, including migration policies and migrants’ labour market and family experiences; families and social policies; Europeanization; and globalisation, as well as in the broader fields of comparative, international and global social policy. |
| Martin, Paul Prof |
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| Norris, Clive Prof |
I particularly welcome applications from students in the specialist areas listed below although I have broad interests in the sociology of deviance and social control and comparative criminology: the sociology of policing, the police use of informers, the impact and effectiveness of CCTV surveillance, surveillance in the workplace, the sociology of the new surveillance technologies (DNA, drug and alcohol testing), the experience of surveillance, the media representation of surveillance, decision making in the criminal justice system |
| Reed, Kate Dr |
I have been involved in postgraduate supervision in a variety of areas. I welcome applications from PhD students working in the following areas: sociology of health and illness, social theory, race and ethnicity, gender studies |
| Robinson, Victoria Dr |
I welcome enquiries from students interested in pursuing doctoral studies in the areas of masculinities, heterosexualities and gender/women´s studies in the academy, including in a European context, the sociology of extreme sports, and the sociology of fashion and footwear. |
| Sen, Robin Mr |
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| Tomlinson, Mark Dr |
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| Twum-Danso Imoh, Afua Dr |
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| Walker, Alan Prof |
At the present time, Alan Walker's teaching concentrates on postgraduate research students. He is one of the UK's most experienced postgraduate research supervisors in the fields of sociology, social policy and social gerontology, with more than 40 successful PhD completion's (a 100% completion record). He would welcome applications from potential postgraduates interested in any of the topics contained in the research section of his staff web page |
| Warren, Lorna Dr |
I welcome applications to study full-time or part-time with me for MPhil or PhD research degrees that are related to my activities and experience as listed under Academic Profile and Research on my web page (follow the link on the left). I would be particularly interested in hearing from students who wish to undertake participatory research with older people. |
| Wessels, Bridgette Dr |
I welcome applications from students interested in the following broad areas of research: technology/information and communication technology and society, culture and communication, cities and regions, qualitative methodology, public sphere, citizenship, public services |
