Steven Corbett
BA Social and Political Studies 2006-2009 University of Sheffield: First, awarded Stuart Walkland Prize and Nalgo Prize
MA Sociological Research 2009-2010 University of Sheffield: Distinction
email : s.corbett@sheffield.ac.uk
Thesis title / scope of research
"Democratic Participation, Empowerment and Social Quality"
My research focuses on the concept of social empowerment within the framework of social quality. Social quality is concerned with measuring the key elements of socio-economic security, social inclusion, social cohesion and social empowerment within society.
The research centres on the empowering aspects of forms of participatory democracy in workplaces, co-operatives and community organisations. The aim of the research is to establish a theoretically and empirically informed basis for the benefits that participatory democracy can have for the quality of social life.
This project is funded by the ESRC. For more on social quality visit:
Supervisor(s)
- Professor Alan Walker
- Dr Bridgette Wessels