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Members are at the forefront of study into subjects as diverse as globalisation and social transformation, political communication, communication and social change; gender and sexuality, the body, human-animal studies, the senses and embodiment, race and ethnicity, the environment, urban space, and cities, digital cultures, public communication, young people, rights and the global south; popular culture, comedy/humour studies, experimental multi-media, and sports studies.
Join an expert interdisciplinary community that publishes innovative and world-leading research addressing contemporary concerns and emerging social and cultural challenges.
Be part of a thriving research culture where researchers have received regular grants from the AHRC, ESRC and British Academy.
Benefit from our excellent multi-Supervisory teams to support your postgraduate study.
Enjoy being part of a collegial and active research environment.
While we welcome a wide range of topics in the areas of Sociology & Communications, here is an example list of potential research topics that we would like to supervise:
Digital antagonism, exclusions and discrimination
Environmental Communication
Popular communications and Social change
The public sphere, deliberative democracy and free speech
Public space and protest movements
Surveillance and algorithmic profiling
Creative industries, inequality and diversity
Comedy, Identity and Society
Intersectional Veganisms
Transgenderism and ‘Transracialism’
Reality Television and Ethnic Minority Girls
Cities, urban change, and place
Sensory Sociology
Culture, Space, Time and Cities
The political economy of communication/media
The digital revolution and social change
The rise of the far-right and neo-fascism
Radical social movements, the precariat and digital labour
Democratisation and the clash of civilisations
World-systems analysis
Anarchist social thought
Emergent Digital Media Technologies
Film & Media History
Globalisation and youth activism
Children and international development
Globalisation of education
Science and society
Urban Space and Experience
Entry Requirement
The general University entrance requirement for registration for a research degree is normally a First or Upper Second Class Honours degree (1st or 2:1).
An interview may be required as part of the admissions process, and if so it would be conducted by one of the academic staff members remotely via Skype, phone, or other means.
English language Requirements:
IELTS: 6.5 (min 6 in all areas)
Pearson: 58 (51 in all subscores)
BrunELT: 65% (min 60% in all areas)
TOEFL: 92 (min 20 in all)
Fees
2020/21 entry
Full-time fee: £15860
Part-time Fee: £7930
2021/22 entry
Full-time fee: £4500
Part-time Fee: £2203
This information was accurate on : 11/05/2021 Please contact us for more information about this courses
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