Areas of supervision

We offer PhD supervision in five different research areas which map onto our main research themes. Below you can find a list of colleagues who are active in each area and the titles of recent projects by our postgraduate researchers.

Applied criminal justice

Members of staff doing research in this area

PhD research projects in this area

  • "What can a historical analysis of youth justice legislation tell us about the nature of youth justice?"
  • "Tackling the criminogenic influences on youth offending: Contexts, mechanisms and outcomes"
  • "Risk assessments in child protection: Consequences on the perceptions of young people as victims"

 

Children, young people and families

Members of staff doing research in this area

PhD research projects in this area

  • "Parents Negotiations with Children Over New Media Technology in Thailand"
  • "The Cost of Bringing Up An Autistic Child"
  • "Child Sexual Exploitation As A Route Into Street Sex Work"

Intersectionalities and citizenship

Members of staff doing research in this area

PhD research projects in this area

  • "Exploring female strength and power: an ethnography of strongwoman”
  • "Believing through Belonging: A Sociological Study of Christian Conversion of Chinese Migrants in Britain"
  • "'Dubai is a transit lounge'. Migration, belonging and national identity in Pakistani Professionals in the UAE"
  • "The Transformation of British Comic Racism in the Cultural Public Sphere"

Digital and health technologies

Members of staff doing research in this area

PhD research projects in this area

  • “Digital media use among women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Intersections of health, gender identity and new technology”
  • “Journeys and politics in and around digital media: an ethnographic study of how teenagers with physical disabilities use the internet”
  • "A qualitative study exploring managerial and donor perspectives of charitable impact, efficacy, and the effective altruism movement”
  • "Exploring deprivation, locality and health: a qualitative study on St Ann's Nottingham"

Consumption, culture and inequalities

Members of staff doing research in this area

PhD research projects in this area

  • "Inequalities and mobile dating apps usage among gay communities in England"

  • "Attitudes towards Same-Sex Parenting: A Comparative Analysis of Turkish-British Perspectives"

  • "The Formation of National Identity beyond Nations: The Role of Supra-national and National Identity in the Genesis of Chinese Society"