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Postgraduate Research Study at the Department of Sociology, Social Policy, and Criminology

Our postgraduate research provision incorporates a broad and inclusive range of projects aligned with our distinct interests in theoretically engaged, empirically grounded and policy-relevant social science that inspires constructive suggestions for social reform.

Postgraduate research is at the centre of the School’s activities and we are committed to supporting the intellectual and professional development of all our PGR students.

We have an internationally recognised staff group with a range of research specialisms capable of supervising a wide variety of postgraduate research projects. To learn more about our on-going and completed postgraduate research projects take a look at the student profiles from our current postgraduate research community.

To find out more about how to apply, visit our course pages:

 

Engage

Through our contribution to these initiatives all PGR students will have access to our own cross-Faculty research and methods training initiative known as Engage@Liverpool. This initiative hosts events and activities throughout the academic year to provide expert, cutting edge and innovative research training for our postgraduate students.

As part of the Postgraduate Researcher Experience Team (PRET), the Department also host a comprehensive suite of postgraduate research training for students undertaking their doctoral studies. This includes a collection of 30-credit taught postgraduate modules, such as ‘Philosophy of Social Science’, ‘Research Interventions in Public Policy’ and ‘The Politics and Practices of Social Research’, in addition to a variety of innovative 5-credit research training modules such as ‘Using Foucault’s Methods’, ‘Critical Discourse Analysis’ and ‘Ethnographic Studies of Science and Technology’. 

 

Our Postgraduate Research Community

As a member of our postgraduate research community you will become part of a long and sustained historical legacy of over 100 years of critically engaged social science research within the Department. In addition to our extensive research training you will be provided with expert academic supervision and support from an internationally recognised staff group.

Combined with our extensive research training and academic support you will also become part of a friendly, collegiate and active postgraduate research community. As part of this community you will be expected to take a proactive role in your own academic development within the Postgraduate Researcher Experience Team (PRET) by maintaining, for example, a Portfolio of Activity, contributing along with your supervisors to an Annual Progress Report and having the development of your work peer reviewed during Independent Assessment Panels. You will also have the opportunity to attend and present your research each year at our annual Postgraduate Research Conference.

 

 

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