109 Full-time PhD programmes in Social Policy

The Department of Social Welfare at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) offers the Master of Social Welfare (MSW) and a Ph.D. in Social Welfare.

The Educational Policy and Leadership Studies Doctor of Education (EdD) at The University of Iowa will take your leadership to the next level with a supportive cohort in a rigorous and convenient program steeped in the latest research and delivered by renowned faculty.

The Department of Educational Policy Studies at University of Alberta strives to develop critical and creative scholars who have a substantive understanding of the important systemic and contextual factors that bear upon Canadian and international education.

The PhD in Health Policy at Stanford University trains students to be scholarly leaders in the field, as well as to become highly knowledgeable about approaches that can be applied in the development of improvements in health policy and the health care system.

The Migrations, Diasporas, Transnational Communities discipline at The Open University UK has extensive interests and an international profile in this field. It is engaged in a number of lived-experience, policy-, welfare- and criminologically related research projects.

The PhD in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice at University of British Columbia is an interdisciplinary program which allows students to explore their interests in diverse areas while employing feminist, intersectional, and decolonizing methodologies. 

The Social Policy programme at University College Dublin has commencement dates in January, May and September annually.

At the University of Liverpool, we offer our graduate students a phd programme in Sociology and Social Policy.

The Doctor of Philosophy (Hosted by Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice Faculty) program from Queensland University of Technology offers the opportunity to work with an experienced supervisory research team to make a significant and original contribution to disciplinary knowledge.

The Doctor of Public Health - Maternal and Child Health Policy program at The University of Alabama at Birmingham provides training in public health leadership, policy analysis, and empirical research with a focus on MCH populations.

The University of Delaware’s interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Education and Social Policy program, a collaboration between the College of Education and Human Development and the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration, prepares students to address these complex education and social policy questions.

The Sociology and Social Policy programme offered by Lingnan University develops advanced research expertisethrough interdisciplinary analysis of social issues, inequality, and public policy.

As a PhD researcher in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Stirling, you’ll benefit from our desire to engage with communities around the world and produce research that makes a positive difference to society.

We offer research supervision across a broad range of social policy topics and themes. The study of welfare arrangements is a fundamental part of what we do.

This PhD degree programme in Social Work and Social Care is offered at the University of Sussex and it hosts three research centres.

Studying for a Sociology and Social Policy PhD degree at University of Leeds allows you to become an expert in your chosen specialist area, and gain high-quality research training that will equip you to undertake subsequent research projects. You will also become a key member of the School’s academic research community.

The University of Florida’s Health Outcomes and Implementation Science program offers advanced training in health services research and implementation and prevention science.

The Educational Leadership and Policy Studies curriculum at New York University emphasizes critical analysis of contemporary problems of practice in collaborative study environments with professors, school leaders, and doctoral students.

University of California, Berkeley's Law is unique among major US law schools in housing its own interdisciplinary graduate program in the social, philosophical, and humanistic study of law, leading to MA and PhD degrees in Jurisprudence and Social Policy (JSP). 

The Human Development and Social Policy program at University of Utah involves intensive research on important polices and issues in the family, community and social life.