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International Development (Global Studies)
Join our lively community of doctoral researchers at the University of Sussex and address some of the most important current issues in International Development (Global Studies).
Country House Studies
At the University of Buckingham, we offer our graduates students a phd programme degree in Country House Studies.
Political Science and International Relations
Graduate study in Political Science and International Relations at the University of Delaware is organized around four major subfields: American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Political Theory.
Global Political Economy
The global economy is characterised by great unevenness and persistent and worsening inequality amongst peoples between and within countries. This Global Political Economy programme is offered at The Open University UK.
Psychology
Study for Psychology degree at University of Plymouth and join a supportive community of researchers who make Plymouth a centre of excellence in psychological research.
Economics
The purpose of the Economics course at Rutgers University is to train students to become proficient in modern economics. Students must master the analytic insights and tools of microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics. Doctoral students specialize by taking two of the advanced fields of study offered by the department.
Applied Social Psychology
The goal of the University of Windsor’s Applied Social Psychology program is to educate students as scholars, researchers, and practitioners in various areas of Social Psychology with an emphasis on Community/Health and Industrial/Organizational Psychology.
Health Policy and Governance
This activity draws together professors and researchers from the disciplines of political theory and political institutions, public policy and health policy, organisational theory and management and applied sociology. We offer a Health Policy and Governance degree at Keele University.
Affective, Social and Cognitive Psychology
Our program in Affective, Social and Cognitive Psychology at University of Denver prepares you for a career conducting research into how people feel, think, and behave in response to others.
American Studies
The American Studies course at the Rutgers University educates students to become knowledgeable and productive scholars who will contribute significantly to a wide range of academic, cultural, and public institutions because we believe that interdisciplinary training in American Studies provides a critical foundation to understanding our world and changing it.
Political Science and International Relations
The Political Science and International Relations programme offered by Koc University develops advanced research expertise in political science and international relations through interdisciplinary study of global political systems and processes.
Arts
Research various theories surrounding political, social and contemporary issues and make a substantial contribution to knowledge in your field with this PhD in Arts degree at Deakin University.
Philosophy of Mind and Language
The Philosophy discipline at The Open University UK welcomes applications for graduate work in the field of Philosophy of Mind and Language.
Geography
Join us at the forefront of human and physical geography research with a PhD in Geography at the University of Sheffield.
Sheffield Methods Institute
Research is central to the Sheffield Methods Institute at the University of Sheffield, and robust methods, both qualitative and quantitative, are the cornerstone of that research.
Greek and Roman Material Culture
The Classical Studies discipline has distinctive expertise in the material culture of the ancient world. Greek and Roman Material Culture research at The Open University UK covers a wide range of topics, including votive offerings from ancient sanctuaries, the archaeology of Etruscan Italy, ancient dress, ceramics, and Roman funerary monuments.
Gendered Organisational Practice
Gendered Organisational Practice aims to act as a solidarity platform for both The Open University UK and international researchers working in this area.
Ancient Material Religion
Research in Ancient Material Religion at The Open University UK involves studying the material, visual and other sensory aspects of ancient cults and rituals, including sacred objects (e.g. statues of divinities, votive offerings, curse tablets), temple buildings and sanctuaries, and human and animal bodies.
Anthropology
At the graduate level Memorial University of Newfoundland offers a PhD program in Anthropology which requires ethnographic fieldwork.
Archaeology
Archaeology at Memorial University of Newfoundland has a growing international reputation founded on the breadth and quality of faculty research, excellence in teaching and state-of-the-art facilities.