425 PhD programmes in Sociology

Research in this Migration, Gender and Generation area at The Open University UK is part of the SSGS Research Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice, which provides spaces for research students to take part in academic seminars and the annual research festival, and offers informal discussion and training spaces for postgraduate students.

This is a doctoral programme in Philanthropic Studies at a leading centre of philanthropy research, teaching and public engagement. Scholars at the University of Kent are supervised by academics with a background in practice.

Death, Dying and Bereavement has been a major research and teaching theme in the School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care at The Open University UK for over 20 years.

The Sociology programme offered by Birkbeck, University of London supports sociologically oriented enquiry across a range of departments, drawing on interdisciplinary approaches united by a distinctively sociological perspective.

Multicultural Life, Citizenship, Difference, Political Conflict and Social Divisions research is part of the Sociology research group at The Open University UK.

Join one of the leading Anthropology departments in the UK where a diverse community of expert faculty and doctoral students carry out cutting-edge research, all in this Social Anthropology prorgamme at the University of Sussex.

Committed to teaching and research excellence, the School of Sociology and Social Policy programme  at University of Nottingham is a dynamic centre for collaborative and interdisciplinary PhD study.  

Computational Social Science research at The Open University UK targets the enhancement of critical societal issues through the use of Artificial Intelligence solutions.

The Social Sciences programme at Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan provides doctoral training focusing on research and analysis of social, economic, legal, and political phenomena.

The primary aim of the graduate program at the University of Toronto Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies is to provide students with opportunities for advanced multi‑disciplinary study and supervised research experience in the areas of crime, the administration of criminal justice, and social studies of law and regulation.

The School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care’s work in the area of Living With Disability and Long-Term Conditions at The Open University UK covers research on a wide spectrum of people’s experiences and care across the life course, including physical and learning disability, living with a long-term condition and receiving and giving care.

Together with Gender Studies, Social Work and Psychology, Sociology forms part of the Department of Social and Psychological Studies at Karlstad University. Sociology also collaborates with other social science subjects in the research school affiliated with the Centre for Regional Studies.

In this Sociology programme at the University of the National Education Commission, Krakow, you will gain advanced, detailed knowledge related to this area of research.

The Service Studies programme offered by Lund University develops advanced research expertise in analysing services and their role in economic, social, cultural, and spatial processes.

This Sociology programme is offered by the Department of Sociology within the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Johannesburg.

The Department of Sociology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln provides a unique opportunity to work with a strong group of active research scholars in the following areas: family and the life course; inequality (race, class and gender); physical and mental health.

The Graduate Program on Global Society at The University of Tokyo is dedicated to bringing together students from across the humanities and social sciences interested in studying, from an interdisciplinary perspective, the phenomena and practices that constitute the unfolding process of globalization. 

Embark on a sociological exploration at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities with the Sociology doctoral program.

Philip University in Marburg proudly offers an enriching doctoral program in Social Sciences and Philosophy, where academic excellence converges with a tradition of intellectual rigor. Aspiring scholars find themselves immersed in a vibrant academic community, dedicated to fostering groundbreaking research and nurturing critical thinkers.

The Sociology Graduate Program at University of California, Berkeley is the heart of our collective enterprise as a department.