Overview
About the programme
We have an international reputation for methodological innovation, with particular strengths in qualitative mixed-methods research, visual methods, biographical and life-story research, discourse analysis, historical methods and ethnography.
This is a dynamic research area, open to many possible postgraduate research projects. It coheres broadly with the multidisciplinary scope of both the Harm and Evidence Research Collaborative (HERC) and Innovation, Knowledge and Development (IKD), both of which welcome Postgraduate Student participation.
Research students are encouraged to participate in the supportive and collegial research culture in the discipline. This Social Policy and Social Justice programme is offered at The Open University UK.
Programme Structure
Research interests include:- corporate crime and harm
- critical analyses of justice – criminal, social and territorial
- forms of criminalisation, non-criminalisation and regulation
- globalisation, social policy and development
- harms to non-human animals
- homelessness and housing
- policing
- research methods
- sites and processes of incarceration
- social harm and zemiology
- social inequalities and divisions
- harms of austerity and social injustice
- the history of criminal justice
- the state and the welfare state
- utopias and utopian social theory
- youth un/employment and youth justice
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
- Part-time
- 72 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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- Application period: January to April
Language
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Disciplines
Sociology Political Science Social Policy View 137 other PhDs in Sociology in United KingdomAcademic requirements
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
Entry requirements
- Minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent). If you are not a UK citizen, you may need to prove your knowledge of English.
Tuition Fee
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International
11958 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 11958 GBP per year during 36 months. -
National
4712 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 4712 GBP per year during 36 months.
Living costs for Milton Keynes
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Funding
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