Areas of supervision

We offer PhD supervision in five different research areas which map onto our main research themes. Below you can find a list of colleagues who are active in each area and the titles of recent projects by our postgraduate researchers.

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Applied criminal justice

Members of staff doing research in this area

PhD research projects in this area

  • "What can a historical analysis of youth justice legislation tell us about the nature of youth justice?"
  • "Tackling the criminogenic influences on youth offending: Contexts, mechanisms and outcomes"
  • "Risk assessments in child protection: Consequences on the perceptions of young people as victims"

 

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Children, young people and families

Members of staff doing research in this area

PhD research projects in this area

  • "Parents Negotiations with Children Over New Media Technology in Thailand"
  • "The Cost of Bringing Up An Autistic Child"
  • "Child Sexual Exploitation As A Route Into Street Sex Work"
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Intersectionalities and citizenship

Members of staff doing research in this area

PhD research projects in this area

  • "Exploring female strength and power: an ethnography of strongwoman”
  • "Believing through Belonging: A Sociological Study of Christian Conversion of Chinese Migrants in Britain"
  • "'Dubai is a transit lounge'. Migration, belonging and national identity in Pakistani Professionals in the UAE"
  • "The Transformation of British Comic Racism in the Cultural Public Sphere"
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Digital and health technologies

Members of staff doing research in this area

PhD research projects in this area

  • “Digital media use among women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Intersections of health, gender identity and new technology”
  • “Journeys and politics in and around digital media: an ethnographic study of how teenagers with physical disabilities use the internet”
  • "A qualitative study exploring managerial and donor perspectives of charitable impact, efficacy, and the effective altruism movement”
  • "Exploring deprivation, locality and health: a qualitative study on St Ann's Nottingham"
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Consumption, culture and inequalities

Members of staff doing research in this area

PhD research projects in this area

  • "Inequalities and mobile dating apps usage among gay communities in England"

  • "Attitudes towards Same-Sex Parenting: A Comparative Analysis of Turkish-British Perspectives"

  • "The Formation of National Identity beyond Nations: The Role of Supra-national and National Identity in the Genesis of Chinese Society"