CITIZENSHIP AND BELONGING: POTENTIAL PHD TOPICS
We have considerable experience in guiding students successfully through a PhD and helping applicants develop proposals and seek funding. Where possible, we feel that joint supervision is the best arrangement for students and value the importance of frequent supervisory meetings. We welcome expressions of interest in any of the following areas:
1. Social Identities
Members of the cluster are interested in how social identities are (re)constructed, contested, and resisted in a range of contexts and at a range of scales, from the body to the globe. A key focus for the group is the negotiation of multiple identities and the notion of intersectionality. We are interested in the theoretical, empirical, and practical/policy dimensions of these issues, and have a particular concern for how our research can influence international debates on equality, diversity, and discrimination.
We would welcome research proposals on:
- The geographies of childhood, youth, age, and ageing.
- Geographies of race, ethnicity and segregation.
- Sexuality and gender relations.
- The body.
- Geographies of disability.
- Social exclusion and inclusion.
- Negotiating identities in online and offline worlds.
Cluster members interested in potential PhD students in this area:
2. Migration and Transnationalism
Migration and transnationalism have become key terms to understand movements and flows across the globe. We are interested in how migration and transnationalism affect the geographies around us and the intersections with experiences of citizenship and belonging. Our research focuses on the theoretical, empirical, and practical dimensions of these issues.
We would welcome research proposals on:
- Asylum seekers and refugees.
- Economic migrants.
- Immigration.
- Remittances & social/economic development.
- Fertility.
Cluster members interested in potential PhD students in this area:
Adrian Bailey, Gill Valentine, Louise Waite
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