There is a lively community of doctoral research students in international development at Sussex. Each student is allocated two supervisors and we recruit students wishing to undertake research in the main areas of faculty interests (refer to People). Doctoral students also make strong links with their counterparts in the Institute of Development Studies and often hold joint seminars and other research activities.
Current and recent research topics in international development include:
A development challenge in a crisis state. HIV/AIDS prevention programmes and behavioural change in Zimbabwe. A case of Harare residents
Biodiversity conservation in South India: understanding the environmental practices and politics of indigenous communities in Nilgiri biosphere
Conservation, participation, and development: the rhetoric and reality of medicinal plant policies in Nepal
Integrated conservation in Mexico: reconciling conservation and sustainable development within protected nature areas
Perceptions and realities of the poor in Nigeria: poverty, livehihoods and risks
Re-interpreting the implementation gap: a case-based analysis of District Health System implementation in the Western Cape Province in South Africa
Rural household livelihoods, crop production and well-being after a period of trade reforms: a case study of Rukwa, Tanzania
State formation in the periphery: comparative analysis of case studies
The ambiguity of human rights discourse: the idea of 'the human' and rights-holders in the Gold Coast (1945-57)
The desire of the soul: negotiating sexuality, masculinity and HIV/AIDS discourse in India
The Venezuelan paradox: towards an understanding of the relationship between inequality and violence