The School of Law, Politics and Sociology is a vibrant research unit within which over 50 members of faculty undertake research on a wide range of topics, as individual researchers, within domestic and international teams of researchers, and within renowned research centres, including the Centre for Responsibilities, Rights and the Law and the Sussex European Institute.
FULLY FUNDED PhD STUDENTSHIPS: ESRC Doctoral Training Centre
The University of Sussex has been awarded one of just 21 ‘Doctoral Training Centres’ in the UK by the Economic and Social Research Council. The School of Law, Politics & Sociology has a number of studentships that are connected to the Citizenship, Justice and Security pathway.
This news means that there will be 3 new funded studentships from October 2012. We will have a variety of ‘training pathways’ to suit different students. We are therefore inviting applications from suitably qualified applicants. Studentships will be payable at the equivalent of the Home/EU fee per annum for full time students and in the case of UK students will also include maintenance grant of £13,590 to cover living expenses. The available studentships are for both 1+3(MSc plus PhD) and +3 (PhD only) routes.
Outline research proposals are sought from any area of Law, Politics, Contemporary European Studies, Sociology and Gender Studies. Those considering making an application can contact relevant research degree convenors in the School as follows:
Law: Dr Richard Vogler R.K.Vogler@sussex.ac.uk
Politics: Professor Aleks Szczerbiak A.A.Szczerbiak@sussex.ac.uk
Sociology: Professor Gillian Bendelow G.A.Bendelow@sussex.ac.uk
Gender Studies: Dr Alison Phipps A.E.Phipps@sussex.ac.uk
Further particulars regarding the application process and the Sussex ESRC DTC studentship application forms are available from the Sussex ESRC DTC website.
For information on the supervision available in the Schools, please see: and refer to:
The Sussex Law School
Politics and Contemporary European Studies
Sociology
The closing date in 16 February 2012 (5pm).
Faculty research engages with some of the most timely, complex and interesting issues exercising the national and international agenda, from prison reform to globalisation, pharmaceutical regulation, gender and family law, the European Union, the politics of citizenship and migration, international law and justice, bureaucracy and institutional leadership, health, social turbulence, human rights and crime.
Our three departments all secured top 20 rankings in the Research Assessment Exercise in 2008. The Department of Politics and Contemporary European Studies was ranked second out of 27 European studies units in British universities Of the 39 sociology departments ranked nationally, the Department of Sociology was ranked 16th and was in the top ten for world-leading or internationally excellent research. The Department of Law was also ranked 16th, out of 67 departments.
Since the start of the last RAE period, faculty within our school have secured over £3.5 million in external research funding from a range of funding councils, governmental and non-governmental bodies, charities and private organisations, including: the Economic and Social Research Council; the British Academy; the Arts and Humanities Research Council; the Nuffield Foundation; the Leverhulme Trust; the European Union; the Wellcome Trust; and the NHS.
We work with scholars within the UK and internationally, with governmental and non-governmental organisations, with the private sector and the media, and have strong links with research and community projects from the local Sussex area to the United Nations. We are always seeking to develop our projects and welcome contact. We have a wide range of research training programmes at postgraduate levels, encourage students to realise their potential in research and seek to prepare them on an individual basis for professional life after the completion of their studies
At the level of professional researchers in the UK, in the European Union, or further afield, we encourage visiting fellows to join us in developing their research projects in conjunction with our own. You are also welcome to visit our Departmental research pages, or to contact us directly.
