Department of Social & Policy Sciences

Postgraduate research students

Student Research topic title Supervisor
Asha Abeyasekera-Van Dort Women's Empowerment And Wellbeing
Adrian Adams The Development Of Boyhood Masculinities In The Sport Of Football
Hilary Aked The Israel lobby in the UK since 1997
Janan Aljabiri Social Policy in Iraq and the role of Civil Society Organisations Post Saddam Hussein Era
Ramlatu Attah  Social Protection And Informal Sector Workers In Ghana 
Tara Bailey  Going to Funerals in Contemporary Britain: the Individual, the Family and the Meeting with Death
Lenka Banovcova Work And Transition In The Czech Republic
Fay Beck  Women, Smoking Cessation And Disadvantage: A Mixed Methods Investigation into The Factors Influencing Smoking Cessation In Women 
  • Dr Fiona Gillison
  • Dr Rosemary Hiscock
Sarah Blower  Investigation Into The Psychological And Physiological Stress Responses Of Children Making The Transition To Secondary School And The Resultant Impact On Their Emotional And Behavioural Outcome 
Daniela Bressa Florentin  Competing Modernities In Development Discourse: Authenticity And Identity In South American Indigenous Movements 
Lucy Brown The Political Economy And Social Ecology Of Biomass Energy In Scotland
James Canton Lone Parents: Networks Of Support
Kaneta Choudhury Quality Of Life In Bangladesh: An Exploration Of People's Goals, Values And Resources
Cynthia Cueva-Luna Lives And Futures Of Undocumented Migrant Children In The United States
Gabrielle Davies Living With Landmines: Mine Action, Development And Wellbeing In Post-Conflict Society - A Case Study In Cambodia
Rani Dhanda Urban Communities: Racism, Regeneration and Policy
Juan Pablo Ferrero The Politics Of Democratisation In Post-Transition Contexts: Social Movement Organisations And Trade Unions In The Production Of Democratic Subjectivities In Argentina And Brazil
Oscar Garza Vazquez Affiliation And The Transmission Of Injustice: Exploring The Dynamics Between Autonomy And Affiliation
Alinka Gearon Child trafficking
Beatrice Godwin Communication And Consultation In Advanced Dementia
Joshua Graham Feasting with death: a comparative ethnography of English and American funeral food practices
Robin Gravesteijn Performance Based Trade Offs And Synergies Between Financial And Social Goals In Microfinance. Is There A Business Case For Decent Work?
Tigist Grieve Child Education And Wellbeing
Thomas Griffin Neoconservative Networks in Europe
Rita Griffiths The Effects Of Means Testing In The UK Tax And Benefit System On Female Employment Participation And Family Structure
Claire Harkins Who's Driving Drink Policy? Alcohol Control and Multi Level Governance
Dong Hoang Corporate Codes of Conduct and Labour Standards in Global Supply Chains: Implementation of the Codes in Vietnam's Garment Factories
Julie Humberstone Microfinance: Managing For Organisational Self-Reliance And Social Impact In India
Rebecca Huovinen Mobility And Wellbeing In Peru: The Dynamics Of Relational Anchoring
Cynthia Jeans Redefining Child Well-Being And Child Policy?
Shreya Jha Gendered Dimensions Of Wellbeing
Aliki Karapliagou Bereavement in the African-Caribbean Community in Britain: the Legacy of Slavery and the Culture of Grief
Yuka Kodama Livelihood Strategies Of Young Women In The Context Of De-Agrarianization: An Ethiopian Study
Jana Kralova Social Death: A Useful Cross-Disciplinary Concept?
Hung-Ju Lai Adult Unwed Single Mothers and their Experience using Welfare in Taiwan
Tom Lavers The Political Economy of Social Policy and Agrarian Transformation In Ethiopia
Sung Hee Lee The Relations Between the Different Responses of Regime Regarding their Core Policies and Core Politics
Sarah Long Exploring The Embodied Experience And Associated Narratives Of Disability Within The Context Of The Christian Church
Fiona MacGill Mothering And Sustained Part-Time Working: Impacts On Identity And Wellbeing
Lorraine McKechnie Who Rules Universities? An Investigation Of The Links Between Corporate Power, University Governance And Dominant Management Paradigms
Markku Malkamaki An Institutional Analysis Of Savings Group Development Using Evidence From Kenya
Deborah Martin Community Treatment Orders: Care Or Control?
Luke Martinelli Effectiveness of Industrial Policy / Industrial Policy and the WTO
Thomais Massala Governance and Management of Pension Funds Investment Strategies and their impact on Socio-economic Performance in Comparative Perspective
Niall Meehan Troubled History
Roger Merino Acuña Globalisation, Free Trade Agreements and Indigenous Autonomy: Common Property vs. Private Property in the Peruvian Amazon
Thomas Mills What Has Been The Nature Of The BBC's Relationship With The State And Other Centres of Power During Periods Of Social And Economic Conflict?
Fiona Morgan An Analysis of the Treatment of Informal Care as a Social Risk in England
Sophie Olver The Role Of Migration Governance In The Changing Political Economy Of The Gulf States
Richard Oppong Ntiri Mining and Alternative Livelihoods in Ghana
Mizuho Ozaki A Juku Childhood: 'Well Being' And 'Well Becoming'? The Role Of Juku In Shaping Japanese Childhood, Future Adulthood And Parenthood
Didem Ozkiziltan Global Political Economy and the Basic Socio-Economic Security in Turkey
Frederick Pitts The Social Validation of Abstract Labour-time: A Case Study of Billable Hours in the Global Design Industry
Viviana Ramirez The Collective Nature Of Wellbeing: The Case Of An Institution –Beneficiary Relationship
Pattharapong Rattanasevee The Impact Of Regional Economic Integration On Foreign Policy
Roy Revie Governance And Diplomacy In The Information Age: An Analysis Of Government And Military Communication In The Age Of Web 2.0
Stavros Rodokanakis Unemployment and the Impact of Vocational Training: The Greek Labour Market during the Period 1988-2000
Justin Rogers Young People's Experiences Of Kinship Foster Care
Rizwaan Sabir  Understanding And Communicating Counter-Terrorism Policy In the UK and Scotland Post 09/11 and 07/07
Berenice Scandone Ethnic Diversity and Social Cohesion: Networks of Relations in Local Communities
Jason Schaub A changing profession? The impact of recent central goverment policy changes on the practice and profession of social workers within children's services.
Matthias Schlögl Addiction Industries: Web of Influence  
Mian Abid Shah Economic development and informal sector: can informal institutions help in economic development of KPK and FATA in Pakistan  
Susanna Siddiqui How Do Social Relations Enable Or Constrain Economic Advancement
Jim Slaven Re-Theorising The Irish In Scotland
Olivia Smith Observing Justice: An Exploration Of Court Responses To Victims Of Sexual Violence
Jens-Filip Stanislawski Taxation, Citizenship And Democratic Reform In Bangladesh
Ben Tantua The Potential For Participatory Development In Oil Led Economy
Lucy Taylor Escaping domestic violence and entering poverty? A feminist exploration of the impact of leaving an abusive relationship on lone mothers' financial circumstances
Anne Marie Thake Matching Competencies And Projected Employment Requirements In Public And Private Sectors: A Critical Review Of Policies And Policy Instruments
Jason Tucker Looking into Tensions between Theoretical and Pragmatic Civil Society Organisations who Assist Refugees
Ricardo Velazquez Leyer The Impact of Neoliberal Reforms on a Familistic Welfare Regime: the Case of Mexico in the Face of Rapid Changes in Family Structure
Timothy Williams The Political Economy of Children's Education in Rwanda: Exploring Aspirations, Motivations and Meaning
Lina Xiao Resilience Of Left-Behind Children In China
Chen Ying Chinese state-owned sector's labour relation in transition

 

 
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