Conflict, Security and Development

Award Award	Duration Duration	Start dates Start dates	Application Application
PhD (MPhil also available) PhD (MPhil also available)	Full-time: 3–4 years Part-time: 6–8 years Full-time: 3–4 years Part-time: 6–8 years	February and October February and October	January to April January to April

There are complex connections between conflict, security, and development. The securitisation and militarisation of various global regions, and aspects of everyday life, intersect with and impact many development issues. While processes of social change can be violent and generate conflict, development is often framed as a means of ensuring peace and security. The relationships between conflict, security and development receive increasing attention within development policy and practice at local, national, international, and global scales.

Understanding this contentious field requires critical engagement with the interests and capabilities of various actors, including states, non-state armed actors, non-governmental organisations, and multinational corporations.

We are interested in how conflict and security relate to different development issues, including climate change, health, the use of information and communications technologies, and migration. We draw on a range of disciplinary perspectives in our work, including history, political science, anthropology, and criminology, and welcome interdisciplinary and methodologically innovative projects.

Minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent). If you are not a UK citizen, you may need to prove your knowledge of English.

UK fee UK fee	International fee International fee
Full-time: £5,006 per year Full-time: £5,006 per year	Full-time: £12,705 per year Full-time: £12,705 per year
Part-time: £2,503 per year Part-time: £2,503 per year	Part-time: £6,353 per year Part-time: £6,353 per year

Some of our research students are funded via The Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership; others are self-funded.

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