Cities, Politics, Infrastructures | Research Degrees

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Award Award	Duration Duration	Start dates Start dates	Application Application
PhD PhD	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	November to April Mid-Jan for funded PhDs November to April Mid-Jan for funded PhDs

What makes a progressive sense of place? Who and what, exactly, are cities open to in the present political conjuncture? These are the kind of questions motivating this research area concerned with rethinking the many struggles, conflicts and coexistences shaping everyday urban life. Exploring the changing configurations of space, power and politics, our research includes work on the remaking of health and the local state, urban politics, infrastructures, identities, disability justice and the possibilities of designing cities and the built environment differently.

Much of our research works closely with local government, NHS, third sector organisations and activists, often adopting creative and participatory approaches to open up geographical research to wider publics and constituencies.

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

Applications are welcome to study any topic that resonates with the concerns of the OpenSpace Research Centre or Geography discipline more broadly.

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.

For detailed information about fees and funding, visit Fees and studentships.

To see current funded studentship vacancies across all research areas, see Current studentships.

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