| Qualifications |
Duration |
Start dates |
Application period |
PhD
(MPhil also available) |
Full-time: 3–4 years
Part-time: 6–8 years |
February and October |
January to April |
Qualifications
PhD (MPhil also available) |
Duration
Full-time: 3–4 years
Part-time: 6–8 years |
Start dates
February and October |
Application period
January to April |
The Department of Social Policy and Criminology is recognised for its critical scholarship that challenges assumptions about ‘crime’, ‘the criminal’ and/or ‘justice’ and critically interrogates criminology as a field of study. Substantive areas of interest include:
- corporate and/or state crimes and harms
- corporate and/or state power and the research process
- criminalisation of homelessness
- substance use and prohibitionist drug policies
- illegal drugs
- Gambling
- Zemiology
- utopias
Many staff are members of the Harm and Evidence Research Collaborative. Research students are encouraged to participate in the supportive and collegial research culture of the discipline.
Entry requirements
Minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent). If you are not a UK citizen, you may need to prove your knowledge of English.
Potential research projects
We are open to receiving proposals on a wide range of research projects on this broad topic.
Potential supervisors
Fees and funding
| UK fee |
International fee |
| Full-time: £4,786 per year |
Full-time: £12,146 per year |
| Part-time: £2,393 per year |
Part-time: £6,073 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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