Subcultures, countercultures, culture

Social Policy and Criminology at the Open University has extensive interests and an international profile in this field. It is engaged in several areas of research that help to understand various formations of subcultures, countercultures, and social movements, their music, rituals, resistances and pitfalls worldwide.
 
Our substantive areas of interest include:

• music subcultures, countercultures and social movements
• intersections between urban culture and crime and justice
• Drugs and culture

We warmly welcome postgraduate students in these areas. Research students are encouraged to participate in the supportive and collegial research culture in the department and the wider School of Social Sciences and Global Studies. Staff in this research area are members of the Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice.

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 supervisors

This theme encompasses most department academic staff members. The departmental website gives the main areas of research expertise of academic staff, as well as links to their personal webpages and research publications.

• Dr Lucy Bryant
• Dr Eleni Dimou
• Dr Leigh Downes
• Dr Stuart Taylor

Fees and funding

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.

Links

• Social Policy and Criminology at The Open University
• Innovation, Knowledge and Development
• Harm and Evidence Research Collaborative (HERC)
• Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice