Dr Stefanie Doebler

I welcome PhD applications in my areas of research of

• Social statistics and quantitative research methods
• Secondary data
• Geography, area-level and contextual effects (with regards to socio-economic inequalities)

Dr Chris Grover

I welcome PhD proposals in the areas of

• Social security policy
• Disability benefits
• Wage supplements (Tax Credits and Universal Credit) and 'exceptional expenses'
• Crime and inequality
• Crime and social policy

Professor Yang Hu

I would be happy to work with students in (the intersection of) the following areas:

(1) Families and intimate relationships;

(2) gender, ethnicity/race, and sexuality in work and employment;

(3) global mobilities and personal relationships.

I particularly welcome proposals using quantitative (including computational) methods but would be happy to consider qualitative and mixed methods as well.

Dr Joanna Kostka

My PhD supervision interests include

• Minority rights
• Roma minority
• European public policy
• Refugee and asylum seekers
• Community development
• Social exclusion and poverty
• Social movements
• Environmental justice

Dr Jadwiga Leigh

I welcome PhD proposals in the areas of

• Ethnography
• Visual methods
• Discourse analysis
• Symbolic interactionism
• Goffman/dramaturgy
• Organisational culture
• Professional identity
• Child protection

Dr Lisa Morriss

I welcome PhD proposals in the areas of

• Stigma
• Inequality
• Motherhood
• Mental health
• Tattoos
• Arts-based creative methods
• Hauntology
• Ethnomethodology
• Ethnography
• Narrative approaches

Professor Clare Stone

I welcome PhD applications in my areas of research and interest:

• Learning in the workplace
• Social work education
• Competence for and in social work practice