| 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 |
Sustainability is now a critical and transformative issue in development theory and practice. Our work within the Development Policy and Practice group, covers a wide spectrum of sustainability challenges, ranging from climate change to marine conservation. Our research focus spans diverse regions, including the United Kingdom, Africa, and Amazonia, with a particular emphasis on the politics of sustainability and the governance of development and the environment. We explore the evolving geopolitical landscape and its impact on sustainability, alongside the role of informal and community-based institutions in shaping development outcomes. Our commitment to policy change is underpinned by supporting participatory action research and decolonising the ideas and practices of development studies. We welcome applications for research projects that adopt interdisciplinary approaches and critically engage with global development issues.
Entry requirements
Minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent). If you are not a UK citizen, you may need to prove your .
Potential research projects
- The politics of climate change adaptation and disaster risk management
- Urban poverty and climate change
- Understanding climate change vulnerabilities
- Systemic approaches to climate change and development
- The politics of renewable energy provision and implications for development
- Climate change and child development
- Marine conservation, heritage, and the implications for development
- Sustainability initiatives, including digital technologies, and their implications for development
- Geopolitics and the environment
- Environmental governance and development
- Climate change, migration and development
Current/recent research projects
- The linkages between gender-based violence, housing insecurity and climate change in the UK
- Climate change adaptation by smallholder farmers in Iran
- The politics of disaster recovery in Nepal
- Financing shelter recovery post disaster
- Chinese backed renewable energy projects
- AgroEcos: Research partnership for an agroecology-based solidarity economy
Potential supervisors
Fees and funding
| UK fee |
International fee |
| Full-time: 拢4,786 per year |
Full-time: 拢12,146 per year |
| Part-time: 拢2,393 per year |
Part-time: 拢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 .
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