PhD Migration Studies in Canterbury United Kingdom | University of Kent

We provide exceptional supervision spanning diverse social and public policy fields, focusing on investigating the drivers and consequences of global population movements.

Detailed information about faculty research projects, publications, and departmental research units can be found on our website. Alongside personalized supervision sessions, all doctoral candidates participate in a comprehensive research methodology course.

With a rich academic legacy, our institution stands among Europe's most prominent and accomplished social science research hubs. In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF), our Social Work and Social Policy department achieved 100% recognition for world-class or internationally outstanding research impact and environment.

Our School fosters a vibrant postgraduate community, having awarded over £100,000 in ESRC quota allocations, along with University and SSPSSR grants and scholarships to incoming students in 2010.

Faculty members conduct groundbreaking comparative and theoretical research, with particular expertise in: nonprofit organizations and civil society, transnational social policy analysis, healthcare systems and welfare studies, labor markets and economic sociology, risk assessment methodologies, diversity studies and religious sociology, policy development frameworks, embodiment theories, criminology and cultural studies, contemporary sociological theory.