Postgraduate Prospectus

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Ewa Morawska, MA Warsaw, PhD
Boston (Professor)
Comparative-historical sociology; social
theory; philosophy of social science;
sociology of culture; international
migration; ethnicity and citizenship
Lydia Morris, BA Keele, PhD London
(Professor)
Human rights; migration and asylum;
social citizenship; social exclusion
Sean Nixon, BSc Plymouth, PhD Open
(Senior Lecturer)
Cultural sociology; cultural theory; cultural
industries; global consumer cultures and
the media
Lynne Pettinger, BA Oxford, MA PhD
Essex (Senior Lecturer)
Economic sociology; cultural sociology;
gender; work; employment; consumption;
sex work; photography
Ken Plummer, BSc PhD London
(Professor)
Sociology of sexualities; sexual citizenship;
embodiment; humanistic research
methods such as narrative and life story
Mike Roper, BA Melbourne, MA Monash,
PhD Essex (Professor)
History of subjectivity; emotional
experience of war; cultural and social
history; psychoanalysis and sociology;
biographical methods; masculinity
Róisin Ryan Flood, BA Cork, MPhil
Dublin, PhD LSE (Lecturer)
Sexuality; kinship; gender; reproductive
technologies; comparative welfare states
Colin Samson, BA Arizona, MSc London,
PhD California (Senior Lecturer)
Indigenous people of North America;
human rights; cultural histories of (post)
colonialism; medicine and psychiatry;
visual sociology
Nigel South, BA MA Essex, PhD CNAA
(Professor)
Comparative and theoretical criminology;
green criminology; drugs; health and
community safety; comparative penology
and policing
Yasemin Soysal, BA Bogazici, Istanbul,
PhD Stanford (Senior Lecturer)
Political sociology; nation state and
citizenship; human rights; globalisation;
international migration; European
integration
Rob Stones, BA Bristol, MA Leeds,
PhD Essex (Professor)
Structuation theory; social theory; moral
and political analysis and sociology; film,
narrative analysis and the public sphere;
relationships between social theory and
empirical studies
Hiroko Tanaka, BA Reed, MSc Chicago,
MA Ohio, PhD Oxford (Senior Lecturer)
Social interaction; conversation analysis;
ethnomethodology; contemporary
Japanese society; gender; cross-cultural
analysis
Darren Thiel, BSc MSc PhD LSE
(Lecturer)
Social class and stratification; economic
sociology; migration, globalisation and
crime; globalisation and policing;
policing terrorism
Jackie Turton, BA PhD Essex
(Senior Lecturer)
Criminology; child protection; maternal
child abuse; qualitative research for
policy contexts
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MSc Survey Methods for Social Research
covers all of the key topics in survey
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questionnaire design, the management
of the survey process and methods for
analysing survey data. You also choose an
optional topic from a range of modules in
our Department or another social science
discipline. Central to your studies is an
emphasis on practical learning and
experience, so you undertake a work
placement in one of a number of
professional research organisations,
and are taught by academics and leading
survey research practitioners.
Graduate Certificate in Sociology•
Our Graduate Certificate in Sociology is
a nine-month course designed as a
qualifying year if you need further study
before embarking on your MA. We offer
courses within sociology and criminology
which cover the intellectual breadth and
depth of our staff expertise and
enthusiasms.
Research study
We were ranked the top department in
the UK in the last RAE (December 2008).
Our research students are supervised and
supported by world leaders in their fields,
so you graduate with an outstanding
qualification that will help in all your
future endeavours.
Our research strength lies in our size,
in the range and diversity of our research
interests and our staff members who are
committed to research and publication.
Our research stretches out across Europe,
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