Environment and Society PhD

Lancaster University

This degree is for those who want to engage critically, practically and creatively with global and local environmental problems by developing their own research expertise related to the intersection of the environment and society. We currently have staff who research a range of socio-environmental issues including the implications of the declaration of a new geological epoch of the Anthropocene, the socio-environmental conflicts regarding urban and development projects in the Global South, the socio-cultural changes triggered by climate change and more-than human social world. This work is often marked by engagement with theoretical concepts from Science and Technologies Studies, mobilities research, and practice theories. You will join an international and interdisciplinary community with students working on PhDs in Sociology, Gender Studies, Science Studies, Media and Cultural Studies, and Applied Social Science. You will be assigned PhD supervisors (usually two), and consideration will be taken to match you with supervisor(s) whose current active research interests and expertise are relevant to your chosen topic. Close working relations are enjoyed with other departments at Lancaster, and in some cases, there is cross-departmental supervision.