Max Dixon is an ESRC SCDTP-funded Masters in Social Research Methods student at the University of Southampton with a proposed PhD at the University of Portsmouth in the school of Area Studies focusing on UK-Taiwan relations. His research explores how... Read more
Wolfram Kaiser is Professor of European Studies at the University of Portsmouth. Since April 2022, he has been heading the newly established European Parliament (EP) History Service in Brussels in a part-time role. He has widely researched and published on... Read more
Dimitra Kiousi is a split-site PhD candidate at the University of Portsmouth (UK), School of Area Studies, Politics, History and Literature and Halmstad University (Sweden). Funded by the University of Portsmouth as part of a three-year Portsmouth-Halmstad partnership, Dimitra’s cross-collaborative... Read more
Mihaela Iorga is a third-year PhD student in the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics, at the University of Portsmouth. She submitted her thesis in November 2022 and is preparing to defend it in March 2023. Her academic interests include... Read more
Paul Flenley has researched and published in the areas of Russian Foreign Policy – particularly Russia-EU/NATO relations; Russian nationalism and national identity, the Russian Revolution and early development of the Soviet state. His most recent publications have been on the... Read more
Dr Silke Roth and Professor Tony Chafer are Thematic Cluster Pathway Coordinators of the Citizenship, Governance and Security TCP. Dr Silke Roth is an Associate Professor in Sociology in theUniversity of Southampton. She is interested in meaningful work and engagement for social justice.... Read more
Bethan Prosser is an SCDTP-funded student in Applied Social Sciences. Her PhD investigates the social and cultural aspects of seaside gentrification on the UK’s south coast. Bethan has a background of working in the community voluntary sector and supporting community-university... Read more
The highlight of the SCDTP calendar is without doubt our annual residential visit which saw us return to Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park for our 2018 event. Steeped in history, Cumberland Lodge offers an idyllic venue and location, and is remote... Read more
Dr Marije Schaafsma is the University of Southampton’s thematic cluster pathway coordinator of the Sustainability, Environment and Resilience pathway of the SCDTP. She is an environmental economist and is interested in decisions concerning ecosystem management and human development. She specialises in the application of... Read more
Ben Brindle is an SCDTP-funded student on the MSc Social Research Methods at the University of Southampton, and part of the Global Economies and Business Innovation Thematic Cluster Pathway. His PhD in Economics will explore the impact of immigration on... Read more
Looking into the Academic bubble by Glenn Miller (South Coast DTP Manager) As the manager of the South Coast DTP I feel I have a unique perspective of the journey of an ESRC funded PhD student. I don’t have a... Read more
Jamie Furlong is an SCDTP-funded PhD candidate in Social Statistics & Demography. His PhD is on relationships between population change and electoral voting in the UK. Other research interests include European demography and population processes, analysing neighbourhood-level ethnic and social changes, and... Read more