Kate Rawlings is a SCDTP-funded student doing a PhD in Geography at the University of Southampton, and is part of the Sustainability, Environment and Resilience pathway. Her PhD aims to bring population data, route analysis and flood risk data together... Read more
The connections between social media and young people’s mental health are very much in the news. Professor Liz Twigg, one of our SCDTP Deputy Directors from the University of Portsmouth discusses some questions about this phenomenon and introduces her new MQ funded research into the area. There are mounting concerns about... Read more
Ellen Hedstrom is an SCDTP-funded student doing a PhD in Psychology at the University of Southampton , and is part of the Population Change, Health and Wellbeing Thematic Cluster Pathway. Her PhD will examine resilience and vulnerability in displaced children, with a focus on parenting. Other... Read more
Viktor Valgardsson is an SCDTP-funded PhD candidate in the Department of Politics and International Relations in the University of Southampton . His PhD research focuses on turnout decline in Western Europe and his other research interests relate to democratic developments, reforms and theory more broadly. We went to South Africa... Read more
Viktor Valgardsson is an SCDTP-funded PhD candidate in the Department of Politics and International Relations in the University of Southampton . His PhD research focuses on turnout decline in Western Europe and his other research interests relate to democratic developments, reforms and theory more broadly. On the weekend of June 22nd-24th,... Read more
Amber Dudley is an SCDTP-funded PhD candidate in the Department of Modern Languages and linguistics at the University of Southampton . Her PhD research focuses on the second language acquisition and processing of complex grammatical structures and the associated implications for language learning and teaching, more generally. On Thursday 17th May... Read more
Nandor Revesz is an SCDTP-funded PhD candidate in Politics and International Relations of the University of Portsmouth, and part of the Citizenship, Governance and Security Thematic Pathway Cluster . His PhD is on the European Parliamentary Research Service (an in-house think tank) of the European Parliament , and the effect of this organisation... Read more
Megan Davies is a SCDTP-funded PhD candidate in the Department of Geography and Environment at the University of Southampton . Her PhD focuses on substance use and smoking behaviours in LGB populations across the UK using advanced quantitative methods. Other research interests include HIV prevention, health policy and social... Read more
Naz Biggs, Beatrice Tura, and Ben Thomas are all students on the SCDTP 1+3 programme. They are using a variety of creative research methods for their MSc dissertations and PhD projects. Naz is interested in how creative methods can be... Read more
Ben Thomas is currently studying a Masters in Social Research Methods, prior to commencing a SCDTP PhD that is funded as part of the government’s Industrial Strategy. His research will explore the extent to which people can access retraining for... Read more
Dr Silke Roth is an Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Southampton, and the Southampton Thematic Cluster Pathway Coordinator for Citizenship, Governance and Security . This blog was written following a teach-out facilitated by the author, and first appeared at: http://southampton.web.ucu.org.uk/2018/03/15/how-digital-communication-transformed-activism/ For the ongoing USS-Strike... Read more