Research degrees in Geography
The breadth of the Department of Geography and Environmental Science's research expertise offers a wide range of opportunities for those wishing to embark on a programme of doctoral research in human or physical geography. Research students work under the close supervision of members of academic staff. We welcome applications from those wishing to study full or part-time. The Department is part of the London Social Science ESRC Doctoral Training Centre (joint between Queen Mary/Goldsmiths), the London NERC Doctoral Training Partnership, the Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctoral Programme on 'Science for Management of Rivers and their Tidal Systems’, and also regularly receives AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Awards.
Prospective PhD students are encouraged to consider the wide variety of academic research areas covered by the Department of Geography and Environmental Science. Our research strengths include:
- migration studies
- geographies of development
- global health (linked with Blizard Institute)
- biosciences and health security
- labour and global production (linked with Business and Management)
- studies of the home (collaboration with the Geffrye Museum of the Home)
- urban geography
- urban cultural politics
- historical geography
- geographies of knowlege and practice
- environmental science (including specialisms in freshwater biogeochemical processes, fluvial processes, aquatic restoration projects and geoarchives)
See also: the website for the Department of Geography and Environmental Science.