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| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2023-09-01 | - |
Program Overview
Overview
Join us for a PhD in Geography. Our research engages with applied issues and public policy concerns. It also covers more abstract cultural and theoretical issues.
Physical geography
Our research strengths in physical geography include:
We carry out research through active collaboration with colleagues in Newcastle University and beyond. Our research takes us to a wide variety of environments across the globe, including:
Examples of recent research projects include:
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funds many of our research projects. We are also a member of the IAPETUS Doctoral Training Partnership.
Our Physical Geography PhD involves advanced study and research into a specific area. Subject to COVID-19 restrictions, you'll undertake fieldwork or lab-based research in topics such as:
Find out more about our physical geography research
Economic geographies
Our research in economic geographies is theoretically informed and politically engaged. It covers the production, forms, experiences and impacts of uneven geographies of:
Our location in the north east is a European periphery. Our researchers in this theme explore 'ordinary', diverse and/or marginalised economies and subjectivities. They also scrutinise orthodox socio-economic models and practices in the following contexts:
Economic geographies contribute much of the work in the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies.
Find out more about our economic geographies research
Power, space, politics
In power, space, politics our research focuses on the expression of political power across space and includes topics around:
We conduct research on a range of scales. From the international and national to the individual, with reference to a range of global contexts. Our work is methodologically innovative, drawing on:
This enables us to produce grounded, empirically informed reflections on the multiple ways in which concepts of power, space and politics intersect.
Find out more about our power, space and politics research
Geographies of social change
In geographies of social change we explore and extend an applied, critical understanding of cities and urbanism. Ideas that run through our research include:
These lead us to connect with issues of:
Find out more about our geographies of social change research
Many of the research opportunities in geography are interdisciplinary and we are keen to encourage supervision across subject areas. For example there are opportunities for joint supervision with Latin American researchers in the School of Modern Languages.
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