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PhD Options
PhD PROGRAMMES
Please contact the Post-graduate Co-ordinator Dr. Niamh Hourigan or the Recruitment Officer for more specific information.
To see staff interests and specialties please check their research interests here.
PhD Sociology (PAC code: CKG55)
For PhD students, our Department offers high quality supervision with
some of Ireland's most critically acclaimed sociologists as well as the
opportunity to participate in a range of post-graduate seminars. The PhD Sociology is a traditional research PhD with students carrying out independent research under supervision for a duration of 3 or 4 years.
PhD GREP programme (PAC code: CKH81 (*closed*))
The PhD (Social Science) is a four year (full time) taught structured postgraduate academic degree aimed at graduates of sociology, social policy, applied social studies, government, politics, anthropology and cognate disciplines who wish to pursue research in the general areas of globalisation, policy analysis, civil society, the state, active citizenship and culture. The aim of the programme is to produce highly skilled social researchers who can contribute to the development of society and the public sphere either as autonomous social research professionals, or as cutting edge academic social theorists, or as critically informed leaders in civil society, statutory or market organisations.
PhD Sociology & Philosophy (PAC code: CKG93)
This is new, structured, modularized, credit-weighted (ECTS) doctoral programme, combining taught elements and research dissertation synthesizing the strengths of the new School of Sociology & Philosophy. The aim of the programme is to produce highly skilled social researchers who can contribute to the development of society and the public sphere either as autonomous social research professionals, or as cutting edge academic social theorists, or as critically informed leaders in civil society, statutory or market organisations.
