Finding a supervisor

As a student you will have two supervisors in order to cover sufficient specialism and a variety of skills and expertise within your research project.

We make sure that you get the very best training by:

  • Streamlining the way that we provide you with feedback throughout your doctoral research project;
  • Introducing personal development planning (PDP) as a core component;
  • Giving you opportunities to enhance your career building skills;
  • Making sure that you are fully integrated into Politics' research community;
  • Championing Political Perspectives, which is run by our PhD students; and
  • Helping financially wherever possible with fieldwork trips and the costs associated with presenting papers at conferences.

Our supervisors work across a range of politics research areas, our specialisms include:

  • Comparative public policy and institutions
  • Global political economy
  • Political theory
  • Democracy and elections
  • Critical global politics
  • Projects and networks, such as The British Election Survey and Gender in Politics

Explore our key research themes below and the staff who work within these, then click through to see their individual interests and what they would be keen to supervise.

Research themes

 

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Why Manchester?

We turn enthusiasm into achievement and theory into cutting-edge practice. You’ll develop skills, knowledge and experience that will make employers sit up and listen.