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.

Our varied research interests allow us to offer postgraduate research supervision in a wide variety of topics and regions.

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

Explore our staff who work within these research areas via keyword search or click through to see their individual interests and what they would be keen to supervise.

Academic staff

Search our staff list, their research interests and contact potential supervisors.

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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.