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Geographical Sciences (Human Geography)
| Awards available | MPhil PhD |
|---|---|
| Duration of programme | MPhil: One year full-time; two years part-time PhD: Four years full-time; seven years part-time |
| Number of places | Not fixed |
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Programme overview
The School of Geographical Sciences is one of the world's leading international centres for research and educational scholarship. It has been awarded the top 5* rating in every government assessment of research excellence.
The Graduate School is integral to this success. We have a large and vibrant graduate community, focusing both on PhDs by research and on taught programmes. The graduate community has a strong international and interdisciplinary flavour, and offers an exceptional academic environment for postgraduate research.
Research opportunities span a variety of subjects at the leading edge of geographical research. There is also a range of exciting possibilities for interdisciplinary research that cross and connect research groups as well as departments. We urge you to consult the websites of individual members of staff as well as websites that detail collective research interests.
Research Groups
There are three main research groups.
- Geographies of Political Economy. Research expertise includes neoliberalism, globalisation, governmentality, regulation and analytical political economy.
- Historical and Cultural Geography. Main interests include the history of geographical thought and the history of science, cultural landscapes, geographies of performance and issues of textuality.
- Spatial modelling. Research focuses on multi-level modelling, spatial econometrics, spatial time-series analysis, ecological inference and non-linear systems.
For Physical Geography postgraduate research programmes, please see the Geographical Sciences (Physcial) entry.
Entry requirements
An upper second-class honours degree in a relevant subject or an equivalent qualification and a Masters qualification from a UK university (or equivalent).
For information on international equivalent qualifications, please see our International Office website.
Admissions statement
Read the programme admissions statement for important information on entry requirements, the application process and supporting documents required.
Key research interests
Geographies of Political Economy
Dr Adam Dixon, Political and economic geographies of finance and financial instituitions; comparative and international political economy.
Dr Malcolm Fairbrother, Comparative and international political economy; globalization; elites; social theory; Latin and North America; comparative methods; international institutions and governance.
Dr Maria Fannin, Governmentality and the body; feminist theory; social reproduction.
Dr Mark Jackson, Postcolonial geography; contemporary and historical urbanisation; social theory; human/natural interaction; visual culture.
Professor Wendy Larner, Globalisation, governance and gender.
Dr Ann Laudati, Natural resource exploitation and conflict; sub-Saharan Africa; conservation and development; political ecology.
Dr Julie MacLeavy, Political and economic geographies of work and welfare; urban studies and gender.
Historical and Cultural Geography
Dr John-David Dewsbury, Cultural geography, in particular the performing arts; embodied practices and performativity in everyday life; post-structural theory.
Dr Paul Glennie, Geographies of times and timing; food and agrarian change; historical geography, especially of late-medieval and early modern England (consumption and consumer societies, urbanism, demography).
Professor Robert Mayhew, History of geographical thought; historical geography and intellectual history.
Dr Merle Patchett, 'More-than-human' geographies: museum geographies or the geographies of collections; architectural practices and aesthetics, built space, design and lived experience; art-geography collaborations.
Dr Yvonne Whelan, Cultural and historical geography; landscape; memory and identity; Irish Studies.
Spatial Modelling
Dr Richard Harris, GIS; geodemographics; visualization; spatial statistics.
Professor Ron Johnston, Electoral and political geography; ethnicity; the history of human geography.
Professor Kelvyn Jones, Geography of health; spatial data analysis; multi-level modelling.
Dr David Manley, GIS; large scale quantitative analysis; neighbourhood effects; economic geography.
Professor Clive Sabel, GIS, spatial epidemiology.
Dr Wenfei Winnie Wang, Population and urban geography; quantitative methods; China.
Application deadline: Please see the School website for further details
Get in touch
Postgraduate Activities and Admissions Co-ordinator
School of Geographical Sciences
University of Bristol
University Road
Bristol
BS8 1SS, UK
Phone: +44 (0) 117 954 5977
Email: geog-pgadmis@bristol.ac.uk
Web: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/geography
International students
English-language requirements: 6.5 overall with at least 6.0 in each band, in addition to the standard entry requirements.
Find information for international students on eligibility, funding options and studying at Bristol.
Fees and funding
2014/15 fees
Full-time: UK/EU £3,939;
overseas £13,400
Fees quoted are provisional, per annum and subject to annual increase.
Funding options
ESRC 1+3 and +3 studentships. CASE studentships where applicable. Please see the School website for further details.
Further information on funding for prospective UK, EU and international postgraduate students is available from the Student Funding Office.
Research Assessment Score
Unit of Assessment 32 applies. See Complete RAE listings for University of Bristol for further details.
Student views
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