Areas of Interest
Economics
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Applied microeconomics (labour and agri-environmental);
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Quantitative macroeconomics;
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Econometrics and empirical economics;
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Development;
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Economic history;
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Transport;
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Behavioural and experimental economics;
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Economic development and emerging markets, in particular economics of institutions and
economics of education and skill formation;
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Public economics and public policy, in particular spatial and urban economics, housing and
regional policy, applied econometrics;
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Behavioural/Experimental Economics;
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Applied Microeconomics (labour & public);
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Macroeconomics / Finance;
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International financial economics;
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Public asset auctions;
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Energy economics;
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Sports economics;
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Relationship of business cycle to social problems.
Environment, Energy and Resilience
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Biodiversity conservation;
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Ecology;
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Human rights and the environment;
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Trade and the environment:
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Environmental land use;
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Conservation genetics;
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Conservation planning;
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Wild animal welfare;
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Environmental law and policy;
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Environmental economics;
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Political ecology;
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Environmental anthropology;
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Ethno-biology;
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Climate change - climate change policy, mitigation and adaptation strategies, biodiversity
and agricultural land use in a changing climate;
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Environmental change -interactions between land use, biodiversity and ecosystem service
delivery; multifunctional land use;
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Food Security – Resilience in food systems in the context of environmental change;
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Sustainability – Rural development and sustainable livelihoods, Planning resilient futures in
developing and emerging economies; The governance and delivery of green infrastructure.
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Environmental Life Cycle Analysis;
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Sustainable consumption;
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Prosperity without growth;
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Environmental disaster management.
Human Geography
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Human impacts of environmental change;
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The political ecology of extractive industries;
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Sustainable development and resilience;
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Transnationalism and human development;
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The political economy of climate change;
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Qualitative Geography ;
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Cultural Geography;
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Political Geography;
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Development and Environmental Geography
Management
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SME’s;
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Supply chain
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Value chain;
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Retail marketing;
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Employee engagement;
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Diversity management;
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Quantitative finance;
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Public accounting;
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Logistics;
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Distribution systems;
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Performance management;
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Enterprise;
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Strategic management;
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International business.
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Critical and historical perspectives on management;
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Entrepreneurship, innovation and leadership;
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Intercultural and international perspectives on management;
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Knowledge management & organisational learning;
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Public services and third sector management;
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Sustainability, responsibility and ethics;
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Tourism & hospitality management;
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Healthcare management;
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Incentives and regulation of executive remuneration;
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Environmental management.
Politics
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Conflict analysis and resolution (especially negotiation and mediation);
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International relations theory;
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Political thought (especially continental and post-liberal theory);
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Comparative and regional politics (including China, Japan, Latin America and Africa);
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Methods in political science;
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European politics (institutions, state-EU relations and global Europe); federalism;
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Strategic Studies;
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Applied Political theory;
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The United Nations and other international institutions;
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Political Communication;
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Media in Political Life;
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Global & Transnational Politics;
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Comparative Politics;
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German security & defence policy & German domestic politics;
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European integration;
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Security Studies;
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Cosmopolitanism;
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Methods in Political Science;
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Modern Political theory & Philosophy;
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International intervention;
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Military theory and war;
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Politics of the EU, including gender politics.
Psychology
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Experimental and applied social psychology with focus on group processes and intergroup
relations, particularly research application to social issues such as social identity,
prejudice, organizations, and environmental behaviours;
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Social development across the life span, including ageing and ageism, children's acquisition
of group identity, social regulation of prosocial and antisocial behaviour;
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Forensic Psychology, particularly focus on offenders’ treatment needs;
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Cognitive psychology, including eye-tracking and neuro-stimulation.
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Language Acquisition;
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Emotion and cognition across the lifespan;
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Adult and Child Cognition;
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Brain and Behaviour (Study of sensation, perception, cognition and motor behaviour using
psychophysical and neuroscientific methods);
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Clinical, Health and Social Psychology;
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Neuroscience;
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Environmental psychology;
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Health psychology including recovery from stress, and obesity/eating disorders;
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Organisational and Work Psychology.
Social Anthropology
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Integration of conservation, biological and social anthropology;
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Visual anthropology resources and expertise;
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Particular expertise in issues around ethnicity, nationalism and identity, ethnobotany,
medical anthropology, tourism, and urbanisation;
Social Work & Social Policy
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Advanced Quantitative Methods;
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Multilevel and Longitudinal modelling;
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Time Series Analysis;
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Qualitative Research methods;
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Family and Children;
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Risk and Uncertainty;
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Comparative Social Policy;
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International Social Policy;
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Health and Social Care;
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Work and Economic Life;
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Ageing;
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The Voluntary Sector;
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Philanthropy and Giving;
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Learning Disability and Community Care;
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The Welfare State.
Socio-Legal Studies
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Critical Commercial Law and Business Law and Regulation;
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Empirical Socio-legal Research;
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Environmental Law;
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Law Politics and Culture;
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Law and Political Economy;
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Gender, Sexuality and Law;
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Health Care, Law and Ethics;
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Law, History and Society;
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Law, Science and Society;
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Law Culture and Religion;
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Law and Development;
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Legal Theory and Feminist Theory;
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Regulation of consumer markets;
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Rights Theory;
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Regulation of Race/Gender Relations;
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The Legal Regulation of Social Problems;
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Theories and Methods of Socio-legal Research.
Sociology
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Visual Methods;
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Crime, Culture and Control;
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Drugs use and Drugs Policy;
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Civil Society;
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The Body;
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Cultural studies;
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Environmental Social Science;
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Migration and Ethnicity;
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Risk and Uncertainty;
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Social Theory;
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Globalisation;
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Sociology of Violence;
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Work and Economic Life;
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Social and Political Movements;
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Medical Sociology;
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Advanced and innovative social research methods;
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New technologies and society;
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Criminology & criminal justice;
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Youth, ageing, generations and the life course.