For lists of research degrees available within the department please see our courses page.


Academic staff within the Department are leaders in their fields. Applications from students seeking to undertake an MPhil or PhD research degree are very welcome. The department's research strengths are in the following four areas:

History

Supervision for MPhil or PhD research degrees is available in a wide variety of topics from Early Modern to 20th Century History. Staff have particular interests and expertise in the following areas:

• 18th Century Studies - Gender, Enlightenment and Court Studies in England
• Victorian Studies: Popular Politics
• Soviet Studies
• 20th Century German History
• Modern Spanish History
• Population Studies and the History of Migration
• 20th Century British Political History
• History of the British Labour Party
• History of British Trade Unions and labour movement
• 19th century British India
• History in the school curriculum

For more information please contact:

Clarissa Campbell Orr
Email: Clarissa.CampbellOrr@anglia.ac.uk

Philosophy

Staff in Philosophy are all leaders in their fields and publish regularly, authoring books and articles in recognised journals, as well as participating in conferences at national and international levels. Supervision for MPhil and PhD research degrees is available in the following areas:

• Aesthetics
• Modern European Philosophy
• Literary Theory
• Psychoanalysis
• Phenomenology
• Existentialism
• Hermeneutics
• Scepticism
• Feminist Philosophy
• Philosophy of Mind and Language
• Philosophy of Religion
• Ethics

A good honours degree in a relevant subject is required.

For more information please contact:

Dr Alison Ainley
Email: Alison.Ainley@anglia.ac.uk

An article in The Guardian (20th November 2007) highlights employment opportunities for philosophy graduates.

Politics and Social Sciences

There is a small but lively postgraduate group of students studying applied social sciences at Anglia Ruskin. Some of these complete the Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Social and Political Research either as part of their PhD training or as a qualification in its own right. Recent PhD students have researched areas as diverse as change in the UK's NHS, land rights in Canada, diversity in the UK fire service and the politics of the 'gift relationship' in Taiwan.

We would like to hear from PhD candidates with a demonstrable record of independent academic work at the highest level. In particular we welcome applications in the area of analysing public services, diversity in public services and building cultural capital. Students will be expected to participate in training and preparation during their first year.

For more information please contact:

Bronwen Walter
Email: Bronwen.Walter@anglia.ac.uk

Theology

A Professional Doctorate in Pastoral Theology is offered in partnership with the Cambridge Theological Federation and is overseen by Zoe Bennett.

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