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Postgraduate Research in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Contents Postgraduate Research Themes 4 Welcome POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH IN ARTS, HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES CONTENTS POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH THEMES 4 WELCOME 6 RESEARCH CULTURE AT QUEEN’S SCHOOL OF QUEEN’S MANAGEMENT SCHOOL 8 THE SENATOR GEORGE J. MITCHELL INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL PEACE, ARTS, ENGLISH SECURITY AND JUSTICE AND LANGUAGES Accounting Economics 10 PHD INTEGRATED (4 YEARS) Arts Management Finance Broadcast Media Management 11 GRADUATE SCHOOL Drama English 12 SCHOOL OF ARTS, ENGLISH AND LANGUAGES Film SCHOOL OF Interpreting SOCIAL SCIENCES, EDUCATION 14 SCHOOL OF HISTORY, ANTHROPOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICS AND SOCIAL WORK Languages and Literatures 16 SCHOOL OF LAW Music Education Translation Social Work 18 QUEEN’S MANAGEMENT SCHOOL Sociology and Social Policy SCHOOL OF 20 SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WORK HISTORY, ANTHROPOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICS THE SENATOR GEORGE J. 22 POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH JOURNEY TO QUEEN’S MITCHELL INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL PEACE, SECURITY Anthropological Studies 24 MEET OUR CURRENT STUDENTS AND JUSTICE Cognition and Culture 26 FUNDING YOUR PHD STUDY AT QUEEN’S History Ideology and Beliefs International Studies Justice and Rights 28 WHAT OUR RECENT GRADUATES SAY Philosophy Legacy Issues Politics Security 29 PHD FAQS 30 ABOUT BELFAST AND NORTHERN IRELAND SCHOOL OF For more information, visit LAW go.qub.ac.uk/courses Human Rights Justice Law and Governance A range of emerging areas of legal study, including law and technology, and heritage, WORLD LEADING 9TH IN THE property and culture RESEARCH JOINT UK FOR 8TH IN THE UK UNIVERSITY FOR RESEARCH FACILITIES INTENSITY (Times Higher Education Queen’s is ranked 173 in the world Student Experience Survey (Research Excellence Framework 2018) (QS World University Rankings 2020) REF 2014) 3 supervisors who are world assessment process and our leaders in their respective success in securing major WELCOME fields. funding from both the Arts and Humanities Research Innovative research methods Council (AHRC) and the TO ARTS, underpin all of the projects Economic and Social Science undertaken by research Research Council (ESRC) in HUMANITIES AND students in the Faculty the UK. of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, and these We firmly believe that SOCIAL SCIENCES skills greatly enhance Queen’s is unique in what the employability of our it offers prospective Postgraduate researchers graduates who are seeking postgraduate researchers AT QUEEN’S are a vital part of the careers in leadership roles or within the Arts, Humanities research environment of the within academia. and Social Sciences. Contact Faculty of Arts, Humanities us and take the first step in and Social Sciences at The quality of the PhD your research journey and Queen’s. Our distinctive experience is enhanced becoming a PhD student at offering across a wide range by a world-leading study Queen’s. of subjects and disciplines environment, which includes allows each student to the Graduate School, the Professor Jannette Elwood define a bespoke research tailored support of a strong Dean of Graduate Studies journey, to work within supervisory team, the vitality Arts, Humanities and Social disciplines or in cross- of the research portfolio. Sciences disciplinary contexts, and to It is evidenced by our high be mentored by academic ranking in the UK’s research Email: [email protected] 5 RESEARCH CULTURE AT QUEEN’S Queen’s University Belfast has Postgraduate research students at We provide you with high quality, a distinguished heritage and Queen’s are offered the opportunity to transdisciplinary training and pursue their studies under the guidance development that will make you stand history. As part of the Russell of world-renowned academic staff. out in a fast-paced, changing global Group, Queen’s is proud to be Our students develop their research job market. We will help you become a leading research institution, projects in a highly stimulating and future leaders by letting you apply your offering postgraduate research active campus. Alongside PhD knowledge to real-world challenges, opportunities at the forefront of study, the University offers students giving you the confidence and skills to the chance to develop a holistic range gain an edge in your career. new thinking and technologies. of professional and leadership skills at We continue to build on our the Graduate School that will support Postgraduate Community reputation as a world-class future careers within academia, There is a strong community among international University that industry or the public sector. postgraduate research students at Queen’s. Throughout the academic supports outstanding students The Graduate School year, the Graduate School runs a and staff to conduct leading- The Graduate School is about series of social and networking events edge education and research, intellectual challenge beyond borders. to allow students to connect with focused on the needs of It is about developing new skills, diverse perspectives from across the society. The University has increased personal effectiveness. University. This is the place where It is about a culture of opportunity, physicists work alongside linguists a vibrant research culture, innovation and enterprise and a rich, to develop leadership skills, where having invested significantly diverse and inclusive social community. medics collaborate with creative artists in both discipline-specific and to communicate their research to a interdisciplinary research. We As a member of our postgraduate non-specialist audience, and where community, you will become one of engineers seek the perspectives offer a research environment the exceptional local, national and of philosophers to tackle global that embraces discovery and international students who join us each challenges. innovation. year. The Graduate School will assist you to be a Thinker, Innovator, Leader • Queen’s is ranked 173 in the world and Communicator who is Future- (QS World University Rankings Ready. 2020) • The most recent Research Training and Development Excellence Framework (2014) The Graduate School offers a tailored places Queen’s University eighth in development programme to help the UK for research intensity inspire and empower you to reach your • Over 75% of research activity full potential. It is embedded within a at Queen’s was judged to be continuous process of reflection and internationally-excellent or world- self-evaluation. leading • Inspire you through access to • 14 of the individual areas of thought leaders research assessed were ranked in • Develop your skills through an the top 20 in the UK, with six of individual training programme these in the top ten and two in the • Apply these skills and knowledge top five through real-world challenges 75%OF OUR RESEARCH IS WORLD-CLASS OR INTERNATIONALLY LEADING REF 2014 6 7 THE SENATOR GEORGE J. MITCHELL INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL PEACE, SECURITY AND JUSTICE GLOBAL CHALLENGE: Questions about peace, security and • Security – How do we secure ‘just’ Counting our Losses: The Politics justice dominate the discourse of and ethical responses to a range of of Loss and Social Transformation BUILDING A governments, international agencies security risks? in the Context of Migration and and civil society. As it emerges from • Ideology and Beliefs – How do Displacement in Turkey conflict, Northern Ireland can help values and beliefs in different (British Council funded) PEACEFUL, to answer these questions and offer cultures shape approaches to valuable comparative insights, and it peacebuilding? Afghanistan Peace Dialogue Research is doing so through the work of the and Communication INCLUSIVE AND Mitchell Institute. Named after the Under the leadership of Professor (The Foreign and Commonwealth distinguished US diplomat who was a Hastings Donnan, the Institute Office) major influence to bringing peace to brings together researchers from SECURE WORLD Northern Ireland (later servicing as fields as diverse as Politics, Public The Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Queen’s Chancellor), the Institute’s Health, Planning and Computer Network on Cybersecurity and Society role is to respond to the unprecedented Engineering. They have a cross- (LINCS) challenge of building a peaceful, secure national focus, including traditional and (Leverhulme Trust funded) and inclusive world. modern societies, and historical and contemporary cases. Funded research Lawyers in Conflict and Transition: A It brings together the University’s projects within the Mitchell Institute Comparative Study in Cambodia, Chile, unparalleled expertise, linking peace- include: Israel/ Palestine, South Africa and making with social transformation and Tunisia pointing out the need for governance Understanding the Role of Music and (Economic and Social Research Council reform of state institutions alongside Sound in Conflict Transformation: The funded) cultural and social processes for healing Mozambique Case Study in society. The Institute’s key research (Arts and Humanities Research Council Apologies, Abuses and The National themes include: Funded) Imagination: Dealing with the Past in Ireland • Legacy Issues – How do peace Negotiating Detention: Prisons as Sites (Economic and Social Research Council processes become a part of of Confrontation and Compromise in funded) everyday life? Protracted Conflicts • Justice and Rights – How to (British Academy funded) embed international human rights norms into local cultures? 8 9 PHD INTEGRATED (4 YEARS) GRADUATE SCHOOL At the heart of our Graduate School lies a culture of opportunity, innovation and enterprise,
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