Geographical Political Economy
Potential Ph.D Topics
Graduate students are a cental component of the GPE Research Group. They are full members of the group and play an active part in meetings and in seminars. We welcome experession of interets, and offer the following as potential PhD topics
- Interpreting the Countryside Right of Way Act of 2000
- Well-travelled Trash: the Internationalisation of the Waste Disposal and Recycling Industry
- Natural gas and the making of a global commodity
- Retail globalisation: the expansion of transnational retailers into East Asia and Eastern Europe.
- The Globalization of service sector activity.
- The North West: a global region?
- Environmental in/justice in the UK: causes, consequences and responses.
- The UK and the global carbon credit regime.
- Regulating nature: fish farming in the UK.
- Indigenous rights and bioprospecting in Costa Rica.
- Discourse, hegemony and ideology in environmental conflicts.
- Global networks in mobile information and communication technolgogies.
- Organising global flows: the changing landscape of logistics.
- Estate agents and the business of housing supply and demand.
- The work of UK cities: economic competitiveness and flexible urban labour markets.
- Housing biographies and the construction of liveable places.
Funding opportunities
For information on funding visit the postgraduate funding page.
Applications
In order to apply for a postgraduate programme you need to complete an official application form and two referee report forms.