Self-funded Studentships

Self funded projects:

We have a number of self-funded PhD projects available for Geography. Project descriptions can be found at Swansea Science DTC Projects in Geography

Environmental Dynamics

• Tropical dendrochronology

Global Environmental Modelling and Earth Observation

• Impact of Forest Disturbance on Carbon Uptake

Migration, Boundaries and Identity

Members of this group are also interested in supervising PhDs on the following topics:

• Children's experiences of migration
• Counter-urbanization and counter-cultural migration
• Forced migration, labour migration, and 'mixed flows'
• Gender and migration
• Geographies and spaces of national identify
• Governance of international migration
• Migrant rights
• UK and European asylum and migration policies

Social Theory and Urban Space

Members of this group are interested in supervising PhDs on the following topics:

• Cinematic space and cinematic cities
• Cities and urban theory
• Consumerism and consumer culture
• Cultural politics and performance
• Regional economic development
• Social and spatial theory (especially poststructuralism)
• The use of urban space