Doctoral Pathways
Pathways to excellence
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) introduced its new
Postgraduate Training Framework which changed the way it
provides support for postgraduate training. Our DTC offers 16 fully-funded ESRC
studentships across 21 doctoral pathways.
The doctoral pathways are arranged into nine themed clusters:
Within each training pathway cluster there are core and compulsory elements
including Masters level training and Doctoral level training.
Training pathway cluster: Economics
Masters Level Training
Doctoral Level Training
During the doctoral phase of the pathway you will complete your doctoral
research in these areas:
Visit the Department of Economics
website for more information.
Training pathway cluster: Sociology and Social Change
- Sociological Research
- Criminology and Socio-Legal Research (subject to final
approval)
- Human Rights and Research Methods
- Environmental Governance
Masters Level Training
Doctoral Level Training
During the doctoral phase of the pathway you will complete your doctoral
research in these areas:
- Sociological Research
- Sociology
- Criminology and Socio-Legal Research
- Criminology
- Human Rights and Research Methods
- Environmental Governance
Training pathway cluster: Applied Social and Economic
Research
- Applied Economics and Data Analysis
- Survey Methodology
- Longitudinal Social Research
Masters Level Training
Doctoral Level Training
During the doctoral phase of the pathway you will complete your doctoral
research in these areas:
- Applied and Social Economic Research
- Economics
- Survey Methodology
- Longitudinal Social Research
Training pathway cluster: Politics and International
Relations
- Politics
- International Relations
- Political Economy
- Ideology and Discourse Analysis
Masters Level Training
Doctoral Level Training
During the doctoral phase of the pathway you will complete your doctoral
research in one of the following areas:
- Government
- Politics
- International Relations
- Political Economy
- European Politics
- Ideology and Discourse Analysis
- Political Behaviour
Visit the
Department of Government website for more information.
Training pathway cluster: Linguistics
- Experimental Linguistics
- Analysing Language Use
Masters Level Training
Doctoral Level Training
During the doctoral phase of the pathway you will complete your doctoral
research in one of the following areas:
- Linguistics
- Experimental Linguistics
- Analysing Language Use
Visit the
Department of Language and Linguistics website for more
information.
Training pathway cluster: Health and Well-being
- Research Methods in Health
- Health and Organisational Research
- Psychoanalytic Studies
Masters Level Training
Doctoral Level Training
During the doctoral phase of the pathway you will complete your doctoral
research in these areas:
Training pathway cluster: Management, Innovation and
Sustainability
- Finance
- Management and Accounting
Masters Level Training
Doctoral Level Training
During the doctoral phase of the pathway you will complete your doctoral
research:
- Finance
- Accounting and Finance
- Management
- Management studies
- Accounting
- Business Administration
- Entrepreneurship
Visit the Essex
Business School
website for more information.