PhD Sociology and Social Policy

Overview

Staff have particular strengths in Critical social policy:- This addresses particular questions of welfare, health, state social work, poverty, inequality and social justice. Age, generation and life course analysis, childhood, youth and older age, are other strengths.

Research themes

Our department's Research Clusters cover areas such as social justice, crime, health, welfare, housing, inequality and the operation of political power at local, national and global levels.

Research groups

• Charity Law and Policy Unit
• Critical Approaches International Criminal Law
• EU Law@Liverpool
• European Children’s Rights Unit
• Health Law and Regulation Unit
• International Criminological Research Unit
• International Law and Human Rights Unit
• Liverpool Economic Governance Unit
• Publics & Practices