All our MPhil/PhD and Doctor of Social Science students belong to one of the following Research Centres at the School and you can find students and their research topics grouped within these.
| Name | Dissertation title |
|---|---|
| Whitney Babakus | Health, physical activity and nutrition among two generations of migrant Bangladeshi women in the UK |
| Neal Bowes | Achievement orientation in youth footballers |
| Rowan Brockman | The contribution of active play to the physical activity of primary school children |
| Jo Coulson | Older People and Active Living (OPAL) |
| Andrew Decelis | A study of obesity, physical activity levels and associated factors in a representative sample of Maltese children |
| Pippa Griew | PA children and young people |
| Richard Humphrey | Substance Abuse |
| Elissa Southward | Relationship of physical activity, fitness and health among children who actively commute |
| Janet Withall | Can community based social marketing increase recruitment and retention of low-income groups into local health programmes? |
| Name | Dissertation title |
|---|---|
| Paula Ensele | Has child welfare neglected education? |
| Kathy Evans | Comparative European provision for pupils with social, emotion and behavioural difficulties |
| Andrew Low | The effectiveness of parent training programmes in reducing parent-adolescent conflicts in Hong Kong |
| Cilla McDaniel | Transatlantic mothers: the migratory experiences of St Helenian working women |
| Allison Tatton | The Impact of Fostering on the birth children of foster carers |
| Yusmarhaini Yusof | Therapist attachment styles and therapeutic alliance in family therapy |
| Name | Dissertation title |
|---|---|
| Nadia Aghtaie | The impact of policy and religion on domestic violence: A comparative study of Muslim women in the UK and Iran |
| Debra Allnock | Evaluating childhood sexual abuse: Meaning and discourse |
| Elisabeth Bates | The nature of honour based violence in non South Asian communities in the UK and its relevance for UK policy |
| Panayiota Christodoulou | Social work and women trafficking in Cyprus |
| Cassandra Jones | Improving the Health Service response to domestic violence |
| Min-Yu Liao | An examination of the service used by women who have experienced domestic violence in Taiwan to deal with the physical, mental and spiritual impact of abused |
| Finn Mackay | Reclaim the night: Women's activism and policy change |
| Natasha Mulvihill | Gender, power and the making of prostitution policy |
| Lynn Marie Sardinha | Preventing domestic violence: The role of schools in India |
| Najat Zummit | Wife abuse: The impact of wife abuse on the abused women's mental health in the Libyan society |
| Name | Dissertation title |
|---|---|
| Catherine Agg | Obstacles to social service provision in South Africa |
| Joanna Cross | Attachments of Feeling: Aesthetic Considerations in the Support of Older People |
| Andreana Dibben | Teenage mothers and welfare provision: Implications for social policy in Malta |
| Norezan Hambali | Understanding research-policy relationship in developing countries: a case study on the influence of research on anti-poverty policy of Brunei Darussalam |
| Sally Leaver | The impact on health and social care of the NHS continuing healthcare policy |
| Acomo Oloya Lovelock | HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment among conflict-affected and displaced populations: The case of Acoliland, northern Uganda |
| Patricia Momah | Youth poverty reduction in Nigeria: A policy perspective |
| Ruth Naughton-Doe | Evaluating time banking in the UK |
| Dai O'Brien | Transitional experiences of d/Deaf people in the UK |
| Sara Paparini | Discrimination and HIV: An intersectional approach |
| Steven Parker | Partnership working and the public service ethos |
| Yoshimi Wada | Choice and Care in England and Japan: A comparative study of older people’s and key informants’ perspectives |
| Sritrakool Waeladee | Drug control policy and paradigm shift: a case study of 'prohibition' toward 'harm reduction' in Thailand |
| Name | Dissertation title |
|---|---|
| Amjad Alhaj | Juvenile offending and social work in Oman |
| Lorenza Antonucci | Social inequalities, European social policy, Youth studies, Social rights and Social mobility |
| Yedith Guillen Fernandez | The effects of international remittances on poverty: Evidence from Mexico 1996-2006 |
| Osman Gungor | What is the impact of remittances on Turkish economy in micro and macro perspectives? |
| Alba Lanau | The nature and dynamics of youth social exclusion in Western Europe |
| Audrey Lenoel | The impact of migration and remittances on women and gender relations in Morocco |
| Gianinna Munoz | Excluded communities and the exercise of citizenship |
| Marco Pomati | Poverty, social exclusion and New Labour |
| Di Qi | Child Poverty in Mainland China and Hong Kong |
| Sarika Seshadri | Ethical consumerism as a brokering mechanism in partnerships for sustainable development: Towards a governance framework |
| Admore Tshuma | Effective mechanisms of addressing socio-economic inequalities: A case study of the South African solidarity tax |
| Muhammed Williams | The contribution of research to policy making on poverty reduction in Ghana |
| Name | Dissertation title |
|---|---|
| Shizuka Abe | Active ageing and the role of ICT in Japan |
| Yusuf Ahmad | The governance of partnerships and the decentralisation of power: A case study of children's services |
| Maria Ahlsten | Guandong's rational protesters: How conflicting ideas and non-state actors shape labour policies in a Chinese province. (joint supervision with SPAIS) |
| Hardeep Aiden | Multiculturalism and Social Policy in Japan: State, Local Government and NGO policies and programmes and the integration of foreign residents |
| David Balsamo | To what extent are the management of teaching and the management of research distinct, contradictory or complementary activities in contemporary higher education? A comparison of diverse institutions |
| Ruth Beretta | The housing impact of population movement in Cornwall |
| Marion Britton | Place shaping: Does the new relationship between local authorities and housing organisations create places in which people want to live? |
| Yi-Lang Chao | Globalisation and poverty in Taiwan (offshore outsourcing policy and the NB industry) |
| Chi Chen | Chinese trainees in Japan: Dynamics of inclusion and exclusion |
| David Collins | The significance of demographic change for pension reform in the UK and Ireland |
| Fadia Dakka | To what extent does the marketisation of Higher Education Institutions give rise to processes of convergence or divergence in the sector |
| Mark Delf | What are the principal factors (determinants) shaping the provision of HE in FEC's in England? |
| Kristie Evenson | The impact external policy on the integration of de facto states: The case of Bosnia Herzegovina |
| Jo Howard | An international comparative study of the citizen-led and nongovernmental initiatives to pro-poor poverty and inclusive public services |
| Faheem J. Khan | Inside Foreign Aid: Donor—Recipient Interaction and Aid Policy Networks in Pakistan |
| Christian Leyton | Implementing policy to poverty reduction in Latin America |
| Julie Martin | Does community involvement lead to better decision-making in local government? |
| Jamal Msami | Local fiscal autonomy and government identity in Tanzania – Challenges and implications |
| Geraldine Murphey | An analysis of local governance, accountability and child poverty strategies |
| Chen Nie | China's housing market |
| Amany Rashed | The role of the state and pressures for economic diversification: the case of the United Arab Emirates |
| Michael Saminaden | Local governance and local authority leadership models |
| Frank Sarlo | A case study of community mobilisation in a small Canadian city |
| Kannawee Suebsuk | The intergovernmental fiscal transfers: An analysis of policy change and decision-making of resource allocation |
| Kate Sullivan | Evaluation of community regeneration programmes: A purely political endeavour? |
| Hannah White | The segregating tendencies of the community cohesion agenda |
| Joon Young Yi | Governmental strategic for meta-governance: An analysis of Seoul Metropolitan governance of social enterprises |
| Name | Dissertation title |
|---|---|
| Barbara Coles | Managing self-directed support services for adults with learning disabilities and high support needs: the experiences of family carers |
| Neale Fox | ‘Get the Picture’: semiotic and representational augmentative and alternative communication strategies for students with learning difficulties in mainstream FE |
| Marcus Jepson | Who decides? Decision making by people with learning disabilities under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 |
| Martin Partridge | Learning Disability services for people from Chinese community |
| Liz Tilly | Money, Friends and Making Ends Meet |