Postgraduate Opportunities in Human Geography

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RESEARCH THEMES

Geographies of Relations and Identities
Research within this theme is concerned with the role of space, place and environment in the constitution, experience and governance of social relations and identities. Our research addresses the categories through which social identities are defined, illuminating the processes that make and remake such categories, and highlighting their contested nature.

Geographies of Knowledges, Practices and Policies
Here our research examines the co-production of geographies and knowledges in, for example: the meanings of 'nature'; scientific and non-scientific understandings of the environment; science and the enlightenment; risk and risk management; affective and phenomenological experiences. Our research includes consideration of the practices and technologies of knowledge making, including those associated with disciplinary boundaries.

Development and Power
Engaging with work in political economy, political ecology, critical development and postcolonial theory, our research work here attends specifically to uneven processes of development at various scales. This includes consideration of the relationship between globalisation and social transformation, postcolonial and trans-national geographies, governance and social change, and the interactions associated with environmental resource management.

STAFF & THEIR RESEARCH INTERESTS

There are seventeen staff members of the Human Geography Research Group, with wide ranging principal areas of research interest, more->

POTENTIAL TOPICS

The research group has a number of existing potential topics for postgraduate research, more ->

POSTGRADUATE DEGREES IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

Postgraduate degrees offered are:

PhD / MPhil (part-time and full-time).

MSc by Research (Human Geography) - core and optional elements and research-led dissertation.

MSc in Environment, Culture and Society - core and optional elements with an individual dissertation / research project

MSc by Research (GIS and Society) - a one-year research degree developing research and practical skills and providing students with a critical awareness of the societal implications of GIS.

MSc in GIS - a one-year taught Masters programme marrying geographic information theory with the development of practical skills.

MSc GIS by Research - a one-year research degree mixing core and optional elements and a research-led dissertation.

HOW TO APPLY FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDY

Application guidelines can be found here. We invite potential postgraduates who are keen to pursue a research degree in the themes covered by the Group, or to develop a related proposal, to get in touch. There are funded places for:

• MSc by Research (Human Geography) - ESRC recognised

• MSc by Research (GIS & Society) - ESRC recognised

• PhD (1+3, +3 models) - ESRC recognised

In expressing your interests and in developing your research proposal, you are invited to contact the relevant member of staff in the first instance and, for further information and a Postgraduate Application Form for the University of Edinburgh, please visit the website or contact Postgraduate Secretary, Geography, The University of Edinburgh, Drummond Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9XP (Tel No: 0131 650 2543; Postgraduate Secretary).