CRESC currently has a lively and engaged post-graduate community, and we are keen to welcome PhD applications from anyone who is keen to undertake doctoral work within our exciting interdisciplinary programme. Currently we have students from France, Turkey, the UK, Germany, China, Brazil, Hong Kong, Hungary, Greece and Taiwan working on aspects of socio-cultural change - ranging from studies of social mobility, urban change, social theory, elites, and changing forms of identity to work on the social life of method.

Regular seminars are held and  and full administrative support is provided . There are excellent opportunities for post-graduate students to become involved in the wider research programme ofCRESC, and students have been employed on funded research projects. All students are affiliated with an academic discipline, meaning that they can also benefit from the facilities made available to students in, for example,  anthropology, history, politics, sociology, and management.

Supervision can be provided by Centre Directors or Research Associates/ Fellows. Currently, all of our students have obtained funding either through ESRC or University of Manchester or Open University  studentships. Such funding may be available to candidates who are nominated by one of CRESC’s disciplines. Anyone interested in applying should in the first instance discuss their interest with CRESC post-graduate co-ordinators - Penny Harvey(Penny.harvey@manchester.ac.uk) at Manchester and John Law (j.law@open.ac.uk) at the Open University - who will advise on the appropriate discipline and school through which an application can be made and how best to apply for funding.

For a list of our current postgraduates, please visit our people page.