Course information
Department
Length
3-4 years full-time or 4-6 years part-time
Course overview
Goldsmiths is home to world-renowned researchers in social justice, community work and youth work, making it a perfect home for postgraduate research studies in these areas.
On completion of the MPhil/PhD programme in Communities and Social Justice, candidates should be able to demonstrate:
- Competence as an independent researcher in their discipline, who can systematically search for, discover, access, retrieve, sift, interpret, analyse, evaluate, manage, conserve and communicate an ever-increasing volume of knowledge from a range of sources-materials
- A critical understanding and engagement of challenges to produce innovative solutions and new knowledge
- Advanced awareness of research integrity and any relevant ethical and professional considerations
- The ability to act autonomously in planning, managing and delivering projects, justifying methodologies and practical choices, evaluating research and critically engaging with ethical considerations
- The ability to act autonomously in critical decision-making in exercising professional standards in practice, research and research integrity, and engage in professional practice, including ethical, legal, and health and safety aspects
- Self-direction in supporting, collaborating with and leading colleagues, using a range of teaching, communication and networking skills to influence practice and policy in diverse environments
- Critical engagement in research and practices with impact and to be able to communicate it to diverse audiences, including the public
Current research topics include:
- ‘Community Participation in New Deal for Communities Programmes’
- ‘Participation, Power, Authority and Empowerment: Case Studies from West London’
- ‘Parental Participation and Local Budgeting: Comparing and Contrasting Experiences in the UK and in a Southern Context’
Find out more about the research interests of our staff, and about research degrees at Goldsmiths.
You will be assessed by thesis and viva voce.
Contact the department
If you have specific questions about the degree, contact Dr Panagiotis Pentaris.