Research
CURDS welcomes inquiries and proposals from prospective PhD students to undertake research on the topics listed below.
Collaboration
Our expert staff supervise these degrees. This often happens in collaboration with the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology.
Degrees link in with the Humanities, Arts and Social Science Postgraduate Research Training Programme.
Students applying for Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funding through The NINE Doctoral Training Partnership should contact CURDS as soon as possible:
Professor Andy Pike
Tel: +44 (0)191 208 8011
Potential PhD topics
- financialisation of the local state
- economies of debt, household and local government
- regional banking beyond major financial centres
- automation, the changing nature of work and regional development
- global production networks, strategic coupling and regional development
- path creation, institutions and regional adaptation
- renewable energy, sustainability transitions and regional development
- beyond agglomeration and city-centrism: new models of spatially inclusive development
- devolution, metro-mayors and local industrial strategies
- urban analytics: utilising big and open data
- demographic change, migration and mobility
- alternative financial institutions
The best thing about studying in CURDS is the expert level of advice and support offered by supervisors, which is fantastic and allows you to develop your research project with confidence.