Lines of Research - PhD in Sociology
LINE TITLE: Globalisation, Educational Policy and Inequalities
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Subdiscipline: Sociology of Education
General topics:
- International Organisations and Education
- Privatisation and Education
- Inequalities and Poverty
- Educational Reforms and Policies
- Life-long Learning
- Sociology of Globalisation
- Youth Identities and Education
- Teaching Practices and Teaching Beliefs
Research perspective: Realist Evaluation, Economic Policy of Reforms.
LINE TITLE: Equity in Training and Employment Transitions and Pathways
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Subdiscipline: Sociology of Education
General topics:
- Absenteeism and Early School Leaving
- Transition of Compulsory Education to Post-compulsory Education
- Vocational Training
- Access to Higher Education
- Complex Routes and Lifestyles of University Students
- Education, Employment and Youth Policies
- Interfaces between the Educational System and the Production System
Research perspective: Biographical and Longitudinal Perspective.
LINE TITLE: Work, Gender, Industrial Relations and Everyday Life
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Subdiscipline (s): Sociology of Work. Methodology. Inequalitiesy and Social Stratification
General topics:
- Time, Work and Everyday Life
- Employment and Labour Market Transformations
- Gender and Work
- Local Development and Policies
- Industrial Relations and Work Organisation
- Methodological Innovation
- Consumption
- Inequalities, Trajectories and Social Mobility
- Work and Artistic Practices
- Youth and Labour Market Trajectories
- Social Organisation of Care
- Technological Change, Labour Market and Industrial Relations
Research perspective: Intersectional Perspective. Mixed Methods. Longitudinal Analysis. Social Network Analysis. Audiovisual Methods
LINE TITLE: Analytical Sociology and Social Policies
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Subdisciplines: Sociological Theory / Social Policy
General topics:
- Analytical Sociology and Social Mechanisms
- Dynamics of Opinion and Social Norms
- Welfare State
- Income Guarantee Policies
- Universal Basic Income
- Fiscal Sociology
Research perspective: Experimental Methods, Agent-Based Simulation, Statistical Analysis
LINE TITLE: Migrations, Mobility and Ethnic Minorities
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Subdiscipline: Sociology of Migrations
General topics:
• Management of International Migratory Flows
• Forced Migrations, Refugees and Asylum seekers
• Gender and Multiculturalism
• Transnational Dynamics in Contexts of Migration
• Identities, Racism and Xenophobia
• Social Inclusion of Roma People
• Vulnerability and Social, Labour and Educational Discrimination for ethnically o racially motivated
Research perspective: Intersectional Perspective
LINE TITLE: Culture, Religion and Identity
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Subdiscipline: Sociology of Culture; Sociology of Religion General topics:
- National and Religious Identities in a Global World
- Religion, Politics and the Public Sphere
- Governance of Religious Diversity
- Religious, Sexual and Gender Diversity
- Holistic Spiritualities, nature and ritual creativity
- Science, Religion and Health
- Cultural Memory and Heritage
- Technological Innovation and Cultural Change
- Social Cohesion, Inequality and Conviviality
- Literature and Arts
- Emotions, Beliefs and Affectivity
- Moral Politics and Political Polarisation
Research perspective: Memory Studies. Ethnography and Digital Ethnography. Comparative Historical Analysis. Intersectionality. Transnationalism. Big Data. Visual Sociology. Critical Perspectives on Culture.
LINE TITLE: Gender, Corporality, Subjectivity, Power and Inequality
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Subdiscipline: Critical Clinical Sociology. Sociology of Emotions. Critical Psychoanalytical Sociology of Gender. Sociology of Gender Critical Social Classes General topics:
- Interrelationship of Social and Psychological Aspects of Sexism and Intersectionality
- Corporal Productions, Practices and Policies. Normalisation and Dissidence of Gender and Function. Sexualities and Sexual Rights
- Intersectional Gender Violence (Sexist and LGBTIQ+).
- Social and Gender Organisation of the Senses
- • Social Organisation of Organic and psychological Health and of the Health System. Health Policies. Social Health Determinants (Sex, Gender, Sexual Orientation, Social Class, Ethnicity, Functional Diversity)
- Corporality, Gender, Social Class and Capacitism in Sport Activities. Sports Policies
Research perspective: Feminist Epistemologies and Methodologies. Intersectional Gender Perspective. Analysis of Gender Critical Social Class. Queer Studies. Trans Studies. Critical Disability Studies. Critical and Gender Discourse Analysis. Critical and Gender Visual Analysis. Critical and Gender Group Analysis. Focal Ethnography. Digital Ethnography. Participative Research