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Fully funded PhD Scholarship in Law and Criminology (ESRC WGSSS) Swansea University in United Kingdom
Degree Level
PhD
Field of study
Sociology
Funding
Available
Deadline
Dec 6, 2026
Country
United Kingdom
University
Swansea University
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About this position
This fully funded PhD scholarship is based in Law and Criminology at Swansea University and sits within the ESRC Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS). The opportunity is embedded in a strong interdisciplinary environment spanning the School of Social Sciences and the School of Law, with links to research centres and initiatives across the university.
The project environment is especially suited to students interested in empirical or socio-legal research. Swansea’s criminology and law communities connect with the Centre for Criminal Justice and Criminology (CCJC), the Wales Observatory on Human Rights of Children and Young People, the Centre for Social Change, the Cyber Threats Research Centre (CYTREC), the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law (IISTL), the Observatory on Human Rights and Social Justice, and the Centre for Governance and Human Rights. The CCJC’s research spans youth justice policy, drug policy, policing, sports criminology, sex work, crimes of the powerful, the political economy of crime in the Global South, terrorism, and cybercrime.
The School of Law offers a particularly supportive setting for research that connects legal questions with social science methods. It has previously supported studentships across a broad range of legal and socio-legal areas, including public and constitutional law, legal education, human rights, disability law, asylum law, tort law, environmental law, EU law and governance, family law, housing law and policy, and Welsh devolution. Students will be based primarily at Swansea University and will also join WGSSS workshops, residential courses, annual conferences, and wider research events across Wales.
The programme brings students into contact with established researchers through seminars and postgraduate training days, including events organised by the Welsh Centre for Crime and Social Justice Conference at Gregynog, Powys. The overall setting combines subject depth in law and criminology with access to broader interdisciplinary training and research exchange.
Funding details
Available
What's required
Applicants must meet the WGSSS eligibility criteria and have qualifications or experience equal to an honours degree at a first or upper second-class level, or a masters from a UK academic research organisation. Non-traditional academic backgrounds are also welcome. English language requirement: IELTS 6.5 overall with no individual component below 6.5, or Swansea University recognised equivalent.
How to apply
Apply through the Swansea University scholarship webpage. For questions about academic or fee eligibility, email [email protected] and include the web link to the scholarship.
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