If you are considering applying to LSE to join the Sociology PhD programme and have further questions, you may email our current research students (see below). For more information on being a research student at LSE see Research Degrees Unit|.
2011-12: only students who have confirmed and updated their details for this year will have their year of study included (if supplied). To update your details, be added to or be removed from this list, please email Anna Johnston: a.johnston@lse.ac.uk|.
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Abdullah, Hannah
Title/topic: "Kraut art Kraze" - A sociological-aesthetic analysis of figurative painting in post-1989 Germany and the debates over its artistic significance
Supervisor: Dr. Nigel Dodd
Contact: h.abdullah@lse.ac.uk|
Ariztia-Larrain, Tomas Andres
Title/topic: My new house in the suburbs: a material culture of the Chilean middle class
Supervisor: Dr. Don Slater
Contact: t.a.ariztia-larrain@lse.ac.uk|
Arriagada, Arturo
Title/topic: The Social Life of Cultural Intermediaries: meditation practices and the material culture of the Internet in Santiago's indie music scene
Supervisor: Dr. Don Slater
Contact: a.arriagada@lse.ac.uk|
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Beitler, Daiana
3rd year
Title/topic: Tales of a Twenty-First Century 'Revolution' in the Making: Rethinking the relationship between framing, practice and materiality in Uruguay's CEIBAL programme.
Supervisor: Dr Don Slater
Contact: D.Beitler@lse.ac.uk|
More information: Personal webpage|
Bernasconi, Oriana
Title/topic: A study of individualisation and culture: true narrative interviews with three generations of Chilean families
Supervisor: Dr. Don Slater
Contact: o.bernasconi@lse.ac.uk|
Bezirgan, Bengi
1st year
Title/topic: Hate Speech and Hate Crime in Turkey: Silencing the Others
Supervisor: Dr. Janet Foster
Contact: b.bezirgan@lse.ac.uk|
Bramwell, Richard
Title/topic: The aesthetics and ethics of London based rap
Supervisor: Prof. Paul Gilroy
Contact: r.bramwell@lse.ac.uk|
Bratu, Roxana
Title/topic: Actors, practices and network of corruption: the case of Romania's accession to EU funds
Supervisor: Prof. Richard Hobbs
Contact: r.bratu@lse.ac.uk|
Brookes, Nicholas
Title/topic: A Bear in the Bull market: an investigation into criminal corporate/state actors in Post-Soviet Russia and the methodology used by them to subvert the international financial system
Supervisor: Dr. Paddy Rawlinson
Contact: n.m.brookes@lse.ac.uk|
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Cockerton, Caitlin
Title/topic: Going Synthetic: how scientists and engineers dream a new biology into reality
Supervisors: Prof. Nikolas Rose and Dr. Filippa Lentzos
Contact: c.cockerton@lse.ac.uk|
Colbran, Marianne
Title/topic: Defining Images: The social mediation of the police in the creation of television "cop shows"
Supervisors: Prof. Paul Rock, Prof. Robert Reiner (Dept of Law) & Dr. Janet Foster
Contact: m.p.colbran@lse.ac.uk|
Cruz, Victor Manuel
Title/topic: 'Metaphysics in the Dark': UK electronic dance music after the 'digital revolution'
Supervisors: Dr. Don Slater and Prof. Paul Gilroy
Contact: V.M.Cruz@lse.ac.uk|
Cullen, Michelle
Title/topic: Cities on the Path to 'Smart'
Supervisors: Dr. Fran Tonkiss and Dr. Don Slater
Contact: M.L.Cullen@lse.ac.uk|
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Dickason, Simon
Title/topic: The emergence of global corporatism: a study of the Ethical Trading Initative
Supervisor: Dr. Nigel Dodd
Contact: s.j.dickason@lse.ac.uk|
Dinardi, Cecilia
Title/topic: Against the Culture Panacea: The politics of heritage, national remembering and urban regeneration in Buenos Aires
Supervisor: Prof. Paul Gilroy
Contact: M.C.Dinardi@lse.ac.uk|
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El-Khairy, Omar
Title/topic: 'Freedom is a lifestyle choice' : U.S. cultural diplomacy and African-American popular culture in times of war
Supervisor: Prof. Paul Gilroy
Contact: o.a.el-khairy@lse.ac.uk|
Ergun, Mutlu
Title/topic:Deconstructing Race - Empowering Subjectivities: A Sociopsychological Framework of Racialisation (in view of Anti-Islamic Racism), Racial Awareness Training and Empowerment in Germany
Supervisor: Prof. Paul Gilroy
Contact: m.ergun@lse.ac.uk|
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Filipe, Angela Marques
2nd year
Title/topic: Beyond clinical reasoning: Practices of disambiguation in child mental disorders
Supervisors: Dr. Ilina Singh and Professor Nikolas Rose
Contact: A.M.Filipe@lse.ac.uk |lse.ac.uk/BIOS/whosWho/Studentprofilepages/Angela_Filipe.aspx |
Finlay, Susanna
Title/topic: Engineering biology or biologising engineering? Epistemic cultural dynamics in the emergence of synthetic biology
Supervisors: Prof. Nikolas Rose and Dr. Filippa Lentzos
Contact: s.c.finlay@lse.ac.uk|
Fitzgerald, Des
4th year
Title/topic: Neuroscience and autism spectrum disorders
Supervisor: Prof. Nikolas Rose
Contact: p.d.fitzgerald@lse.ac.uk|
Fuentes, Kristina
2nd year
Title/topic: Bringing the 'American Dream' in: A Study of Discourse, Ideology and Framing in the U.S. Labour Movement
Supervisor: Dr Robin Archer
Contact: k.i.fuentes@lse.ac.uk|
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Gassner, Gunter
Title/topic: Professional Skyline discourses: City of London's Skylines as Images and Texts
Supervisor Prof. Robert Tavernor
Contact: G.Gassner@lse.ac.uk|
Gooch, Rebecca
Title/topic: Regulation Compliance in British Television
Supervisor: Prof. Paul Rock
Contact: r.l.gooch@lse.ac.uk|
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Hanspal, Vrajesh
Title/topic: Markets and mediators: Entrepreneurs and product markets
Supervisor: Dr. Don Slater
Contact: v.hanspal@lse.ac.uk|
Hussain, Ajmal
4th year (part-time)
Title/topic: An ethnographic study of new Muslim identity formation in inner-city Birmingham, UK.
Supervisor: Dr. Claire Alexander
Contact: A.Hussain1@lse.ac.uk|
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James, Malcolm
4th year
Title/topic: Young people and multiculture in Outer East London: marginality, memory, horizons and the public sphere
Supervisor: Dr. Claire Alexander
Contact: t.m.james@lse.ac.uk|
Javid, Hassan
Title/topic: Power, Politics and Patronage - Landlords and the State in Pakistani Punjab
Supervisor: Dr. Robin Archer
Contact: h.javid@lse.ac.uk|
Javidan, Pantea
Title/topic: Social and legal constructions of the commercial sexual exploitation of children
Supervisors: Dr. Paddy Rawlinson, Co-Supervisor: Dr. Hakan Seckinelgin
Contact: pantea.javidan@gmail.com|
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Kaasa, Adam
Title/topic: Transatlantic Dialogues: The Architecture of Citizenship in Mexico
Supervisors: Dr. Fran Tonkiss and Prof. Richard Sennett
Contact: a.r.kaasa@lse.ac.uk|
Kenehan, Rachel
Title/topic: Living Life: How Young Men Experience Long-Term Imprisonment
Supervisor: Prof. Dick Hobbs
Contact: r.kenehan@lse.ac.uk|
Kilburn, Daniel
4th year
Title/topic: Case studies of everyday life and neighbouring in recently built mixed-tenure housing schemes
Supervisor: Dr Fran Tonkiss
Contact: lse email & http://personal.lse.ac.uk/kilburn|
Kim, Dhohoon
Title/topic: Network, representation, and discourse on stem cell research: UK and South Korea
Supervisor: Dr. Martin Bauer
Contact: leo.kim.praxis@gmail.com|
Kim, Helen
Title/topic: Urban Desi: Diasporas and the British Asian music scene in London
Supervisor: Dr. Claire Alexander
Contact: h.kim2@lse.ac.uk|
Kim, Young Jeong
Title/topic: Identity, negotiation and strategy of South Korean migrant women in the UK
Supervisors: Dr. Claire Alexander & Dr. Leslie Sklair
Contact: y.j.kim@lse.ac.uk|
Kohonen, Matti
Title/Topic: The Social Value of Social Enterprise: An ethnographic study of the value creation of two social enterprises in Ghana
Supervisors: Dr. Don Slater & Dr. Nigel Dodd
Contact: m.t.kohonen@lse.ac.uk|
Krause, Juljan
Title/Topic: Ontologies of social interaction: rationality and self in social theories of modernity
Supervisor: Dr. Nigel Dodd
Contact: j.krause@lse.ac.uk|
Kroll, Christian
Title/Topic: Social Capital and Subjective Well-Being
Supervisor: Dr. Ursula Henz
Contact: c.kroll@lse.ac.uk|
More information: Personal LSE webpage|
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Lingayah, Sanjiv
Title/topic: Re-imagining Britain: The interplay of national identity and identity politics in the New Labour period
Supervisors: Dr. Claire Alexander
Contact: s.lingayah@lse.ac.uk|
Lorenzo, Maria Beatriz
Title/topic: The Real Crisis: A sociological in-depth network perspective of the decision to buy property in Sapin 2000-2010.
Supervisors: Dr. Nigel Dodd
Contact: m.b.lorenzo@lse.ac.uk|
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Macartney, John
Title/topic: Healing Ourselves: Subjectivation in Cancer Complementary Self-Help
Supervisor: Prof. Nikolas Rose
Contact: j.i.macartney@lse.ac.uk|
Mager, Lee
Title/topic: Discourses of resistance among online anti-New World Order conspiracy theory communities
Supervisor: Dr. Don Slater
Contact: a.l.mager@lse.ac.uk|
Manning, Peter
5th year (part-time)
Title/topic: Justice, reconciliation and memorial politics in Cambodia
Supervisor: Dr. Claire Moon
Contact: p.manning@lse.ac.uk|
More information: Personal LSE webpage|
Massalha, Manal
Title/topic: Absence of the Palestinian city and urbanism and its impact on Palestinian social development and class formation in Israel
Supervisor: Prof Paul Gilroy
Contact: m.massalha@lse.ac.uk|
Matczak, Anna
Title/topic: Public attitude towards restorative justice
Supervisor: Dr Janet Foster
Contact: A.Matczak@lse.ac.uk|
Mena, Olivia
Title/topic: Global Border Walls
Supervisor: Prof. Paul Gilroy
Contact: O.Mena@lse.ac.uk|
Monson, Tamlyn
1st year
Title/topic: Collective violence and informal settlement in South Africa
Supervisor: Prof Chetan Bhatt
Contact: t.j.monson@lse.ac.uk|
Muscat, Michaela
2nd year
Title/topic: Sociology of Islamic Finance
Supervisor: Dr Nigel Dodd
Contact: m.muscat@lse.ac.uk|
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Novis, Roberta
Title/topic: Organised Crime and the Social Organisation of Prisons
Supervisor: Prof. Dick Hobbs
Contact: r.b.novis@lse.ac.uk|
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Ozolina, Liene
2nd year (currently on fieldwork)
Title/topic: Political subjectivity and meanings of work in post-socialist Latvia Supervisor: Dr. Manali Desai
Contact: l.ozolina@lse.ac.uk|
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Potter, Jesse
Title/topic: Meaningful Change: the negotiation of values, beliefs, and commitments in the work/life transitions of men and women
Supervisors: Prof. Richard Sennett & Dr. Janet Foster
Contact: j.potter@lse.ac.uk|
Proia, Barbara
Title/topic: Imagined Consequences: an insider's view of Italy's 2001 corporate law
Supervisor: Dr. Paddy Rawlinson
Contact: b.proia@lse.ac.uk|
Prug, Toni
Title/topic: Hacking ideologies: free software, political subjects and fictitious structures of reality
Supervisor: Dr. Don Slater
Contact: t.prug@lse.ac.uk|
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Rashid, Naaz
Title/topic: Veiled Threats: How the Muslim woman is constructed in UK social policy discourses
Supervisor: Dr Suki Ali
Contact: n.f.rashid@lse.ac.uk|
Redclift, Victoria
Title/topic: 'States of exception' and the creation of political space: statelessness and citizenship in Bangladesh
Supervisor: Dr. Claire Alexander and Dr. Manali Desai
Contact: v.m.redclift@lse.ac.uk|
Robinson, Katherine
2nd year
Title/topic:
Public libraries as sites of everyday encounters in London and Berlin
Supervisor: Dr. Ayona Datta
Contact: k.a.robinson@lse.ac.uk|
Rode, Philipp
Title/topic: Integrated planning, design and transport
Supervisor: Dr. Fran Tonkiss and Prof. Anne Power
Contact: p.rode@lse.ac.uk|
Ross, Sandy
Title/topic: Everyday economists: what lay people understand about economics
Supervisor: Dr. Don Slater and Dr. Nigel Dodd
Contact: s.ross@lse.ac.uk|
Rota, Andrea
Title/topic: Reassembling the Internets: an ethnographic approach - lay users, liquid technology and the making of meaning
Supervisors: Dr. Don Slater & Dr. Edgar Whitley (Information Systems and Innovation Group, Department of Management)
Contact: a.rota@lse.ac.uk|
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Seymour, Richard
Title/topic: The raciological dimensions of Cold War anticommunism
Supervisor: Prof. Paul Gilroy
Contact: R.W.Seymour@lse.ac.uk|
Shirai, Hiromasa
Title/topic: From Global Field to Local Neighbourhood - The Legacy of the Olympic Site for the City
Supervisor: Professor Robert Tavernor
Contact: h.shirai@lse.ac.uk|
Simanyi, Lena
Title/topic: Moralities of consumption in post-socialist Hungary
Supervisor: Dr. Don Slater
Contact: l.simanyi@lse.ac.uk|
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Timms, Jill
Title/topic: The role of corporate social responsibility discourse in campaigns for workers' rights: Three transnational case studies
Supervisors: Prof. Leslie Sklair and Dr. Fran Tonkiss
Contact: j.l.timms@lse.ac.uk|
Torre, Andreea
Title/topic: Migration projects and settlement dynamics. Low-wage Romanian migrants in London and Rome
Supervisors: Dr. Patrick McGovern & Dr. Claire Alexander
Contact: a.r.torre@lse.ac.uk|
Trevino-Rangel, Javier
Title/topic: Governing through human rights: the policing of Mexico's past political crimes
Supervisor: Dr Claire Moon
Contact: j.trevino-rangel@lse.ac.uk|
More information: Personal LSE webpage|
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Van Der Graaf, Judy
Title/Topic: The Regulatory Role of Non-State Actors: Credit Rating Agencies
Supervisor: Prof. Bridget Hutter
Contact: j.s.van-der-graaf@lse.ac.uk|
More information: Personal LSE webpage|
Veilahti, Antti
Title/topic: Economic expertise and banking policy
Supervisor: Prof. Bridget Hutter & Dr. Nigel Dodd
Contact: a.v.veilahti@lse.ac.uk|
Von Burg, Krysia
Title/topic: Homophobic violence in Britain
Supervisor: Prof. Paul Rock & Prof Robert Reiner
Contact: k.von-burg@lse.ac.uk|
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Wadham, Monia
Title/topic: Civic renewal through community cohesion in Britain (1997 - 2000)
Supervisor: Prof. Paul Gilroy
Contact: m.wadham@lse.ac.uk|
Weisz-Rind, Yael
Title/topic: Between the Nation and the Conscience: Dissident Soldiers in Israel
Supervisors: Dr Robin Archer and Dr Claire Moon
Contact: Y.Weisz-Rind@lse.ac.uk|