PhD in Global Inequalities and Development

Coventry University

The Global Inequalities and Development Research Group is a multi-disciplinary and multi-national group of researchers who share a desire to better understand the world in order to achieve progressive social change. We undertake research in most developing regions of the world and make linkages to issues of poverty, inequality and oppression in the so-called developed world.The Global Inequalities and Development researchers examine various structural inequalities such as those based on gender and class, and on access to education and natural resources. We are interested in how people, especially youth and those from oppressed and marginalised groups, build trust, organise and mobilise against such inequalities and unjust power relations in their struggles for human rights, justice, representation and democracy. Such interests are reflected in our own research approaches and methods. For instance, we engage in action research and the co-production of knowledge with research participants, aiming to achieve practical applications of our findings in socially transformative ways.We have a strong focus on migration and displacement hosting the world’s largest migration research project, the GCRF-funded South-South Migration, Inequality and Development (MIDEQ) Hub. Working with international partners in 12 countries, MIDEQ undertakes research and policy analysis aimed at reducing inequalities associated with migration and securing rights and development for migrants, their families and the wider communities of which they are a part.Please use the official Coventry University website as your main source of information as our courses are subject to change throughout the year.