PhD Social Statistics

University of Manchester

The PhD programme in Social Statistics at The University of Manchester has a thriving and diverse research community. Our research themes include: Global inequalities and international comparisons, Population studies and demographic methods, Health and the life course, Education, Employment and the labour market, Civic engagement, Census and survey methodology. Recent PhD topics include: Measuring migration and population movements, Evidence based policy making and machine learning, Homelessness amongst young people, Parenting and well-being, Young people and mental health, Feminism and digital activism, Consumer behaviour and food labelling, Citizen Science data and social research, Privacy and confidentiality in survey data, Survey non-response and sampling.

School of Social Sciences