Postgraduate Research

Established in 2021, the Digital Politics Online Summer School offers an opportunity for postgraduate students at Manchester Met to meet with other students and early career researchers and to take part in masterclasses led by world class scholars in the field of digital politics, society and media. Over the years, the school has supported networking, nurtured pioneering ideas, and mentored our students through all stages of academic publication from inception, through peer review and to the final publication. Our first Summer School led to a publication of Digital Politics, Digital Histories, Digital Futures – a collection of chapters, creative reflections and methodological interventions authored by our students. The School is free, and open to all.

Although we currently do not have internal funding to offer, we can support prospective PhD students in applying for external funders or apply as self-funded. In addition to external funding opportunities, if you choose to do a PhD under the supervision of DISC co-lead Dr Daniel Joseph in the Department of Sociology you can apply for White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership (WRDTP) if your project intersects with the three following themes:   

• Education, Childhood and Youth (ECY) 

• Wellbeing, Health and Communities (WHC) 

• Space, Place, Environment and Liveability (SPEL) 

Please find more information on the WRDTP here.  
For more information on DISC events, activities and members, please check the “Events” and “News” sections of our site.

Informal inquiries can be directed to Dr Adi Kuntsman and Dr Daniel Joseph.