| Dissertation Topic |
Research Focus & Rationale |
| Automated Welfare and the Reproduction of Poverty |
Investigates how algorithmic decision-making disadvantages marginalized claimants. |
| Intersectionality and Digital Exclusion in the UK |
Examines the "double burden" of race/gender in accessing digital services. |
| 'Generation Rent' and Deferred Adulthood |
Sociological analysis of housing insecurity's impact on life milestones. |
| Social Interaction and Identity in the 'Metaverse' |
Community formation and identity fluidity in virtual spaces. |
| Elite Power Networks in Post-Globalised UK |
Analyzes influence mechanisms of the economic elite post-Brexit. |
| Remote Work and the Hollowing of Urban Communities |
Impact of work-from-home on city center social capital. |
| Food Banks as Institutionalised Welfare |
Critical analysis of the normalization of charity in the welfare state. |
| Algorithmic Bias in UK Policing |
Critical Race Theory analysis of predictive policing tools. |
| The 'Manosphere' and Youth Radicalisation |
Role of algorithms in promoting anti-feminist ideologies to young men. |
| Digital Isolation Among the Elderly in Smart Cities |
Exclusion of non-digital seniors from urban technological infrastructure. |
| The Gig Economy and Occupational Identity |
How platform work alters professional self-conception. |
| Eco-Anxiety and Political Engagement in UK Youth |
Drivers of fatalism vs. activism regarding climate change. |
| Transgender Rights and Public Discourse Polarization |
Discourse analysis of media representation of gender identity. |
| Gentrification and Rural 'Counter-Urbanisation' |
Social friction from wealthy remote workers moving to rural UK. |
| Institutional Racism in the Judiciary: 2026 Review |
Evaluates progress since the Lammy Review on racial bias. |
| Sociology of Long COVID: Disability and Recognition |
The struggle for medical and social recognition of chronic illness. |
| Workplace Surveillance and the Home Office Panopticon |
Psychological impact of monitoring software on remote employees. |
| Unpaid Internships and Social Mobility in Creative Industries |
How entry barriers maintain class stratification in the arts. |
| Trade Union Organizing in the Digital Economy |
New forms of collective bargaining for app-based workers. |
| Loneliness as a Public Health Issue |
Critique of medicalizing loneliness vs. addressing structural causes. |
| Voter ID Laws and Political Participation |
Quantitative analysis of turnout among marginalized groups. |
| The 'Homework Gap' and Generative AI in Education |
How paid AI tutoring tools exacerbate attainment inequality. |
| The Social Construction of 'Resilience' |
Discourse analysis of shifting responsibility from state to individual. |
| Care Leavers in the Criminal Justice System |
Systemic failures contributing to the care-to-prison pipeline. |
| The Sociology of Waste and Circular Consumption |
Household behaviors and the moral economy of recycling. |