Study or work with us

Study for your PhD with the Centre for Transforming Sexuality and Gender

The centre supports postgraduate research study in all areas related to progressive understanding of sexuality and gender. 

We believe in fostering innovative and independent research skills in all our postgraduate researchers. These skills include the ability to clearly identify a focused research problem, conduct original research and articulate findings through critical discourse and published papers.

Our approach encourages work across many disciplines and actively supports inter-disciplinary postgraduate work for traditional and practice-led PhDs. For more information, please contact us at sexgencentre@brighton.ac.uk

You might also like to look at the university's information on postgraduate research studies and opportunities. The example programme areas below give an understanding of support from within some of the disciplinary areas of the University of Brighton.

Example PhD programme areas

• Computing 
• Criminology
• Cultural Studies
• Digital Culture and Creative Media Practices
• Film, Visual and Popular Culture
• Health and Wellbeing
• Human Geography
• Literature
• Media and Communication
• Politics
• Psychology and community psychology
• Sociology
• Sport and Leisure Cultures

We invite prospective doctoral students who are interested in applying for studentships either through the AHRC Techne scheme or the ESRC South Coast programme, with a focus on innovative and interdisciplinary gender and sexualities research, to check the eligibility criteria for funding. Visit the funding opportunities and studentships page for more information.

For more information on studying for your PhD in sexuality and gender studies, please contact us at sexgencentre@brighton.ac.uk

Join us as a visiting fellow, postdoctoral fellow or visiting activist

The Centre for Transforming Sexuality and Gender invites academics interested in working alongside centre members on theoretical research, practice-based research and enterprise-related research (with community or industry engagement) to join us as Visiting Research Fellows.

We aim to provide external researchers, artists and entrepreneurs with a recognised and visible platform for producing excellent research.

Please visit our Visiting Research Fellows pages and contact us by email at sexgencentre@brighton.ac.uk for further information.

We invite expressions of interest for Postdoctoral Fellowships. Read more about our postdoctoral fellowships in sexuality and gender studies on our blog site.

In 2020 the Centre launched an activist in residence scheme. To read more about the scheme and future calls see  'Visiting Activist at the Centre for Transforming Sexuality and Gender'. 

We have also hosted a non-academic 'Visiting Activist at the Centre for Transforming Sexuality and Gender'. 

Join our team at the Creative Methods Lab 

The Centre for Transforming Sexuality and Gender funded the Creative Methods Lab and also a range of creative and visual methods resources, which include Lego and a wide range of craft materials.

Researchers can take advantage of GoPro cameras, wearable cameras, movable cameras, a BlackMagic Cinema camera, and a suite of image and movie editing software and hardware.

Please contact us at sexgencentre@brighton.ac.uk for further information.

Keep in touch with the Centre for Transforming Sexuality and Gender through digital media

We hope you will choose to stay in touch with the Centre for Transforming Sexuality and Gender. 

Our regular blog posts will keep you up-to-date with activity across the centre. Sign up for alerts on the Centre for Transforming Sexuality and Gender blog site.

Our @CTSG_Brighton twitter account gives information and updates on our many activities and events including seminar presentations and publications.

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