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Thesis title: Orientations towards Gender, National Identity and Abortion in the Eighth Amendment Referendum Campaign’s Linguistic Landscape Abstract: Louis’ research, situated within the field of linguistic landscapes (LL), focuses on therecent (and ongoing) debates...
by admin | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: Platforms of Resistance or Platforms of Control? Data, Power and Networks of Resistance in the Platform Capitalism Era. Abstract: Uber and Amazon are empowered by economic monopoly, intelligent algorithms and big data. The counter-power of collective...
by admin | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: LGBT+ Volunteering in Higher Education – Care and Community Abstract: In my research, I consider how students and staff engaged in LGBT-related voluntary work at English universities (for instance through student societies or staff networks) see...
by admin | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: Fashion Capital and Eco-habitus: The Networked Mediation of Fashion Rental Abstract: This study examines fashion rental as a new space of consumption within the field of fashion, with the aim of exploring how and if eco-habitus alongside fashion capital...
by admin | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: A small stories approach to the construction of sex workers’ professional identities on social media. Abstract: My project seeks to explore the linguistic/semiotic construction of sex workers’ identities on digital platforms, paying particular attention...
by admin | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: Regional variation and the commodification of language in southwest France Abstract: Célia’s research focuses on Bordeaux and Toulouse and is set within a tradition of work examining the commodification of language in late capitalism (Bourdieu, 1982;...
by admin | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: Doing identity with desire: Japanese men’s masculinities on a men-only dating app. Abstract: Liam’s project examines how Japanese men construct their identities in the text of their profiles on a popular dating app for men. This online data, combined...
by admin | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: Metaphors in narratives about diabetes: cross-cultural differences and similarities Abstract: Type 2 diabetes affects almost 500 million people worldwide and it is among the 10 most common causes of death. The number of people living with diabetes has...
by admin | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: Dance in Museums: An investigation into the cross-sector creative strategy of the 21st century (a joint funded ESRC/AHRC studentship) Abstract: Elena’s project investigates collaborative practices by examining the inclusion of performing arts into...
by admin | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: Homelessness in discourse, narrative and interaction Abstract: In England there are currently 78,000 families living in temporary housing and 9,000 rough sleepers. The growing homelessness problem has been recognised by charities and organisations, with...
by admin | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: Code-Switching in the French Caribbean Media: Negotiation and Accommodation in a Linguistic ‘Continuum’ Abstract: Chiara’s PhD project will investigate how code choice (CC) and code-switching (CS) between French and French-lexicon Creole serve to...
by admin | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: Ideologies and Urban Welsh Abstract: I use linguistic ethnography (Rampton et al. 2004) to explore ideologies around Welsh in the urban South-East of Wales. Changes in the circumstances of Welsh, including new rights, an increase in speakers, and the...
