Master of Science by Research - Urban Studies

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The MSc by Research in Urban Studies allows students to undertake a year-long program of personally and professionally enriching research, supervised by Swansea University's Human Geography academic staff. The urban studies research project will be shaped by participation in research activities such as seminars and reading groups, as well as students' involvement in one of Swansea's established Human Geography research groups. The range of the current human geographical research in urban studies includes: Global cities World cities Global urban networks Poststructuralism, actor-network theory, assemblage theory and the city Psychoanalytic urban geographies The political economy and cultural political economy of cities Urban geographies of violence Modernity, Postmodernity and the city Alternative Urban theories