Postgraduate Research Scholarships
Philosophy and Criminal Law
What contribution can philosophy make to the
formulation or application of criminal law? This
question can be addressed either directly or in relation to one of
more specific areas in which philosophy engages with the theory and
practice of criminal law. Such areas include, for
example, the legitimate scope of the criminal law; the nature of
criminal justice; judicial punishment; the nature of legal decision
making; criminal law defences such as self-defence, provocation, or
insanity; the nature and conditions of criminal responsibility;
criminal law and legal decision-making in medical contexts such as
end-of-life.
The Ethics of Climate
Change
Can philosophy help us to resolve the issues
of climate change satisfactorily? What ethical principles are
relevant to managing climate change and how should these principles
interact with other important empirical and policy concerns? Are
traditional ethical principles, such as equality and beneficence,
up to the task? To what extent should we be concerned with
the fate of future people and the planet, and why? To what
extent and in what ways are we responsible for the future,
including the future development of humanity? Should we
attempt to enhance future people by, e.g., biotechnological means,
so that they are better suited to a changed environment?
Philosophy at Hull offers an active research
environment in which philosophers participate in disciplinary and
interdisciplinary programmes and seminars. Research
students working on either of the above projects in Philosophy
would also become research associates of the Institute for Applied
Ethics, an interdisciplinary research institute at Hull that brings
together researchers in a number of disciplines, including
Philosophy, Politics and Law. A number of researchers at the
Institute are actively engaged in the above areas.
Enquiries about the above projects can be made
to: Dr Suzanne Uniacke (Philosophy)
s.m.uniacke@hull.ac.uk
New Media Political
Communication
Applications for Mphill/Doctoral research
Media, Culture and Society are welcome to explore the following
areas in particular:
Postmodern Theory, Mass Media and Everyday
Life, Media Movements and Radical Politics, World system theory and
Global Communications, Cyberconflict and internet
censorship/dissidents
, Cyberconflict and Global Politics,
Reporting War and Security, Media Coverage of Global Hotspots and
Social Media effects (e.g Iraq, Middle East etc)
, Media and the
'War on Terror'
, Cyberterrorism, New media, Social movements and
Activism, Cyberculture, and political communication in virtual
environments, Social Networking and Media Convergence
, The New
Media Transformation of Global Marketing, Branding, Media Ownership
and Ideology
, The Open source, and Alternative Production.
Expressions of interest to:
Dr Athina
Karatzogianni,
Lecturer in Media, Culture and Society
The Dean's Representative (Chinese Partnerships)
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
The University of Hull
United Kingdom
HU6 7RX
T: ++44 (0) 1482 46 5790
F: ++44 (0) 1482 466107