36 monthsProgramme duration
32,600 GBPTuition Fee/year
30 Jun, 2027Application Deadline
Feb, May, OctStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Urban Planning
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PhD
Study Mode
On Campus
The Development Planning MPhil/PhD supports research that makes a distinct contribution to knowledge and deepens understanding of how to address inequalities and injustices shaped by the nature of knowledge itself on patriarchy, capitalism, urbanisation, climate change and governance. It does so through an interdisciplinary approach, engaging with urban planning, urban design, economic development, social development, gender relations, housing and land, migration and displacement, disasters, transport and urban food systems.
Socially grounded and reflexive research is central to the learning approach at The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, where theory, methodology and practice come together to explore international development. The MPhil/PhD enables you to develop specialist knowledge and conduct in-depth empirical research. Our distinctive, values-driven focus on cities and territories in the Global South emphasises the relationship between theory and practice in a collaborative and intellectually stimulating environment.
You join a network of academics, students and researchers critically examining how injustices emerge from development interventions, while working with practitioners focused on policies and practices across many different contexts.
In Year 1, as an MPhil student, you are introduced to the department’s research culture through weekly seminars, selected modules offered across The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, and structured opportunities to develop your thesis. After this first year, you may apply to transfer to PhD status and begin your fieldwork.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Urban Planning
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PhD
Study Mode
On Campus
The Development Planning MPhil/PhD supports research that makes a distinct contribution to knowledge and deepens understanding of how to address inequalities and injustices shaped by the nature of knowledge itself on patriarchy, capitalism, urbanisation, climate change and governance. It does so through an interdisciplinary approach, engaging with urban planning, urban design, economic development, social development, gender relations, housing and land, migration and displacement, disasters, transport and urban food systems.
Socially grounded and reflexive research is central to the learning approach at The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, where theory, methodology and practice come together to explore international development. The MPhil/PhD enables you to develop specialist knowledge and conduct in-depth empirical research. Our distinctive, values-driven focus on cities and territories in the Global South emphasises the relationship between theory and practice in a collaborative and intellectually stimulating environment.
You join a network of academics, students and researchers critically examining how injustices emerge from development interventions, while working with practitioners focused on policies and practices across many different contexts.
In Year 1, as an MPhil student, you are introduced to the department’s research culture through weekly seminars, selected modules offered across The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, and structured opportunities to develop your thesis. After this first year, you may apply to transfer to PhD status and begin your fieldwork.
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