Social Science, Health & Medicine Research

MPhil/PhD

Part Time, Full Time

RESEARCH PROFILE

RAE score: This department was created in 2012 therefore does not have a score for the 2008 RAE.
Academic staff: 13.
Research staff: 15.
Visiting Professors and Fellows: Aroud 20 per annum.

Current research priorities include the social determinants of national and global inequalities in heath; social, ethical and political implications of developments in psychiatry and neuroscience, and the changing territory of mental health; social aspects and ethical aspects of advanced biomedicine and medical biotechnology, innovation and translation in genomics, stem cells and neuroscience; movements for 'people's health' in developing countries and the implications of transformations to new models of community healthcare; social, economic and policy consequences of ageing populations in developed and developing worlds; social and ethical consequences of capitalisation of healthcare.

KEY FACTS

Head of group/division

Professor Nikolas Rose

Awarding institution

King's College London

Duration

MPhil: two years FT, four years PT. PhD: three years FT, four-six years PT. Research degree registration normally only allowed in September.

Location

King’s Building, Strand Campus.

Student destinations

Teaching and research in universities, government and NGOs; policy and regulation; employment in the biotech sector.

Year of entry 2013