Areas of research study
Southampton Solent University has a wide range of research areas currently available which are listed below. To discuss areas of research prior to making an application please contact the relevant Faculty Director of
Postgraduate Research Students:
Faculty of Business, Sport and Enterprise
Professor David Watkins: david.watkins@solent.ac.uk|
Faculty of the Creative Industries and Society
Professor Maurice Owen: maurice.owen@solent.ac.uk|
Maritime and Technology Faculty
Professor John Rees: john.rees@solent.ac.uk|
Business, Sport and Enterprise
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Critical Economics
Critical Management
Entrepreneurship
Enterprise Development
Enterprise/Entrepreneurship Education
Environmentally Sustainable Enterprise
Event and Destination Management
Football Studies
General Management
Higher and Further Education Pedagogies
Human Resource Management (HRM, HRD)
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
International Marketing
Law, including environmental and property law
Legal Education
Local Economic Development
Marketing, particularly within a digital environment
Marxian Economics
Research Evaluation
Small Business Management (SME Management)
SME and Entrepreneurship Policy
Social and Economic Studies of Sports
Social Enterprise
Sports and Fitness Training
Sports Biodynamics
Sports Management
Strategic Management
Tourism, particularly sustainable tourism
The Creative Industries and Society
Art and design
Arts and politics
Broadcast media
Communication and creativity
Contemporary music
Creative writing
Cultural studies
Design history
Fashion
Fashion accessories
Fashion styling
Film and television
Fine art
History of art
Interactive digital media
Journalism
Literature
Material aesthetics
Music and image
Music and media
Music festivals and live music
Music in performance
Music production analysis
Music, identity and representation
Music industries
Music technology
Performing fashion
Photography
Popular music history
Popular music in education
Psychology
Textiles
Social sciences
Sonic/visual arts and experimental music.
Styling
Visual arts
Maritime and Technology
Adaptive optimisation methods
Built environment
Computing
Design
Engineering
Marine environmental policy
Marine operations
Naval architecture