Centre for the Study of Inequality, Culture and Difference

The Centre for the Study of Inequality, Culture and Difference provides a focus for research that theorises and analyses how the representation, practice and experience of difference produce inequality. Research in the Centre will not only explore how such representations, practices and experiences have been both contested and reproduced, but also how they inform discriminatory practices and policies.

The Centre draws together many staff and postgraduates within the field of Communication, Culture and Media at Nottingham Trent University. Some of our members are also drawn from other teams within the School of Arts and Humanities.

Researchers are dedicated to the exploration of how such representations, practices and experiences have been contested and reproduced. The Centre brings together five main research groups, each of which serves as a focal point for colleagues from the different teaching teams that contribute to the research unit.

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Research Groups

Gender and Sexuality

Feminism and Postfeminism; Queer Theory and Politics; Transnational Sexuality Studies; Constructing Masculinities; Gender, Journalism and on-line communication

Globalisation, Migration and Diaspora

Global diasporas; Global and transnational communication; Exile, diaspora, memory; Migrant women and empowerment;

Foreign aid and development; Culture and globalisation

Language, Power and Institution

Public and media policy; Democracy and digital cultures; Critical discourse analysis; Public diplomacy and soft power; Language and gender; Language and law; Forensic linguistics; Language, identity, locality; The sociology of journalism

Media and Film Cultures

Media constructions of gender; National and transnational cinema cultures; Cinema, the body and the senses; Film theory; Transnational stardom and celebrity cultures; International cinemas

Philosophy, Culture, and Everyday Life

Food and travel cultures; Visual cultures; Travel cultures; Waste cultures; The philosophy of education; Cultural politics and cultural history; Belief systems; Critical and cultural theory; Bioethics; The philosophy of film

The Centre is always keen to recruit good postgraduate students from the UK, Europe and the rest of the world. The University offers a number of bursaries every year, and is part of the AHRC Midlands3Cities Doctoral Training Partnership, which provides funding for PhD research in the Arts and Humanities.