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The MPhil/PhD in Gender is a dynamic programme that will develop your scholarly and career interests, preparing you for the world of academia and policy research. You’ll have the opportunity to undertake a substantial piece of work that is worthy of publication, and which makes an original contribution to the field of Gender Studies.

The deadline for applications, including all supporting documentation, is 10 December 2025.

All applicants received by the deadline will be considered for a place onto the PhD programme in Gender, and thereafter for an and, if eligible, .

The department is pleased to offer is pleased to offer a Collaborative Studentship with the Women's Budget Group as part of the LSE ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership, commencing in September 2026. Find full details and guidelines on how to apply here.

For 2025/2026 entry to the PhD programme, the department particularly welcomes applications from candidates seeking to work in the following areas of interdisciplinary Gender Studies:

  • Feminist methodologies in the social sciences (including economics, development studies, population studies, sociology, and social policy)
  • Gender, labour and care
  • Gender and affect and/or psychoanalytic approaches (to gender, sexuality, culture and politics)
  • Gender and culture (including film, media, digital and popular culture, narrative/literature, and/or the arts)
  • Gender and Imperialism
  • Transnational, decolonial and postcolonial politics of human rights and justice across the globe
  • Gender and sexual politics of peace, security and global governance
  • Transnational sexual cultures, politics, and democracy

The department anticipates proposals attending to questions of complex inequality and particularly welcomes approaches investigating overlaps across or intersections among forms of power.

How to Apply

For details of the application process and to submit your application online visit the graduate study pages.

Read our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on applying for a PhD in the department for further guidance.

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