Applicants to the PhD programme are required to submit a research proposal of approximately 5,000 words which incorporates:
- a statement of the research issue, setting out the temporal, geographic and conceptual limits of the work
- the potential contribution of the research to theory and/or policy making
- a concise formulation of the research issues
- a brief review of the theoretical background and the main analytical approaches to be followed
- a specification of the main expected methods of data collection and processing
- proposed table of contents for the thesis
- references and bibliography
Research proposal examples
Take a look at these examples of successful research proposals: