Dance Research Degrees

About the project

• ChiPrints Repository
• Inaugural Lectures
• PhD and MPhil Degrees Business Research Degrees Dance Research Degrees Education Research Degrees English and Creative Writing Research Degrees Law Research Degrees Pre-PhD Preparation Psychology and Criminology Research Degrees History and Politics Research Degrees Sport Research Degrees Theatre Research Degrees
• Business Research Degrees
• Dance Research Degrees
• Education Research Degrees
• English and Creative Writing Research Degrees
• Law Research Degrees
• Pre-PhD Preparation
• Psychology and Criminology Research Degrees
• History and Politics Research Degrees
• Sport Research Degrees
• Theatre Research Degrees
• Research Centres Centre for Cultural History Centre for Education, Innovation and Equity Centre for Future Technologies Centre for Health and Allied Sport and Exercise Science Research (CHASER) Children, Teaching and Practice in Physical Education Diversity and Equality in Sport Enhancing Sport Performance Health and Wellbeing Research SHIFT Step By Step Integrated Caring Science Research Group Nutritional Supplementation Occupational Performance Research Group Centre for Sustainable Business Centre for Workforce Development Centre of Excellence for Childhood, Society and Inclusion Homelessness Studies Lab Chichester Centre for Critical and Creative Writing Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction Creative Industries Research Centre MOVER Centre Lab for Self-Efficacy, Performance and Agency (LSPA) People and Well-Being in the Everyday Research Centre (POWER) Child and Adolescent Socio-Emotional Development Lab Cognitive Ageing and Dementia Research Lab Creative Research Methods Lab Cultural and Social Cognition Laboratory Employee Well-being in Work & Organisational Psychology (EWWOP) Lab Functional Behavioural Science Laboratory Human Attention Laboratory Lab for Global Research on Gender, Sexuality and Identity Mental Health and Wellbeing Lab Quantitative Criminology Lab Research in Practice Hub Sexualised Violence and Abuse Research Lab Vocal Communication Lab Qualitative Research Hub Social Work Collaborative Research Hub The Iris Murdoch Research Centre
• Centre for Cultural History
• Centre for Education, Innovation and Equity
• Centre for Future Technologies
• Centre for Health and Allied Sport and Exercise Science Research (CHASER) Children, Teaching and Practice in Physical Education Diversity and Equality in Sport Enhancing Sport Performance Health and Wellbeing Research SHIFT Step By Step Integrated Caring Science Research Group Nutritional Supplementation Occupational Performance Research Group
• Children, Teaching and Practice in Physical Education
• Diversity and Equality in Sport
• Enhancing Sport Performance
• Health and Wellbeing Research SHIFT Step By Step
• SHIFT
• Step By Step
• Integrated Caring Science Research Group
• Nutritional Supplementation
• Occupational Performance Research Group
• Centre for Sustainable Business
• Centre for Workforce Development
• Centre of Excellence for Childhood, Society and Inclusion Homelessness Studies Lab
• Homelessness Studies Lab
• Chichester Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
• Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction
• Creative Industries Research Centre
• MOVER Centre Lab for Self-Efficacy, Performance and Agency (LSPA)
• Lab for Self-Efficacy, Performance and Agency (LSPA)
• People and Well-Being in the Everyday Research Centre (POWER) Child and Adolescent Socio-Emotional Development Lab Cognitive Ageing and Dementia Research Lab Creative Research Methods Lab Cultural and Social Cognition Laboratory Employee Well-being in Work & Organisational Psychology (EWWOP) Lab Functional Behavioural Science Laboratory Human Attention Laboratory Lab for Global Research on Gender, Sexuality and Identity Mental Health and Wellbeing Lab Quantitative Criminology Lab Research in Practice Hub Sexualised Violence and Abuse Research Lab Vocal Communication Lab
• Child and Adolescent Socio-Emotional Development Lab
• Cognitive Ageing and Dementia Research Lab
• Creative Research Methods Lab
• Cultural and Social Cognition Laboratory
• Employee Well-being in Work & Organisational Psychology (EWWOP) Lab
• Functional Behavioural Science Laboratory
• Human Attention Laboratory
• Lab for Global Research on Gender, Sexuality and Identity
• Mental Health and Wellbeing Lab
• Quantitative Criminology Lab
• Research in Practice Hub
• Sexualised Violence and Abuse Research Lab
• Vocal Communication Lab
• Qualitative Research Hub
• Social Work Collaborative Research Hub
• The Iris Murdoch Research Centre
• Research Excellence Framework REF 2014 REF 2021 Data Collection Statements
• REF 2014
• REF 2021 Data Collection Statements
• Data Collection Statements
• Research Governance
• Research Office

Explore dance and movement

The Dance department has gained an international reputation in PhD studies through Practice as Research, and actively encourage applicants in this area of research practice.

Dance is part of a lively research culture which includes visiting artists contributing to regular research presentations, performances, installations and exhibitions and an ongoing Research Dialogues series.

There are reading groups and opportunities to develop through paper and performance presentations.

We encourage enquiries from potential applicants in Dance and Dance-related subjects in both traditional academic and practice-based research. Opportunities for interdisciplinary research are also available.

Supervision is offered by a strong, research-active team with a wide range of expertise, and includes academics and practitioner-scholars with international reputations.

Browse our staff and research specialisms

Most of these PhD projects are being undertaken using choreography or performance as a central research strategy.

Dr Yael Flexer

Reader in Dance and Artistic Director of mapdance

Dr Ben Francombe

Associate Lecturer in Theatre

Professor Laura Ritchie

Professor of Learning and Teaching, National Teaching Fellow Coordinator of Instrumental/ Vocal Teaching and MA Programmes

Dr Pete Phillips

Senior Lecturer in Theatre

Virginia Farman

Senior Lecturer in Choreography and Dance Research

Natalie Rowland

Programme Leader for Dance, Aerial and Physical Theatre

Performing Arts Research

Explore our dance, theatre and performance as we explore topics including how performing benefits performers.

Research areas