PhD in Sociology

Fully funded PhD studentship linked to ERC Starting Grant project Digital Welfare Borders: The Effects of Artificial Intelligence in Migrants’ Access to Welfare (DIGIWEB). The project examines how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping welfare provision and migration governance across Europe, focusing on welfare systems as sites of internal bordering. This PhD will focus on the UK case study, based at Queen Mary University of London in London, and will conduct in-depth qualitative research on AI-driven welfare systems at the local level, with emphasis on street-level bureaucrats, local government, and interactions with migrant and non-national groups.