PhD Admissions
research excellence
doctor of philosophy | core areas of research
The School of Communication has an international reputation for its critical scholarship on urgent social and political problems affecting contemporary societies, locally and globally. Our programs offer graduate students rigorous training in the critical foundation of communication theory, political economy, policy, the study of culture and media, and technology and data studies. Committed to social justice and innovative collaborations with NGOs, social movements, community groups, government, industry, cultural institutions, policy makers, artists and media producers, we offer graduate students the opportunity to work with faculty members who are leaders in the field. Our programs emphasize learning through direct engagement, whether through faculty-led projects, our media and soundscape laboratories, community collaborations, or participating in ongoing public seminars, public talks and annual conferences. Our graduates have gone on to successfully pursue careers in academia, government, NGOs, cultural institutions, communication industries, and the media.
RESEARCH EXCELLENCE
Data and Technology Studies
- Big Data
- Cyberwars
- Genomics
- Philosophy of technology
- Algorithmic cultures
- Software Studies
- Science and Technology Studies
Media and culture
- Documentary Media Studies and community-based media and art
- Indigenous Media Studies
- Intersectional Feminist & Queer Media Studies
- Memory and Museum Studies
- Asian and Middle Eastern Cultural Studies
- Migration, diaspora, and critical race studies
- Social Media, Gaming and Popular Culture
- Sound Studies and Soundscape Research
- Visual Studies and Sensory media
Political Economy
- Media campaigns
- Social Movements and Revolutions
- Environmental Communication Studies
- Emergency Communication
- Critical Communication Theory
- Political Communication, News Media and Journalism Studies
- Labour in the Media and Communication Industries
Communication and Cultural Governance
- International perspectives in Communication Governance
- Communication Policy, Law and Regulation
- Communication Rights
- Platform Governance
- Local to Global Cultural Policies
Meet the Faculty
Work with research excellence
Expertise: Documentary and educational media, media institutions and infrastructures, feminist media studies, cultural theory
Expertise: Blockchain, cryptocurrency, bitcoin, social media, big data, technology and communication, internet, health, genomics and health, bioethics, biotechnology and science, social networks, race/racism
Expertise: Political economy of global communication, media & democracy, communication industries in China
Expertise: Globalization, transnational culture, Asian media and culture, online game and broadband, political economy of media, telecommunications
Expertise: Communication history, communication theory, cultural policy, feminist analysis, feminist research, film studies, video studies
Jason Congdon
Graduate Program Coordinator
(MA and PhD)
T: 778-782-3595
E: gradcmns@sfu.ca
Room: K9669
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