School of Social and Political Science

Research interests

Quantitative Methods in Social Research, Social statistics, Families, Childbearing, Public health, Youth labour market, Young People not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET), Class and social stratification, Inequality, Inequality in the labour market

Topics interested in supervising

Social demography: Childbearing, family formation and birth timings. Young people in work: The youth labour market, young people and unemployment, transitions to work, young people not in employment, education or training (NEET).

If you are interested in being supervised by Kevin Ralston, please see the links below (opening in new windows) for more information:

• PhD in Social Policy
• PhD in Sociology
• MSc (R) Public Health Policy
• MSc (R) Social Policy
• MSc (R) Sociology