The Opportunity

This PhD project will explore the emergence and influence of misogyny within online manosphere communities, examining how these digital subcultures shape attitudes, identities and behaviours in contemporary society. It will investigate how misogynistic narratives are constructed, shared and legitimised within these spaces, and how they resonate with wider social and political dynamics. The project also invites engagement with the manosphere as a social and economic ecosystem, including its links to broader men’s rights movements and the political economy underpinning these spaces. For example, how influencers, platforms and content creators monetise grievance, identity insecurity and narratives of masculinity, especially in relation to younger male audiences. 

The successful applicant may explore such questions as: What drives engagement with manosphere communities? How do algorithmic systems and platform structures amplify or sustain th...