2013 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 123 2013 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

An ice-free Arctic: why was Arctic warmth amplified during past Interglacials?

British Antarctic Survey Polar Science for a Sustainable Planet

The Last Interglacial (LIG) period, which had higher summer solar insolation than today, is the last time that Arctic experienced ice free summers. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Louise Sime, Dr F Muschitiello

4 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Home Literacy Engagement for Autistic Children Across Australia and United Kingdom

Nottingham Trent University School of Social Sciences

Project ID. S48. Read more

Supervisor: Dr L-S I Iao

12 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Assured and Scalable Self-Adaptation for the Engineering of Trustworthy Autonomous Robotic Teams

University of York Department of Computer Science

About the Project. Robotic teams and other distributed autonomous systems (DAS) are increasingly used in several application domains including logistics, manufacturing, and infrastructure inspection. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Gerasimou

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Government Led Tradable Truck Permit Optimisation Strategy for Multiterminal Ports to reduce emission in port area (Ref: RDF24/BL/MOS/LI)

Northumbria University Faculty of Business and Law

Port area congestion and the related emissions are a growing problem worldwide (Chen, Govindan and Golias, 2013; Schulte et al., 2017; Fan et al., 2022). Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Li, Dr A Small

26 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Exploring lived experiences of disability football (Ref: RDF24/HLS/SWECW/CROFT)

Northumbria University Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

This exciting studentship offers an excellent opportunity to work collaboratively with community sports providers to explore participation in disability football for visually impaired and/or physically impaired adults. Read more

Supervisors: Dr E Croft, Dr M Fothergill, Dr P Graham

26 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for 2024 Entry. - Understanding pathways of methane production in tropical peatlands

University of Exeter GW4

About the Partnership. This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the NERC Great Western Four+ Doctoral Training Partnership (GW4+ DTP). Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Gallego-Sala, Dr CB Bryce, Prof R Pancost

9 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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PhD Study : Transdiagnostic mental health mechanisms: The role of negative self-referential processing

Ulster University - Coleraine Campus Faculty of Life and Health Sciences

Research Group: Psychology

Mental health problems are traditionally classified as discrete disorders characterised by specific symptoms. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Butter

5 February 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Micro-LED transceivers for AI-enabled Digital High-Value Manufacturing

University of Strathclyde Institute of Photonics

Duration. 3.5yrs. Description. The University of Strathclyde is pleased to be able to offer a highly cross-disciplinary applied-physics project on the development and systems integration of micro-light-emitting-diodes (micro-LEDs) for digital manufacturing. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Herrnsdorf, Dr I Tavakkolnia

15 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Carbon sequestration processes in the rusty carbon sink

University of Stirling School of Biological & Environmental Sciences

Carbon is sequestered in soils and sediments via mineral associations. Over 20% of organiccarbon in sediments is directly bound to reactive iron mineral phases, giving rise to the so-called ‘rusty carbon sink’ (Lalonde et al. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Schroeder, Prof J Toney

5 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Hydrologically-informed estimates of malaria transmission

University of Leeds School of Geography

Summary. Malaria is a climate sensitive vector-borne disease that was responsible for an estimated 619,000 deaths from 247 million malaria cases worldwide in 2021; 95% of these malaria cases were in Africa (WHO, 2022). Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Smith

Open Day(s) 5 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Importance Sampling for Computing Extremes

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Mathematics

Extreme climate events such as prolonged heatwaves, heavy rainfall, and severe windstorms with return periods of hundreds of years or more have severe impacts when they occur. Read more

Supervisors: Dr N Ben Rached, Dr L V Bogachev

Open Day(s) 5 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Mars crustal magnetic fields: protection for exploration

University College London Department of Space & Climate Physics

The surface of Mars is a harsh environment for robotic and human exploration, with strong temperature differences (0 to 20 °C during the day and -100 to -120 °C at night), ultraviolet radiation which penetrates the thin atmosphere, and a significant radiation environment from galactic and solar energetic particle sources. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Coates

26 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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City of Watchers. Sousveillance and policing the urban environment (Ref: IDRT24/ADSS/UF/ROWE)

Northumbria University Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences

We live and participate in a culture of surveillance. Control and protection as well as care and comfort converge as drivers of increasing capacities for watching and being watched. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M Rowe, Dr M Wienroth

26 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Small and beautiful: Assessing the importance of Miyawaki ‘Tiny forests’ for urban biodiversity (CENTA 2024-B41)

University of Birmingham School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Urbanisation is a driving force in biodiversity change at a global level (McDonald et al. 2020), affecting species’ assemblages, and affecting functional ecology across multiple taxa (Hahs et al., 2023). Read more

Supervisor: Dr J P Sadler

10 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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