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We have 609 case PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Developing efficient Bayesian samplers for evolutionary analysis in the Tree of Life

Primary Supervisor. Mario dos Reis. Co-supervisor(s). Richard Nichols. Studentship Funding. Awaiting CSC Funding Decision. Application Deadline. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Dos Reis
 27 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(PDS Award) Sensitising the Database: Stateless Heritage, Imperial Legacies and the Classificatory Challenge

Sensitising the Database. Stateless Heritage, Imperial Legacies and the Classificatory Challenge. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof ACC Carden-Coyne, Dr R Batista-Navarro
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(PDS Award) Weathering Palestine: Climate and Cultural Resilience

Weathering Palestine. Climate and Cultural Resilience. Netta Cohen’s 2024 work on climate science during the British Mandate examined how incoming Jewish communities sought to understand, manage, and exploit the warmer climate of Palestine. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Valassopoulos, Dr V Jankovic
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(PDS Award) Making sense of digital worlds: Adolescent girls’ experiences of navigating social media in everyday life before and during the UK social media restriction

The rise in mental health difficulties among young people, particularly girls, has sparked urgent debate about the role of social media. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr MP Panayiotou, Dr OD Demkowicz, Dr L Munford
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(PDS Award) Safe and Multi-Fidelity Optimisation of Satellite Constellations for a Changing Planet

This four-year PhD project will explore how Earth-observation satellite constellations can adapt as environmental events unfold, new regions require attention and societal priorities evolve. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Lopez-Ibanez, Dr L Costi
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(PDS Award) Sensing Nature: Designing and Evaluating Interventions that Enhance Environmental Empathy and Nature Connectedness (SEEEN)

How do people sense and make sense of the natural world around them, and can we help them connect with it more deeply? This PhD will design and evaluate interventions that strengthen nature connectedness and environmental empathy, which attract growing interest as drivers of wellbeing and pro-environmental behaviour. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr SM MacQuarrie, Dr IT Thornhill, Dr M Vigo
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(PDS Award) Emotionally-Based School Non-Attendance (EBSNA) and its Socio-Economic Impacts for Children, Families and Society: Examining Primary-Secondary School Transition as a Point of Vulnerability

Emotionally-based school non-attendance (EBSNA) is a growing concern for children, families, and schools in the UK, with primary-secondary school transition widely recognised as a critical period of heightened vulnerability. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Bagnall, Dr AT Thompson, Prof PQ Qualter
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(PDS Award) Dangerous interventions: Understanding the patterns and impacts of attacks on aid and health

This project will make a critical interdisciplinary and methodological contribution to the study of violence against aid and health in conflict settings, and the impacts of this violence. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof L Fast, Prof I Hall
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(PDS Award) From Sensing to Decision: Human–AI Interaction, Collaboration and Coevolution in Decision-Making

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI and agentic AI, is transforming AI from a tool into an active participant in human decision-making (Costello et al., 2024; Pearson et al., 2026). Read more
 Supervisors: Prof YC Chen, Dr AG Guenier, Prof X Zeng
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(PDS Award) Sensing menopause in the workplace: embodied experiences across everyday life-worlds

This interdisciplinary PhD project investigates how menopause is experienced as an embodied and sensory phenomenon, and how changing experiences of the body shape the ways people sense, feel and make sense of themselves and their everyday lives. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Hall, Dr AB Barron, Dr AC Clayson
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Santorini–Kolumbo: Imaging Crustal, Magmatic and Hydrothermal Systems with Passive Seismology

Project Overview. What happens beneath a volcano when it awakens? Unique observations from the 2025 Santorini seismic crisis provide a rare window into volcanic unrest. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr GB Bayrakci, Dr D Keir, Dr E Gregory, Dr M Mangriotis, Prof J-BT Tary
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Quantum Magnetometry for Resilient Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Navigation and Ocean Geophysics

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 Supervisors: Dr G Salavasidis, Prof H Ulbricht
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The Underwater Acoustic Footprint of Offshore Infrastructure

Project Overview. Offshore infrastructure, from renewable-energy devices to oil and gas platforms, bridges, met-masts and pipelines, can alter marine soundscapes, but its acoustic contribution is difficult to isolate. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof PR White, Dr E Arcondoulis, Dr VT Todd, Prof MR Rollo
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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How do human blood stem cells adapt to life outside the body? Imaging cellular dynamics to design better culture systems

Blood stem cell transplantation cures many people with leukaemia and gene-edited stem. cell therapies are now reaching patients with inherited blood disorders. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr W Grey, Prof M Peckham, Dr C Spicer
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Scotland’s Heritage in Translation: Mapping Meaning-Making and Cultural Engagement in Inbound Visitor Experiences and Outbound Collaborations

Apply for this opportunity >>. Overview. This PhD investigates how translation shapes engagement with Scotland’s (in)tangible heritage. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S D-C Deane-Cox
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)