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construction project management PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 59 construction project management PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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The Productivity Promise: A Critical Study of AI-Driven Monitoring Technologies and Their Impact on Construction Productivity (Ref: ABCE-EBE-KA)

Construction organisations are increasingly turning to AI-enabled monitoring systems, such as machine-vision progress tracking, predictive safety and productivity analytics, and automated resource allocation, to enhance project delivery and reduce inefficiencies. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr KA Ayinla, Prof M Sohail Khan
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Digitalisation towards Safety in Construction: The Facilitating Role of Industrialised Construction (Ref: ABCE-EBE-AS1)

This PhD project lies at the intersection of three topics. Occupational Safety and Health (OSH), digital technologies and industrialised construction. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Saad, Prof P Demian
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Lean Construction and Whole-Life Information Management Through Integrated Digital Twins (Ref: ABCE-EBE-ZH1)

The UK construction industry is undergoing a digital transformation, with growing pressure to deliver projects more efficiently, sustainably, and transparently across the entire building lifecycle. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Z Hu
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Architecture of Flexibility in the UK: Towards Broader Customisation in Industrialised Construction (Ref: ABCE-EBE-AS2)

One of the core benefits of Industrialised Construction (IC) is the repetitive standardised advantage gained, allowing broader efficiency, quality, and an inheritable learning process across different projects. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Saad, Dr S Al-Maiyah, Dr A Jazaierly
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Research Opportunities in Built Environment

Built Environment at Northumbria University is recognised for its research excellence. In the most recent Research Assessment Framework (2021), the School of Architecture and Built Environment was ranked 11th in the UK, with over 75% of its outputs considered world leading or internationally excellent. . Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  PhD Research Programme
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A framework for construction waste minimisation in lean projects – a life cycle approach

Construction waste can take many forms including holding excess inventory of materials, unnecessary movements of construction operatives and vehicles to/from/within a site, idle time between operations, defective work etc. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Papadopoulou, Dr S Ahmed
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD Scholarship Opportunity in Sustainable & Digital Engineering and Project Management at Durham University Department of Engineering

The twin transition of sustainability and digitalisation is transforming how engineering and project-based organisations design, deliver, and govern projects. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof H Sun
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Developing a Model for the Adoption of Agentic AI in Facilities Management: Enabling Autonomous Decision-Making for Sustainable Built Environments

Facilities Management (FM) is a critical, multi-trillion-dollar global industry responsible for ensuring the functionality, safety, comfort, and sustainability of the built environment. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T O Osunsanmi, Dr CM Moobela
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Integration of Circular Economy Principles into Industrialised Construction: A Design Typology for Reusable Infrastructure (Ref: ABCE-EBE-AS3)

Political attention and concerns are growing around the decreasing resources and the low tendency to reuse, repair, refurbish, recycle, or recover existing infrastructure in the United Kingdom. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Saad, Prof M Osmani
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Developing Socially Inclusive Business Models for Circular Economy Adoption in the Construction Supply Chain

The transition to a circular economy in the construction industry is often framed as a technical or environmental challenge, focusing on material innovation, waste management protocols, and economic viability. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr TO Olawumi, Dr CM Moobela
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Managing Hypermasculinity in Construction

Construction remains one of the most male-dominated industries in the UK, with men making up 85% of the total workforce, including 98% of all manual workers. This picture is often reflected globally, with women accounting for 11% of construction sector employment (RICS, 2022). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Dylan Tutt
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Digitalisation towards Safety in Construction: The Facilitating Role of Industrialised Construction (Ref: MMC1-Safety)

This PhD project lies at the intersection of three topics. Occupational Safety and Health (OSH), digital technologies and industrialised construction. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Saad
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Addressing Edinburgh and South East Scotland's Construction Skills shortfall

The proposed research will support the development and delivery of the Housing Construction and Infrastructure Skills Gateway. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr KL Leitch
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Environmental Impact of Construction on Peatlands

Reducing greenhouse gasses (GHG) emissions is one of the main goals of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement (signed in 2015 during COP21) which seeks to limit the global raise in temperature to 1.5 °C. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr JB Bernal-Sanchez, Dr J McDougall
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Smart Materials, Sustainable Buildings: Standardising Material Passports for UK Construction

The UK construction industry is under increasing pressure to address climate change, reduce embodied carbon, and adopt circular economy principles. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr MJ Jowkar, Assoc Prof S Jaradat
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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