empathy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 13 empathy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Evidence-based empathy education and training

University of Leicester Department of Population Health Sciences

Project Description. We are pleased to offer a PhD opportunity for a self funded applicant to study for a PhD in collaboration with The Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Howick

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

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Neurocomputational account of predictive processing during first-hand pain and empathy for pain

University of Birmingham School of Psychology

The Adaptive Learning Psychology & Neuroscience (ALPN) Lab (https://lei-zhang.net/) invites applications for a competition-funded BBSRC PhD studentship. Read more

Supervisors: Dr . Zhang, Dr M Apps, Dr A Khatibi

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

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Equally Safe Sound Design

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

This aim of this research is to identifying emotions women might perceive when harassed or intimidated in public spaces and how these emotions might be represented sonically. Read more

Supervisors: Dr RS Selfridge, Dr I McGregor

3 December 2023 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Exploring the Role of Gut Microbiota in Pain Perception: A Multi-disciplinary PhD Project

Nottingham Trent University School of Social Sciences

Project ID. S37. Gut microbiota has significant implications for health and psychological well-being. Perturbations to its composition known as gut dysbiosis have been linked to various health conditions. Read more

Supervisor: Dr V Botan

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

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PhD Opportunities in Art, Media Arts and Design

Sheffield Hallam University Art, Design & Media Research Centre

We warmly invite applications for full-time or part-time self-funded PhD study. About the PhD programme. Research in the Art, Design and Media Research Centre (ADMRC) employs critical and imaginative art, media and design strategies to investigate and problematise social and cultural norms. Read more

Self-Funded PhD Students Only Arts Research Programme

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The Effect of Dark Tetrad Personality Traits on Economic Decisions: Behavioural Economics Perspective

University of Portsmouth Faculty of Business and Law

Applications are invited for a fully-funded three-year PhD to commence in October 2024. . The PhD will be based in the Faculty of Business and Law, and will be supervised by Dr Zahra Murad, Professor Yuksel Ekinci and Dr Z. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Z Murad, Prof Y Ekinci

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

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Understanding the 21st Century Digital Charitable Donor (Ref: RDF24/BL/MOS/HART)

Northumbria University Faculty of Business and Law

There is ample evidence in the charitable sector that online channels are increasingly utilised by donors (CAF, 2022). Whilst evident pre-pandemic, this was accelerated rapidly through lockdowns which removed opportunities for cash-based giving. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Hart, Dr S Gonul

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

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Deliberative Crowdsourcing: Exploring existing and emerging civic technologies toward scalable and recursive deliberative engagement (Ref: RDF24/BL/EIS/WILSON)

Northumbria University Faculty of Business and Law

Democratic innovations have been defined as practical efforts towards reimagining and deepening public participation in decision making (Smith 2009, Elstub and Escobar 2019). Read more

Supervisors: Prof R Wilson, Dr M King

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

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Investigating digital approaches to creating meaningful experiences of place

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

This PhD opportunity will critically examine the ways in which people engage and experience place and how technology can be used to alter and create new… Read more

Supervisor: Dr TG Grandison

3 December 2023 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Virtual reality (or mobile app) as a tool for loneliness and wellbeing

University of Bradford Faculty of Management, Law and Social Sciences

Research Group: Psychology

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated mental health negatively particularly when forcing many into prolonged isolation from others. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Yong

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

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The effects of fiction consumption on Theory-of-Mind in adults

University of Bradford Faculty of Management, Law and Social Sciences

Research Group: Psychology

Past studies have shown that reading fiction is linked to better Theory of Mind (ToM). Yet not much is known about literary aspects or whether the type of fiction modality that drives this superior performance. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Yong

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

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How social are social networking sites? Investigating the relationship between different styles of usage and psychosocial factors.

Aston University College of Health and Life Sciences

Social networking sites (SNS) are an increasingly popular tool to engage in social interaction; for example, Facebook currently has 1.5 billion regular users and 74% of adults use such platforms regularly. Read more

Supervisors: Dr CP Pennington, Dr DJS Shaw

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

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Language and Communication Studies at UEA

University of East Anglia Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Language and Communication Studies came fifth in the UK with 74 per cent of its research rated 4* (world leading) or 3* (internationally excellent) in The Research Excellence Framework (REF2014), a major Government analysis of university research quality. Read more

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We have 13 empathy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

empathy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 13 empathy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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