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fashion PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
We have 42 fashion PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
Natural Polymer Textiles & Fibres for Sustainable Fashion Sector PhD
This project aims to manufacture sustainable textiles from renewable/natural polymers such as cellulose, chitin, alginate, chitosan which derived from most abundant natural resources like agricultural biomass and sea food waste (crab shell, shrimp shells etc.). Read more
Department of Design (Advert Reference: RDF25/ADSS/DESIGN)
Contact for general queries. Prof. Philip Cash. philip.cash@northumbria.ac.uk. The School of Design, Arts and Creative Industries conducts research with an emphasis on critical practice, understanding and redefining problems, and making positive real-world change. Read more
[HUMS Bicentenary PhD] Understanding the impact of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) frameworks on organisations in relation to modern slavery and the fashion industry
Overview. The University of Manchester’s Department of Criminology and Department of Materials is offering a fully funded, interdisciplinary PhD opportunity focused on addressing modern slavery within the fast fashion industry. Read more
Sustainable Fashion Products and Textiles Production Using Environmentally Benign Fibres Manufacturing Process PhD
In the fashion and clothing sector, there is a recent trend toward sustainable, environmental and socially responsible manufactured and grown fibres and materials. Read more
Reconstruction fashion’s plastic transition in the lake sediment record to inform a greener fashion future (Ref: CENTA2025-LU11)
Microplastic fibres (MFs) are the most abundant microplastic shape in the environment. Released from the production, day-to-day wear and laundry of garments, MFs have been identified in aquatic sediments dating to the mid-twentieth century. Read more
Can simulation models influence behavioural change towards climate change solutions in the fashion industry
Climate change is a global threat to humanity today. Many models have been developed to predict global warming and Greenhouse gas emissions, with one example being the EN-ROADS climate simulator. Read more
Ulster Dressmaking: Exploring Domestic Production, Material Culture, Craft, and Agency.
Research Group:
Art and Design
Affordable sewing machines and commercial patterns made home dressmaking widespread in the 20th century. The paper pattern industry helped democratise fashion and entrepreneurship (Buchart, 2013). Read more
Supporting Women Micro-Business Owners Engaged in Traditional Art, Fashion, and Design Industries in South Asia
South Asian countries, including India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and Pakistan, are rich in cultural heritage and have long histories of traditional and sustainable business practices, many of which are deeply embedded in their social and cultural fabric, art, and design. Read more
Electronic fabrics for wearable energy storage using advanced materials
Co Supervisors Prof Kai Yang and Dr Ioannis Zeimpekis. This PhD project aims to develop flexible fabric batteries using advanced vapour-based processes and next-generation materials, for powering wearable technology. Read more
Investigating How Generative-AI Website Features Affect Consumers’ Online Decision-Making
Ecommerce plays an indispensable role in global retail, with online sales surpassing 5.7 trillion U.S. dollars worldwide in 2023 (Statista, 2023a). Read more
PhD in Art, Design and Media
The School of Art and Media at the University of Brighton welcomes students for PhD research study in multiple areas across contemporary fine art, visual communication, screen and media studies, digital media arts and sound, photography, fashion, textiles, design and craft. Read more
Scalable Safe & Robust Decision Making in Evolutionary Networked Cyber-Physical Systems
Emerging applications of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), such as multi-agent robotics, Internet-of-Things, autonomous driving, and smart manufacturing often involve a large number of hardware and software components that interact with each other in a coupled, time-sensitive, and context-varying operation environment. Read more
Making sense of antigenic variation in trypanosomes: a nuclear factory with a switching problem…
Background. Many pathogens can undergo antigenic variation, one of the most sophisticated virulence mechanisms in infection biology. Read more
Programmable networking for Internet of things (IoT) applications
Internet of things (IoT) is a rapidly growing technology that connects physical devices to the internet, allowing them to communicate and exchange data. Read more
Developing the evidence base for the visual presentation of complex data to clinicians - S3.5-SMP-Alix
Innovations using complicated maths such as artificial intelligence promise much in health care, from better diagnosis to better treatment. Read more