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housing PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 78 housing PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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The Overheating Paradox of Low-Carbon Retrofit: Developing a Sustainable Framework for Delivering Year-Round Thermal Resilience in the UK Housing Sector.

Kingston University
Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment
Background and Context. The UK housing sector is undergoing a major transformation driven by net-zero commitments, energy security concerns, and the need to improve the energy performance of an ageing housing stock. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Ogunsanya
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Bath Engineering & Design Studentships: Smart Water-Resilient Housing: An Occupant-led, Lifecycle Toolkit for Climate-Resilient Homes and Neighbourhoods

University of Bath
Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
This project is one of a number in competition for a studentship from the Faculty of Engineering and Design at the University of Bath. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Adeyeye
 29 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Circular Cooking: Co-designing Food, Energy, and Resource Resilience with Nottingham Communities (CIRCoN) – Collaboratory Research Hub 2027 PhD Studentship

Nottingham Trent University
School of Architecture, Design and Built Environment
While food banks provide essential access to food, the ability of recipients to prepare, cook, store and preserve that food is less visible. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Al-Habaibeh
 29 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Inclusive High-Performance Social Housing: From New-Build Performance to Low-Carbon Retrofit in Northern Ireland

Ulster University - Belfast Campus
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment
  Research Group: Architecture, Built Environment and Planning
How can we design social housing that is not only energy efficient, but also comfortable, affordable and genuinely responsive to the diverse needs of the people who live in it?. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Salaris, Dr T Hyde, Dr K Davison
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Towards Targeted Warmth: An Evidence-Based Approach to Tackling Fuel Poverty and Health Inequalities Across Northern Ireland’s Housing Archetypes

Ulster University - Belfast Campus
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment
  Research Group: Architecture, Built Environment and Planning
As per the Northern Ireland House Condition Survey (NIHCS), 22% (160,000) of dwellings experienced fuel poverty in 2016 (NIHCS, 2018). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Shashwat, Prof J D Mondol
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Enabling Community-Led Affordable Housing

University of Reading
School of the Built Environment
This research proposes to investigate how progressive local authority policies and practices enable community-led development, particularly focusing on affordable housing. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C Cerulli
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Pain management for people living with dementia in Extra Care Housing

University of Worcester
School of Health and Wellbeing
Background. There is plenty of research and a large body of evidence that shows that, for older people living with dementia, pain assessment and management is suboptimal as compared to other older people with similar health conditions in hospitals, residential care, nursing care and in their own homes. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Barrett, Dr MO O’Malley
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Investigating LGBTQ+ Health and wellbeing Inequalities Using Longitudinal and Genetically Informed Data

University of Sussex
School of Psychology
This PhD project will leverage existing longitudinal population-based twin studies to investigate the social, structural, and individual determinants of health and health inequalities among LGBTQ+ populations across the life course. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Thompson
 4 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Natural Fibre Insulation for Housing Sector

The University of Manchester
Department of Civil Engineering and Management
Buildings use about a third of global energy consumption, and about 40% of the total operational energy in buildings worldwide is used for space heating and cooling. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Achintha, Dr Jaise Kuriakose
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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YES-27-G-11: Beyond Cooling: Climate-Robust Urban Environments for Heat-Health Protection in the UK

University of Leeds
School of Geography
Britain is entering a heat regime for which its cities were not designed. Across Europe, extreme heat stress is now 2.5 times more frequent than in the 1970s [1]; compound hot-day/hot-night events have risen by 73%, and 15-30 day sequences are 3.4 times more common. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Y Li, Prof C Birch, Prof EJ Manley
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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AI-Human Co-Working Models for City-Scale Energy-Saving Transformation in Existing Building Stock

Kingston University
Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment
The decarbonisation of the built environment presents a major challenge for local governments, particularly in cities with large, aging housing stocks and diverse community needs. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Z Zhu
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The AD[A]PT (Architectural Design and Humanities Promoting Transformation) Consortium - AHRC Doctoral Focal Award - 2 studentships

Cardiff University
Welsh School of Architecture
The Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University is offering two fully funded PhD scholarships through the AD[A]PT Consortium's AHRC Doctoral Focal Award, supporting arts and humanities research for healthier people, places and planet. Read more
 Supervisor: Miss C Evans
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Net zero housing retrofits - assuring a sustainable low-carbon transition in the domestic sector

University of Reading
School of the Built Environment
The UK has committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. The UK's 29 million houses represent 14% of total emissions (CCC, 2019), with nearly 90% of these built more than 20 years ago before stricter energy efficiency standards came into force (Ince & Marvin, 2019). Read more
 Supervisor: Prof E Mohareb
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Oxford Brookes School of Architecture ADAPT Scholarships

Oxford Brookes University
The Oxford Brookes School of Architecture is offering three fully funded PhD scholarships through the AD[A]PT Consortium’s AHRC Doctoral Focal Award, supporting arts and humanities research for healthier people, places and planet. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  PhD Research Programme
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Adoption and Impact of Natural Fibre Reinforced Compressed Earth Building Blocks

University of Portsmouth
School of Civil Engineering and Surveying
Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. . The PhD will be based in the School of Civil Engineering and Surveying and will be supervised by Dr Muhammad Ali, Prof. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Ali, Prof T Bradley, Prof H Dhakal
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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