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poverty PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
We have 23 poverty PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
Entrepreneurship Ecosystem for a sustainable community in developing economies
Poverty is a significant challenge in developing countries, with large portions of the population living below the poverty line. For example, 12.9% of India's population lives in poverty, while in Nigeria, about 29.5% of the population is impoverished. Read more
Fuel Poverty and the Fabric First Strategy: Drawing on the Analytic of an Innovation System-based Solution
The commitment of governments across the world to tackle the rise in fuel poverty is commendable. Read more
Exploration of Menstrual Disorders (Part of the ELEMI Womens Health Program)
Applications are invited for a 3-year self-funded PhD. Menstruation is the process in which the uterus sheds blood and tissue through the vagina. Read more
Reframing non-communicable diseases and injuries: an equity-oriented integrated study on burden of disease, lived experience and health systems learning in rural South Africa
The escalating prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) presents a critical global health challenge. Cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disorders and diabetes account for 15 million premature deaths worldwide, over 80% of which occur in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs). Read more
CR2025_49: EMBRACE - Examination of Mangrove Biodiversity, Resilience, and Adaptation for Climate and Ecosystems
*Please note that this PhD will be hosted at Swansea University*. Sub-Saharan African countries face severe environmental and climate challenges directly impacting livelihoods and biodiversity. Read more
CR2025_49: EMBRACE - Examination of Mangrove Biodiversity, Resilience, and Adaptation for Climate and Ecosystems
*Please note that this PhD will be hosted at Swansea University*. Sub-Saharan African countries face severe environmental and climate challenges directly impacting livelihoods and biodiversity. Read more
Postgraduate Research Opportunities in Education
About the School of Education. The School of Education is recognised as one of the very best in the UK for its research and teaching excellence, with 81% of our research deemed 'world-leading' and 'internationally excellent' by the Research Excellence Framework in 2021. Read more
An examination of the role of digitalisation in credit unions in Ireland
Research Group:
Business and Management Studies
Advances in financial technology (Fintech) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have resulted in a range of products designed to improve financial services to customers. Read more
Co-producing age-friendly and just indoor spaces: indoor environmental quality and Net Zero transitions
Research Group:
School of Civil Engineering
With the UK Government committed to achieving Net Zero by 2050, decarbonising the built environment is essential to meet these goals. Read more
Access to medicines by older people in low and middle-income countries: a mixed methods study
Older people are the main consumers of medicines, and this is largely driven by multiple long-term conditions (multimorbidity). For some older people… Read more
Structural vaccinology to improve vaccine design for the parasitic livestock disease animal African trypanosomiasis.
The livelihoods of millions of people living in Africa are at risk due to infectious diseases that affect the health of livestock animals that provide them with essential food, milk, clothing and draught power. Read more
Biological drivers of health inequalities: impact of diet on the gut microbiome in preschool children.
In Sheffield there is a 15-year gap in the onset of chronic health conditions between the most and least affluent areas of the city. This is related to poverty and inequality resulting in food insecurity. Read more
An Energy History of Hygiene and Cleanliness in Modern Britain (RDF25/ADSS/HIST/WRIGHT)
This fully funded PhD is affiliated with the Wellcome Trust funded project “Carbon Bodies. Warmth and Fuelling Health in Britain, 1918 to 2022” led by Dr Rebecca Wright [https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/people-and-projects/grants-awarded/carbon-bodies-warmth-and-fuelling-health-britain]. Read more
Law, Protest, and Resistance (RDF24/BL/LAW/WALDORF)
This project offers a PhD student the opportunity to research the relationship between law and resistance through the socio-legal study of one or more recent protest movements of their choice. Read more
The role of digital technologies on women’s entrepreneurship activities in left behind regions (RDF25/BL/EIS/OWUSU-KWARTENG)
Entrepreneurship activities are increasingly being transformed by the development of digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, digital 3D printing, social media platforms, big data, internet of things, blockchain and cloud computing (Ughetto et al., 2019). Read more
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