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qualitative research PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 184 qualitative research PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Diaspora, Identity, and Education: Indian Languages Learning in Migration Societies

Migration has transformed societies across the globe, reshaping cultures, identities, and education systems, and within this dynamic context, heritage and community languages play a critical role in maintaining cultural continuity, fostering identity, and ensuring the social integration of diasporic communities. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Pal Thamburaj
 24 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Great North Sleep research: a mixed methods study to explore the safe and effective use of medicines to improve sleep health

Sleep is a fundamental pillar of human health, underpinning physical wellbeing, cognitive performance, emotional regulation, and long-term disease prevention. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Rathbone
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Moving beyond oil from below through creative practice and urban artivism for the transition to post-fossil fuels cities

As many countries grapple with the transition towards a regime of renewable energies, fossil fuels continue to determine the daily existence of the majority of the world’s population. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Plaza
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Responsible AI for Health and Social Care and Wellbeing

The increasing generation, adoption and deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies that could impact humanity raise continuously concerns from general public, regulatory bodies and industry. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof CD Neagu
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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The Algorithmic Mirror: Identity, Perception and Trust in the Age of AI (Ref: CO/OB-SF2/2026)

Algorithms are no longer just tools, they are lenses that shape how we see the world and ourselves. Every recommendation, ranking or personalised feed reflects back fragments of our behaviour, creating what can be thought of as an algorithmic mirror. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof O Buckley
 1 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Infant oral health and food choices: supporting parents making right choices

  Research Group: Division of Dentistry
This PhD will investigate how early-life food choices and oral hygiene behaviours shape infant oral health, and design actionable strategies to reduce preventable dental disease in early childhood. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr GK Kitsaras, Prof T Walsh
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Creative Health in Paediatric Care and/or Social Prescribing in the Community: Co-designed Arts and Digital Interventions to Improve Health Outcomes for Children and Families in the UK

Arts-led joined Arts & Health PHD scholarship. A collaboration between the Leeds School of Arts/Creative Arts and Health Research Lab (CAHREL) and the School of Health/Centre for Health Promotion Research (CHPR). Read more
 Supervisors: Prof P Sextou, Prof A Bagnall
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK 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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Political, Social and International Studies at UEA

With expert supervision, a supportive research environment, high levels of student satisfaction and high-quality research training, we welcome applications from well-qualified candidates to our MPhil/PhD programmes and our Master's by Research. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Humanities Research Programme
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The social impact of mis-information or dis-information

This is an open call for research proposals related to topics of mis-information or dis-information in social influence. Proposals should focus on the ways in which mis- and dis-information impact human information behaviours and practices in a social or societal context. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr FR Ryan, Dr D Brazier
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Revising value sets for health economic evaluation: exploring the criteria required to justify updating population value sets using the ICECAP-A capability wellbeing measure as a case study

Health economic evaluations have become an important tool to guide the cost-effectiveness of health and care resource allocation decision making in the 21st century. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Mitchell, Prof J Coast
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Feedback conversations that improve prescribing practices: a sociomaterial study in the UK and Australia – PhD (Funded)

The University of Exeter’s Department of Health & Community Sciences is inviting applications for a PhD studentship funded by the Association of the Study of Medical Education to commence on 21 September 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Mattick
 1 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Exploration of rehabilitation models addressing coexisting conditions such as T2DM, COPD, and cardiovascular disease.

The growing prevalence of multimorbidity presents a major challenge for contemporary healthcare systems, particularly within the United Kingdom. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S K Amaravadi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Agile Coaching activity within an Organisational Learning context

There are currently many agile coaches and those tasked with mentoring remits within the IT function. Little is known about the involvement and role of agile coaches regards the adoption and deployment of agile methods (Stray et al, 2020) with inconsistent approaches and varying successes (Theobald et al, 2020). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr PC Chita
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Gendered perspectives of data science

This is an open call for research proposals related to gendered perspectives of data science. Diversity is vital to data science, given its crucial role in understanding the world, communicating information, and guiding behaviour. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr KF Fabian
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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