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We have 3,172 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Organisational Capability and Social Value in Net-Zero Construction

The transition to net-zero built environments represents a major challenge for the construction sector. Although significant progress has been made in developing low-carbon technologies and regulatory frameworks, the delivery of net-zero buildings often falls behind policy ambition. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Raiden
 1 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Orchestrating Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Resource-Constrained Contexts

Entrepreneurial ecosystems are central to productive entrepreneurship, most ecosystem studies are more likely to focus on well-resourced contexts in developed economies (Brown and Mason, 2017; Autio et al., 2018). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr O Aluko
 1 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Multi‑Source Visual Nudges: A Visual Marketing Approach to Influencing Regenerative Tourism Behaviour in UK Heritage Sites

Heritage tourism contributes significantly to the UK economy, generating £145.8 billion in 2023. However, this economic value is accompanied by escalating environmental pressures. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Abdullah
 1 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Managing Presenteeism and Sickness Absence in UK Higher Education: A Mixed‑Methods Study

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are central to UK social and economic sustainability, contributing >£130bn annually and employing >440,000 people. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Z Whysall
 1 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Leveraging Situation Awareness for Human-AI Collaboration to Achieve Operational Excellence in SMEs

Small and medium‑sized enterprises (SMEs) increasingly rely on digital technologies and AI‑enabled systems to improve efficiency, resilience, and decision‑making. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Yeong
 1 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Involution-Driven Competition and Global Production System Resilience: Evidence from the Electric Vehicle Industry

In recent years, the global electric vehicle (EV) industry has experienced intense price-based rivalry, rapid capacity expansion, and aggressive cost compression, particularly among Chinese manufacturers. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Shan
 1 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Investigating the influences and drivers of gambling participation and associated harms

Gambling participation has expanded significantly in recent decades, driven by digital platforms, targeted marketing, and shifting social norms (Wardle et al., 2024). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr O Adeniyi
 1 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Impact of Climate Change on Firm Performance and Asset Pricing: Machine Learning and Text-Based Analyses

Climate change has become a central strategic and regulatory issue for firms worldwide (Barnett, 2023). Firms increasingly disclose climate-related information in annual, sustainability, and integrated reports, reflecting their climate awareness, risk perceptions, and transition strategies (Acheampong et al., 2025). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Nguyen
 1 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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IFRS Sustainability Reporting Standards and corporate financial policies

The increasing demand for transparency, comparability, reliability and decision usefulness of sustainability information has led to the development of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) S1 and S2. Read more
 Supervisor: Assoc Prof Y W Wang
 1 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Human-AI Decision Making: Trust, Bias and Organisational Accountability

As AI tools become routine in finance, healthcare, logistics, recruitment, performance evaluation and public services, organisations face a compound challenge. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Nwagboso
 1 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Hexa‑Helix Coopetition for Sustainable Destination Management

Tourism remains one of the world’s most economically significant sectors, driving employment, investment and local development across diverse regions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Abdullah
 1 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Gendered Identity Work in Marketing Professions: Performance, Authenticity, and Career Trajectories in the Digital Age

As marketing work in emerging economies becomes digitalized, performance-oriented, and visibility-driven, it is crucial for marketing research to understand how marketers build and perform gendered identities to provide innovative products and services, meet various stakeholders expectations and progress their careers (Alzahrani et al., 2026; Saxena, 2025; Varma et al., 2023). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr B Afreh, Dr B Abina
 1 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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FDI in Africa and the role of Formal and Informal Institutions

In recognition of the benefits of foreign direct investment (FDI) – an important channel through which resources, human capital and technological progress are transferred between countries – understanding the determining factors of FDI is an important issue from a developing country perspective. Read more
 Supervisor: Ms M Stack
 1 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Emotional Labour in Project Delivery Teams

While project management scholarship has traditionally emphasised technical coordination, scheduling and risk, comparatively little attention has been paid to the relational and affective dimensions of project work. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Nwagboso
 1 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Developing climate change solutions with simulation 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
 Supervisor: Prof A Takou
 1 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only