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Investigating the influences and drivers of gambling participation and associated harms

Nottingham Trent University

Nottingham Business School

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

Impact of Climate Change on Firm Performance and Asset Pricing: Machine Learning and Text-Based Analyses

Nottingham Trent University

Nottingham Business School

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

IFRS Sustainability Reporting Standards and corporate financial policies

Nottingham Trent University

Nottingham Business School

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

Human-AI Decision Making: Trust, Bias and Organisational Accountability

Nottingham Trent University

Nottingham Business School

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

Hexa‑Helix Coopetition for Sustainable Destination Management

Nottingham Trent University

Nottingham Business School

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

Gendered Identity Work in Marketing Professions: Performance, Authenticity, and Career Trajectories in the Digital Age

Nottingham Trent University

Nottingham Business School

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

FDI in Africa and the role of Formal and Informal Institutions

Nottingham Trent University

Nottingham Business School

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

Emotional Labour in Project Delivery Teams

Nottingham Trent University

Nottingham Business School

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

Developing climate change solutions with simulation in the fashion industry

Nottingham Trent University

Nottingham Business School

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

Context, Informality and the Practice of Project Management

Nottingham Trent University

Nottingham Business School

Project management scholarship has long assumed a relatively stable institutional backdrop around formal structures, codified methods, and predictable operating environments. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Nwagboso

1 October 2026 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Building Antifragile Supply Chains: Leveraging Digital Technologies to Transform Disruptions into Opportunities

Nottingham Trent University

Nottingham Business School

Global supply chains are increasingly exposed to complex disruptions, including pandemics, geopolitical tensions, climate-related events, and technological change. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Taheri, Prof A Takou

1 October 2026 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

AI, Community Data and Public Decision-Making: Turning Lived Experience into Trustworthy Evidence

Nottingham Trent University

Nottingham Business School

Public decision-making is increasingly shaped by data. Yet the evidence used by health systems, local authorities, and other public bodies is still dominated by administrative data designed for performance monitoring, compliance, and cost control. Read more

Supervisor: Prof D King

1 October 2026 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

AI as Technology Shock: Firm Productivity, Reallocation, and Long-Run Growth

Nottingham Trent University

Nottingham Business School

AI, including generative AI, is increasingly viewed as a general-purpose technology with potential implications for productivity growth. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Jiang

1 October 2026 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Biology and genetics of reproduction in filamentous fungi

University of Nottingham

School of Life Sciences

Fungi have beneficial but also detrimental properties. They are used for the production of foodstuffs and valuable pharmaceuticals and enzymes. Read more

Supervisors: Prof P Dyer, Dr M Brock

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Integrated Quantum Sensing Systems Based on Optically Pumped Magnetometers for Biomagnetic and Magnetic Imaging Applications

Nanyang Technological University

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Optically Pumped Magnetometers (OPMs) are rapidly emerging as one of the most promising quantum sensing technologies for detecting ultra-weak magnetic fields with femtotesla-level sensitivity. Read more

Supervisor: Prof Gao.W.B Gao

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Multi-Radar Remote Sensing for Surface–Subsurface Characterisation of Antarctic Ice Sheets

Kingston University

Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment

Introduction. The Antarctic Ice Sheet is undergoing rapid change in response to climate warming, yet the physical mechanisms linking subsurface ice properties to observed variations in ice flow remain poorly understood. Read more

Supervisor: Dr L Zou

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Assessing the Health Impacts of Adaptive and Maladaptive Housing Design Interventions in the UK's Changing Climate

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Masoud Sajjadian,. Climate Change is transforming how homes are designed or refurbished to protect occupants from extreme weather conditions. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Sajjadian

9 October 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Attentional processes and differences in psychobiological stress reactivity

University of Nottingham

School of Life Sciences

This interdisciplinary PhD project explores the attentional mechanisms underlying dysfunctional psychobiological responses to acute psychological stress. Read more

Supervisors: Dr LWW Warren-Westgate, Dr WT Tyne

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Integrated Circuit (IC) Design for Wireless Power Transfer, Bidirectional Data Telemetry, and Biomedical Devices

Nanyang Technological University

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Most modern systems are realized through circuits. Inside these systems, printed circuit boards (PCBs) interconnect and control various functional components. Read more

Supervisor: Prof Hyun-Su Lee Lee

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Visual Abstraction and Composition for Complex Data Understanding

Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

Academy of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technology

Real-world data are often complex, heterogeneous, and high-dimensional, making them difficult to interpret through conventional visualization methods. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Yu

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Privacy-aware radar-centric British Sign Language recognition and translation for healthcare communication

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Shelly Vishwakarma. This project explores how British Sign Language users could interact with healthcare and smart devices with greater privacy, choice and independence. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Vishwakarma

30 September 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

The effectiveness of behavioural interventions in reducing post-exercise compensatory behaviours

University of Nottingham

School of Life Sciences

Are you passionate about health psychology, exercise science, and behavioural interventions? This exciting interdisciplinary PhD project explores the psychological mechanisms that undermine weight loss following exercise, focusing on compensatory behaviours such as increased food intake and reduced non-exercise activity. Read more

Supervisors: Dr LWW Warren-Westgate, Dr M Brook

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Hybrid Visualization for Scientific Data

Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

Academy of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technology

Scientific data are increasingly large, complex, and heterogeneous, creating significant challenges for exploration, analysis, and interpretation. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Yu

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Tabletting of powders

The University of Manchester

Department of Mathematics

This PhD project aims to develop a virtual tabletting laboratory by creating computational models that capture the multiscale mechanics of die compaction — from individual crystal behaviour to the formation of solid pharmaceutical tablets. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Thornton

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Chip-Scale Extreme Ultraviolet Nanophotonic Light Sources

Nanyang Technological University

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

This PhD project will focus on the development of chip-scale extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light sources based on electron-excited nanophotonic structures. Read more

Supervisor: Prof H.V.Demir Volkan Demir

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Carbon- and Cost-Aware Data Engineering for Lakehouse Platforms

Kingston University

Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment

Modern analytics and artificial intelligence increasingly rely on lakehouse platforms such as Databricks and Snowflake, which combine large-scale data storage, transformation and analytics within a unified architecture. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Kumarapeli

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Fostering Sustainable Healthcare: An Interactive Digital Twin for Human-AI Collaborative Rehabilitation

Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

The rising global burden of rehabilitation demands innovative solutions that are not only effective but also inherently sustainable, paving the way for a new healthcare paradigm. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Huang

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Closed-Loop Electromagnetic Microstructure Control During Hot Strip Mill Run-Out Table Cooling

University of Warwick

The mechanical properties of hot-rolled flat steel are determined almost entirely by the microstructure formed during run-out table (ROT) cooling - the phase transformation from austenite to ferrite, bainite, or martensite, together with the resulting grain size. Read more

Supervisors: Prof C Davis, Dr F Zhou

22 September 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Exploring how Mycobacterium tuberculosis uses nutrients

The University of Manchester

Department of Chemistry

This PhD project will investigate how Mycobacterium tuberculosis utilises nutrients and how changes in nutrient transport influence pathogen biology by combining microbiology, biochemical and analytical approaches. Read more

Supervisor: Prof EF Fullam

30 September 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Machine Learning-Guided Synthesis of Graphene Aerogels for Supercapacitors

The University of Manchester

Department of Chemical Engineering

Graphene aerogels are ultra-light and highly porous carbon materials with strong potential for high-power energy storage applications such as electric double-layer capacitors (EDLCs). Read more

Supervisors: Dr MF Vasheghani Farahani, Prof I Kinloch

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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