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AI Recommendation Systems and Consumer Price and Value Perception in Digital Markets

Artificial intelligence increasingly shapes how consumers search for products, evaluate alternatives, and make purchasing decisions in digital marketplaces. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Shaker, Dr A Y Yousaf

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

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The role of diversity training in an era of business and socio-economic uncertainty: Managing migrant workers’ social integration at the workplace in UK organisations

Nottingham Trent University

Nottingham Business School

In an era marked by business volatility and socio-economic uncertainty, it is widely suggested that diversity training could support the creation of a supportive climate of all migrant workers’ social integration at the workplace to contribute collectively to organisational goals (CIPD, 2017; Herring and Henderson, 2015). Read more

Supervisor: Dr F Mitsakis

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

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Quantifying AI Fatigue and its Impact on Workplace Performance and Safety

Nottingham Trent University

Nottingham Business School

This PhD research positions AI fatigue as a measurable psychosocial risk emerging when artificial intelligence is embedded into everyday workflows. Read more

Supervisor: Dr EC Chen

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

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The Experienced Coach: An exploration of the coaches learning pathways and developmental influences

Nottingham Trent University

Nottingham Business School

Coaching has been established as a Human Resource Development initiative. However, coaching practice and research to-date has been focusing more on executive/leadership coaching outcomes, coaching effectiveness, to understand the ingredients of success factors of coaching. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Rajasinghe

1 July 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

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

Supervisor: Dr B Afreh

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

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Technology Dependence and Consumer Vulnerability in Digital Marketing Ecosystems

Nottingham Trent University

Nottingham Business School

As digital platforms increasingly mediate individuals' consumption experiences, it has become crucial for marketing and public policy research to understand how individuals' continuing dependence on such platforms affects their agency and vulnerability (Borenstein, & Taylor, 2024; Laamanen et al., 2025; Stewart et al., 2024; Yadav et al., 2025). Read more

Supervisor: Dr B Afreh

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

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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 July 2026 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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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 July 2026 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Emotional Labour in Project Delivery Teams School: Nottingham Business School

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 July 2026 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Autonomous Multi-Agent Cyber Defence at Scale: Detection, Coordination and Response

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Research Group: Cybersecurity, Privacy and HCC Research Section

Project Description. AI-driven cyber defence systems promise faster detection and response, but real deployments remain constrained by limited scalability and weak coordination across distributed environments. Read more

Supervisors: Dr TL Li, Dr Y Li

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

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Thought leadership as content marketing strategy in the AI era

Edinburgh Napier University

The Business School

How are B2B marketers navigating AI tools and techniques as they develop strategies to market themselves through social media marketing channels? How have… Read more

Supervisor: Dr JC Cameron

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

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Market Entry Strategies using Digital Platforms

Edinburgh Napier University

The Business School

With the advancement in technology and increased digital platforms to conduct global business, firms are enriched with a range of choices when it comes to foreign market entry strategies. Read more

Supervisors: Dr MG Gutu, Dr JC Cameron

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

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Multimodal Modelling of Personalised Haemodynamics in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Caglar Ozturk, Dr Mihaela Paun and Prof Nick Curzen. Heart failure affects millions, yet personalised treatments remain limited. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Ozturk

1 October 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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AI and Data Science for Electoral Integrity and Democratic Governance

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Project Description. Aims and Methods . This thesis develops and evaluates AI- and data science–based tools to protect electoral integrity and the free formation of voters’ will from algorithmic manipulation. Read more

Supervisors: Dr F Liberatore, Dr JC Camacho Collados, Prof L Q Sánchez

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

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Creepy Office: Using speculative design methods to explore privacy, security and ethical considerations for connected workplaces

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Research Group: Cybersecurity, Privacy and HCC Research Section

Project Description. Background . Our workplaces are becoming increasingly connected. While this enables remote work and can improve accessibility, it can also introduce potential issues related to workplace surveillance. Read more

Supervisors: Dr K Stawarz, Dr S Gould, Dr A Ramirez Gomez

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

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Geo-Aware Graph Learning for Transferable Flood Mapping from Earth Observation Data (GRAFT)

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Project Description. Flood mapping from Earth observation (EO) data is a critical input to disaster risk management and climate resilience planning. Read more

Supervisors: Dr O Karakus, Dr P Corcoran, Prof P Rosin, Prof P Atkinson

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

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Calibrated Multimodal Verification to Prevent Hallucination in Robot Planning and Manipulation

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Project Description. Large multimodal models are increasingly used as high-level “cognitive” modules in robotics, translating natural-language instructions into plans, explanations, and intermediate goal representations. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Y Zhou, Dr JC Camacho Collados, Dr G Cao

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

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Explainable Rankings through Computational Argumentation

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Research Group: Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics

Project Description. Ranking systems are central to decision-making in domains such as sports analytics, search engines, recruitment, and academic evaluations. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Booth, Dr MWA Caminada

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

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Predictive Health Analytics from Integrated Social Service Records: A Natural Language Processing (NLP)-Based Framework for Early Intervention

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Research Group: Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics

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Supervisors: Dr C Perez-Almendros, Dr V Bennett, Prof SM Allen, Dr D Wilkins

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

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Safeguarding Language Models: Engineering Protective Responses to Mental Health Crises

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Research Group: Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics

Project Description. Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly embedded in contemporary digital environments, yet their handling of crisis-related interactions remains inconsistent and carries substantial safety risks. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Perez-Almendros, Dr LES Espinosa-Anke, Dr R Evans

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

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Investigation of Ga2O3-based semiconductors for ultraviolet optoelectronic devices

University of Strathclyde

Department of Physics

This project aims to develop and understand advanced semiconductor materials for deep ultraviolet (DUV) optoelectronic devices, a rapidly growing field with applications of major societal and economic impact. Read more

Supervisor: Dr F Massabuau

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

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We have 3,657 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 3,657 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

AI Recommendation Systems and Consumer Price and Value Perception in Digital Markets

The role of diversity training in an era of business and socio-economic uncertainty: Managing migrant workers’ social integration at the workplace in UK organisations

Quantifying AI Fatigue and its Impact on Workplace Performance and Safety

The Experienced Coach: An exploration of the coaches learning pathways and developmental influences

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

Technology Dependence and Consumer Vulnerability in Digital Marketing Ecosystems

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

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

Emotional Labour in Project Delivery Teams School: Nottingham Business School

Autonomous Multi-Agent Cyber Defence at Scale: Detection, Coordination and Response

Thought leadership as content marketing strategy in the AI era

Market Entry Strategies using Digital Platforms

Multimodal Modelling of Personalised Haemodynamics in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)

AI and Data Science for Electoral Integrity and Democratic Governance

Creepy Office: Using speculative design methods to explore privacy, security and ethical considerations for connected workplaces

Geo-Aware Graph Learning for Transferable Flood Mapping from Earth Observation Data (GRAFT)

Generative Bayesian Inference for Remote Sensing Inverse Problems (GENESIS-RS)

Computational abstraction for biologically plausible models of reasoning

Towards Scalable and Reliable Human Evaluation Frameworks for NLP Systems

Human-AI Collaboration for High-Stakes Text Production

Designing Benchmarks that Reflect Real-World NLP Use

Decision Tree Induction from Small Language Models for Black-Box LLM Adaptation

Explainable AI using human-computer dialogue

Intelligent, low-power, and networked biodiversity monitoring device

Foundation Models for Tactical Understanding in Football (FOUND-Football)

Calibrated Multimodal Verification to Prevent Hallucination in Robot Planning and Manipulation

Explainable Rankings through Computational Argumentation

Predictive Health Analytics from Integrated Social Service Records: A Natural Language Processing (NLP)-Based Framework for Early Intervention

Safeguarding Language Models: Engineering Protective Responses to Mental Health Crises

Investigation of Ga2O3-based semiconductors for ultraviolet optoelectronic devices

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