emotion PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Human emotion analysis and recognition for improving trusted human-robot interaction. Main project focus: AI and Robotics

University of Salford School of Science, Engineering and Environment

Information on this PhD research area can be found further down this page under the details about the Widening Participation Scholarship given immediately below. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M He, Prof T Cox, Dr S Ameen, Prof W Yao

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Aural diversity in sensory emotion regulation and its implications for mental health

University of Salford School of Health and Society

This project is part of the Leverhulme Trust Aural Diversity Doctoral Research Hub (LAURA). Closing date for October 2024 start. 21 April 2024. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Bendall, Dr D Williams

21 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Cognitive processes in self-control and emotion regulation

University of Reading School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences

The Self-Regulation, Attention, and Emotion Lab examines various topics at the intersection of self-regulation, emotion, and (social) cognition research. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Vogt

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Exploring the Paradox-Emotion Nexus in Organizational Life

Nottingham Trent University Nottingham Business School

In organizations, individuals often confront paradoxical tensions—contradictory yet interdependent demands that persist over time (Quinn & Cameron, 1988; Smith & Lewis, 2011). Read more

Supervisors: Dr I J Jalan, Assoc Prof T R Raza-Ullah

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“Getting On With It!”: Ensuring Safe and Compassionate Supervision and Thinking Spaces for Practitioners in Child Protection Practice

University of Worcester Research School

The research should consider the importance of facilitating a safe and compassionate culture of supervision and reflective practice within professional contexts of child protection practice. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C McLoone-Richards

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Psychological understandings of bipolar disorder. Masters by Research, Psychology (Funded). Project Ref 5091

University of Exeter Department of Biosciences

Psychological understandings of bipolar disorder. Masters by Research, Psychology (Funded) Ref. 5091. Supervisors. Professor Kim Wright, University of Exeter. Read more

Supervisor: Dr K Wright

10 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Cardiff Business School PhD Studentship - Work, Employment, Management & Organizations in Adult Social Care

Cardiff University Cardiff Business School

Research Group: Management, Employment and Organisation

Cardiff Business School is delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a fully funded PhD studentship as part of the newly established CARE Centre at Cardiff University starting in October 2024. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Jenkins

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Equally Safe Sound Design

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

This aim of this research is to identifying emotions women might perceive when harassed or intimidated in public spaces and how these emotions might be represented sonically. Read more

Supervisors: Dr RS Selfridge, Dr I McGregor

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Exploring the relationship between alcohol consumption and self-harm combining epidemiological and human laboratory methods

University of Bristol Bristol Medical School

Project Background. Self-harm is a major public health concern. It is the strongest predictor of suicide and is particularly common among young people; a group in which rates of self -harm and suicide appear to be rising. Read more

Supervisors: Dr B Mars, Dr J Heron, Assoc Prof AA Attwood, Prof M Munafo

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Biodesigning the future of scent experience using microbial organisms

University of the Arts London Research

Based at Central Saint Martins, UAL, in collaboration with Haeckels. Project overview. Working with microbial organisms such as bacterial, algae, fungi and yeasts, this project aims to explore how scents of the future can be produced, designed and experienced. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Collet

20 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Sheffield Hallam University - Psychology Demonstratorships: Understanding interpersonal aspects of perimenopause

Sheffield Hallam University Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

Applications are invited for Psychology Demonstratorships in the department of Psychology, Sociology, and Politics, commencing October 2024. Read more

Supervisor: Dr HH Humphreys

24 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Training and performance in the security sector

University of Exeter Department of Biosciences

Supervisors. Prof Sam Vine (University of Exeter). Prof Mark Wilson (University of Exeter). Dr Leanne Simpson (Smiths Detection). Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Vine, Dr M Wilson

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Computer Vision with Deep Learning for Human Data Modelling

Durham University Department of Computer Science

This project is focused on learning algorithms to model human data such as human images/video, 3D skeletal motion, 3D body/facial surfaces for computer vision tasks such as recognition, prediction and reconstruction. Read more

Supervisor: Dr H Shum

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PhD Psychology

University of Buckingham

The School of Psychology fosters a culture of collaborative, multidisciplinary research and you will join a vibrant community that includes regular work-in-progress seminars to foster an active research environment. Read more

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Funding for the Executive Dean’s PhD Studentship. A Comprehensive Characterisation of Mentally-Disordered Offenders and Prediction of Treatment Outcomes

Brunel University London Life Sciences

The team of Prof Veena Kumari, Dr Ignazio Puzzo and Dr Rachael Bennetts at Brunel University London is offering a fully funded PhD studentship to comprehensively… Read more

Supervisor: Prof V Kumari

10 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Reward processing deficits in the cacna1c rat model of genetic risk for psychiatric disorder: biological bases and potential pharmacological rescue.

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Medicine

Hodge Centre for Translational Neuroscience. “Towards innovative treatments for mental illness”. Cardiff University Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute. Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Dwyer

7 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Dialects, registers, and accents: investigating the use of sociolinguistic variants

University of Dundee School of Social Sciences

Language is rich with expressive options, including words that tailor speech to the specific situation, e.g., varying by register (potato vs. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Melinger

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Culture, Media & Creative Industries PhD

King’s College London Faculty of Arts & Humanities

Culture, Media & Creative Industries at King's carries out world-leading research across the field of culture, media and the analysis of particular creative industries. Read more

Self-Funded PhD Students Only Arts Research Programme

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Multiple PhD project topics available around Trustworthy AI-enabled multimodal assistive hearing and conversational technologies

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Flexible PhD project topics are available as part of the prestigious UK EPSRC funded Programme Grant. COG-MHEAR, led by Programme Director, Professor Amir Hussain. Read more

Supervisors: Prof AH Hussain, Mr MG Gogate

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Identification of depression and loneliness in early stages of dementia

Aberdeen University School of Natural and Computing Sciences

These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Palomino, Dr F Jovan

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Digital Technologies

Loughborough University London Institute for Digital Technologies

London is one of the top cities in the world for developing the latest advances in technology, business and media, and offers a unique learning environment for anyone who shares a passion for digital technologies. Read more

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PhD opportunities with the Institute for Digital Technologies at Loughborough University London

Loughborough University London Institute for Digital Technologies

The Institute for Digital Technologies offers research expertise and experience in a wide range of subject areas. Our academics are leading research in their field and are extremely well-networked with professionals in a range of industries and sectors. Read more

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Using interpersonal touch as a means to improve carer and patient relationship

Anglia Ruskin University ARU School of Psychology and Sport Science

Research Group: Centre for Societies and Groups

Research Group. Centre for Societies and Groups. Proposed supervisory team. Dr Cathrine Jansson-Boyd. Dr Debora Antoniotti de Vasconcelos e Sa. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Jansson-Boyd, Dr D Antoniotti de Vasconcelos e Sa, Dr J Aspell

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Music and language processing in autism and amusia

University of Reading School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences

Music and language are fundamental traits of human existence. They both rely on complex sound sequences to convey meaning. It has been hotly debated whether the two are processed through distinct cognitive modules or using shared mechanisms. Read more

Supervisor: Dr F Liu

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We have 24 emotion PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

emotion PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 24 emotion PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Human emotion analysis and recognition for improving trusted human-robot interaction. Main project focus: AI and Robotics

Aural diversity in sensory emotion regulation and its implications for mental health

Cognitive processes in self-control and emotion regulation

Exploring the Paradox-Emotion Nexus in Organizational Life

“Getting On With It!”: Ensuring Safe and Compassionate Supervision and Thinking Spaces for Practitioners in Child Protection Practice

Psychological understandings of bipolar disorder. Masters by Research, Psychology (Funded). Project Ref 5091

Cardiff Business School PhD Studentship - Work, Employment, Management & Organizations in Adult Social Care

Equally Safe Sound Design

Exploring the relationship between alcohol consumption and self-harm combining epidemiological and human laboratory methods

Biodesigning the future of scent experience using microbial organisms

Sheffield Hallam University - Psychology Demonstratorships: Understanding interpersonal aspects of perimenopause

Training and performance in the security sector

Computer Vision with Deep Learning for Human Data Modelling

PhD Psychology

Funding for the Executive Dean’s PhD Studentship. A Comprehensive Characterisation of Mentally-Disordered Offenders and Prediction of Treatment Outcomes

Reward processing deficits in the cacna1c rat model of genetic risk for psychiatric disorder: biological bases and potential pharmacological rescue.

Dialects, registers, and accents: investigating the use of sociolinguistic variants

Culture, Media & Creative Industries PhD

Multiple PhD project topics available around Trustworthy AI-enabled multimodal assistive hearing and conversational technologies

Identification of depression and loneliness in early stages of dementia

Digital Technologies

PhD opportunities with the Institute for Digital Technologies at Loughborough University London

Using interpersonal touch as a means to improve carer and patient relationship

Music and language processing in autism and amusia

We have 24 emotion PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

emotion PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 24 emotion PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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