University of Sheffield, Management School PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

Research Group: Critical Research in Marketing and Society (CReiMS)

Dr M Herrero

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Re-envisioning the non-profit model in the luxury industry this PhD will focus on the emergence of non-profit arts foundations sponsored by luxury brands.

Brexit and employment relations - to examine how employers in different sectors of the UK economy are preparing for Brexit and the consequences for employment relations

Research Group: Centre for Decent Work

Prof J Heyes

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

It appears that the UK is on course to leave the EU. Views differ regarding the implications of Brexit for employment relations. This project will examine how employers in different sectors of the UK economy are preparing for Brexit and the consequences for employment relations.

Capturing the entrepreneurial voice - internationalising the regions.

Research Group: Centre for Regional Economic and Enterprise Development (CREED)

Prof M Jones, Dr D O'Reilly, Dr M McGuinness, Dr M Hassett

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

This project might suit applicants who have studied business as well as e.g. social psychology, or English language and literature.

Community resilience in an age of austerity – examining volunteering as a response to public sector cuts

Research Group: Strategy and International Business group

Dr G Nichols, Dr M McGuinness

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

This research will examine community response to cuts in local government support of traditional leisure services through the theoretical frameworks of social capital (1), the big society (2, 3), community resilience (4,5) and how these are constructed and understood in the context of disruption to local community structures arising from austerity measures.

Delivery Work: Exploring Labour Process Change in the Parcel Delivery Sector.

Research Group: Centre for Decent Work

Prof K Newsome

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

The burgeoning expansion of e-commerce has increased demand for home delivery and has facilitated the growth in parcel delivery companies, subcontracted from retailers.

Disability and employment: Investigating the ways in which workplaces might be changed in order that people with disabilities can keep their jobs

Research Group: Centre for Decent Work

Prof P Dibben

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

People with disabilities are less likely to be in work than those without disabilities. This is the case in many countries across the world.

Enhancing group creativity through off-task breaks

Research Group: Centre for Decent Work

Dr D Breslin

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

In an increasingly competitive world, it appears that working more does little to fill the productivity gap in UK industry. Recent research has shown that taking time away from that task-in-hand, as opposed to spending more time on the job, can positively affect performance.

Exploring the impact of the #MeToo campaign on workplace culture, practices and policies about voice

Dr S Brooks, Dr M Patterson

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

#MeToo spread virally in October 2017 as a hashtag used on social media in an attempt to demonstrate the widespread prevalence of sexual assault and harassment, especially in the workplace.

Exploring the role of formality in voice and silence research

Dr S Brooks, Dr M Patterson

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

When employees voluntarily communicate suggestions, concerns, problems, or work-related opinions to a more senior person, they are engaging in voice.

Fundraising in the creative industries: Trajectories of professionalisation and Brexit

Research Group: Critical Research in Marketing and Society (CReiMS)

Dr M Herrero

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

This PhD will look at trajectories of professionalisation in creative industries fundraising with a focus on the impact of Brexit.