Other PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

University of the Arts London Research

The Art of Protest: Reimagining the Performative Politics of Black Lives Matter

A studentship based at Wimbledon College of Arts in collaboration with the Iniva collection and Stuart Hall Library. Project overview. Read more

Supervisors: Dr K Donkor, Prof A C Kear

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

University of the Arts London Research

Transnational Voices in Theatre-making: Access, Belonging, Participation

A collaboration between Wimbledon College of Arts and the London-based theatre company Foreign Affairs. Project overview. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Komporaly , Dr A Andrade

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

University of the Highlands and Islands Centre for History

Home, Hearth And Heritage – Exploring inter-disciplinary approaches for engaging with fragile, living heritage

Project Location. primarily based at UHI North, West & Hebrides, Cnoc Soilleir campus with occasional working, as necessary, at UHI Centre for History, Dornoch . Read more

Supervisors: Dr I Robertson, Dr R Rennell, Mr J J MacNeil

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

Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only) PhD Opportunities

Funded Studentship for Applicants with a Link to Cumbria (KEN24/MPEE/HOWATSON)

Northumbria University

This opportunity is only available to students classed as UK students. International students are not eligible. Northumbria University is delighted to offer fully-funded three year studentships specific to applicants who have a link to Cumbria. Read more

Sheffield Hallam University Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

Sheffield Hallam University - Psychology Demonstratorships: Mind your language: the development of gender stereotypes

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

Supervisors: Dr DR Reynolds, Dr JAO Aguado-Orea

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

IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca

12 fully funded Ph.D. positions in “Cultural Systems” at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca

The IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca is now recruiting 12 talented doctoral candidates in its Cultural Systems (CS) Ph.D. Program. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) PhD Research Programme

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships Programme

The Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships Programme Knowledge Orders before Modernity

King’s College London

The Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships Programme `Knowledge Orders before Modernity' (KOM) is an innovative collaboration between King's College London and the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) at the University of Kent. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships Programme

The Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships Programme Knowledge Orders before Modernity

University of Kent

The Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships Programme `Knowledge Orders before Modernity' (KOM) is an innovative collaboration between King's College London and the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) at the University of Kent. Read more

University of Liverpool Department of English

Miriam Allott Doctoral Awards

The Department of English at the University of Liverpool invites applications for two Miriam Allott Doctoral Awards. Awards. There are two doctoral awards available. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only) Humanities Research Programme

Self-Funded PhD Students Only PhD Research Programme

PhD Biography

University of Buckingham

For their first year, students attend seminars that provide a critical awareness of the subject, which is an essential prerequisite for dissertation work. Read more

University College London UCL SECReT

UCL SECReT: The International Training Centre for Security and Crime Research Degrees

UCL's Security Science Doctoral Research Training Centre (UCL SECReT) was founded in 2009 with support from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (ESRC) and an array of public and private sector organisations working in crime reduction security and law enforcement. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only) EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training

University of Hertfordshire

Three fully funded PhD Research Studentships in Future Societies

Applications are invited by Centre for Future Societies Research for three fully funded PhD studentships at the University of Hertfordshire. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) PhD Opportunities

German PhD (option of joint PhD with Stuttgart or Humboldt University)

Self-Funded PhD Students Only Humanities Research Programme

Our current research students work mainly in cultural and historical studies from the Middle Ages to the present day, including literary studies, film and cinema studies; theatre studies; literary and cultural theory; and the history of ideas. Read more

Philosophy PhD (option of joint PhD with National University of Singapore)

Self-Funded PhD Students Only Humanities Research Programme

The Philosophy Department at King’s is one of the largest research departments in the field in the UK. Read more

Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies PhD

Self-Funded PhD Students Only Humanities Research Programme

Spanish was first taught at King’s in 1831, and the teaching of Portuguese in British universities was pioneered by King’s in the 1860s. Read more

University of Dundee UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy & Science

Leverhulme Doctoral Programme for Regenerative Innovation (Regnr8-i): Other-than-Human Epistemologies

The difference between human beings and other life forms is that when humans die, their knowledges are made available to future generations through databases and archives. Read more

Supervisors: Prof NL Lushetich, Dr US Sellbach

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

Sheffield Hallam University

Sheffield Hallam Opportunity PhD Scholarships

Sheffield Hallam is committed to addressing barriers to higher education for under-represented groups. To help address underrepresentation in our postgraduate research student community, we are offering the below scholarships for academic year 2024/25. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only) 4 Year PhD Programme

Being a non-native speaker in a dynamic world: Language-related policy and its effects on people's cognition, wellbeing and other aspects of their lives

Supervisors: Dr Y Kamide, Dr D. Stjepanovic

PLEASE NOTE. This project is for self-funded or externally sponsored students only. It is quite common that a country or community has only one official language, or one overwhelmingly dominant official language amongst a few. Read more

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

University of Dundee School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law

Writing trans and non-binary lives in the 20th and 21st centuries: autobiography, autofiction, autotheory

This research project aims to explore the ways in which trans and non-binary people have been using different approaches in writing about their lived experiences. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Gratzke

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

University of Dundee School of Humanities

Poetry – Communism – Philosophy

Aim. The project aims to take seriously and examine systematically the political implications of the fact that there is no poetry that is not addressed to all. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Yeung, Dr F Ruda

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

Understanding multilingualism: Cognitive, linguistic or social aspects of coordinating knowledge about multiple languages

Supervisors: Dr Y Kamide, Dr L Duncan

PLEASE NOTE. This project is for self-funded or externally sponsored students only. We invite applications from strong and motivated candidates to our highly interdisciplinary PhD project on language processing in multilingual contexts. Read more

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

Bilingualism and multilingualism in young children: Exploring the impact on learning, literacy and communication

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

Early development in a bilingual or multilingual context presents both opportunities and challenges for a young child. Much of the research on this issue adopts a general perspective on multilingual learners but this project aims to examine issues specific to the particular languages that the child is learning. Read more

Supervisor: Dr L Duncan

University of Dundee School of Humanities

The representation of love and relationships in contemporary zine culture

The primary objective of this PhD project is to research the representation of love and relationships in contemporary zine culture. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Gratzke

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

University of Dundee School of Humanities

21st century literary representations of love and relationships in works with themes of disabilities, long-term illness or neurodivergence

The primary objective of this PhD project is to research the interaction in literature of love and relationships with themes of disabilities, ill-health or neurodivergence. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Gratzke

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

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

Supervisor: Dr A Melinger

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

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

Understanding Cultural Legal Studies: Interrogating Legal Meanings in Artistic and Popular Culture

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

Emerging out of traditions of law and literature, critical legal studies, and law and popular culture, cultural legal studies is an international field that has recently emerged at the cutting edge of the interdisciplinary study of law. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Giddens

Self-Funded PhD Students Only PhD Research Programme

Studying for a PhD in Humanities and Social Science

University of Brighton

The University of Brighton has opened opportunities for self-funded PhD students in multiple areas of research in the fields of humanities and social sciences. Read more

English PhD (option of joint PhD with Hong Kong/Singapore/Humboldt Berlin)

Self-Funded PhD Students Only Humanities Research Programme

King's is one of the oldest English departments in the country and is home to a lively and supportive group of academics and students engaged in the exploration of literary cultures from the 7th to the 21st centuries. Read more

University of Strathclyde

PGR Opportunities at University of Strathclyde 2024

Founded in 1796 as a ‘place of useful learning' the University of Strathclyde is a leading technological University based in the heart of Glasgow. Read more

Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding PhD Opportunities