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We have 435 Psychology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students
Psychology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students
We have 435 Psychology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students
Consumer Characterisation of Future Foods and the Check-All-That-Apply (CATA) approach
3.5 Year Fully Funded PhD Scholarship in New Zealand starting in 2025. Consumer Characterisation of Future Foods and the Check-All-That-Apply (CATA) approach. Read more
Critically Understanding the Urban Social Infrastructures (USI) Needed for Young Mens’ Health and Wellbeing in UK Cities (IDRT25/EE/UF/LUGER)
How do young mens’ online social worlds translate to offline urban social infrastructures (USI), and how can these USI’s improve health and wellbeing?. Read more
The effectiveness of School Street Closures: Impact evaluation
There are currently no published peer reviewed papers looking specifically at School Streets projects. I published a report collated from grey literature and interviews with local government officers (Davis, 2020) which examined the perception of displacement parking associated with School Streets. . Read more
Four Year MRC-ITND PhD fellowships in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
The Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, based at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), is offering 1+3 (MRes+PhD) full-time fellowships suitable for both basic and clinical students from a wide range of science backgrounds. Read more
Veterinary decision making and Cognitive bias
Background. Cognitive biases describe unconscious, automatic processes that tend to help us to get stuff done, enabling quicker and more efficient decision-making in many contexts. Read more
Human-like Repetition in LM Dialogue: Comparing Automatic and Strategic Reasons to Repeat
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
MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Identifying and imaging pathological mechanisms in Parkinson’s Disease, from cells to behaviour.
Parkinsons’s Disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease and current therapies are limited. PD manifests as a movement disorder characterised by loss of dopaminergic neurons (DA). Read more
Unpacking the Beauty Premium: Understanding the influence of physical attractiveness on appearance-based discrimination (RDF25/HLS/PSY/BOVET)
Why are people so concerned about their physical attractiveness? A survey from the Mental Health Foundation in 2019 found that 35% of adults in the UK feel ashamed or depressed because of their body image, and a House of Commons Committee reported that these pressures are directly impacting the health of the population. Read more
Bridging the gap between healthcare professionals and users: can digital resources be empowering, useful and supportive for menopausal women (RDF25/HLS/PSY/LAKEY)
Menopause is a natural transition marked by the end of menstruation, typically occurring between the ages of 45 and 55, with an average age of 51 in Western cultures. Read more
Adaptions to Low-Intensity Interventions for autistic girls (RDF25/HLS/SWECW/REYNOLDS)
Autism can present very differently in women and girls (Hull et al, 2020). Autistic females are more likely to mask their autistic traits and mimic social behaviours, leading to difficulties being missed or misattributed (Bargiela et al., 2016). Read more
Can endurance athletes be taught pace judgement or is it innate? (RDF25/HLS/SER/JOHNS)
Northumbria University is a research-intensive modern University, ranked 23rd in the UK for Research Power in the recent Research Excellence Framework (REF2021). Read more
Preparing For Success: Understanding The Student Transition From Further To Higher Education In Sport Degree Programmes To Promote Retention And Enjoyment (RDF25/HLS/SER/HIBBS)
The transition from further education (FE) to higher education (HE) settings is complex and extensive in nature (Hayman et al., 2020). Learning to navigating the different social (i.e. Read more
Gender and volunteer participation in the North East of England: An exploration of disparities (RDF25/HLS/SWECW/HESLOP)
Volunteering, defined as planned and sustained unpaid work or activity to benefit others outside of the family or household in which the individual freely chooses to participate, provides some unique benefits to organisations, recipients, and the volunteers themselves (Salamon & Sokolowski 2016). Read more
Examining the effects of regular exercise on psychological and physiological health (RDF25/HLS/SER/TEMPEST)
Regular exercise helps to reduce perceived stress associated with everyday life (e.g., problems associated with money, family and/or work). Read more
Responding to Neurodiversity and the treatment needs of individuals with co-occuring mental health and substance use concerns (RDF25/HLS/SWECW/MCGOVERN)
Individuals with particular forms of Neurodivergence like Autism and/or Attention Deficit Hyperactiveity Disorder (ADHD) are more likely to have co-occuring Mental ill health (MIH) conditions (like anxiety and depression) that can increase their risk and/or continued use of Substances (SU). Read more