Developmental Psychology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students in the UK

We have 49 Developmental Psychology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students in the UK

Improving the management of dementia in people experiencing socioeconomic deprivation living with multiple long-term conditions

Queen Mary University of London Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry

Dementia disproportionately affects those experiencing socioeconomic deprivation who are almost twice as likely to have additional long-term conditions alongside dementia. Read more

Supervisors: Dr MA Armstrong, Prof CC Cooper

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

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Self-funded PhD- Exploring changes in well-being across key life transitions

University of Bristol School of Psychological Science

About the Project. We conduct research on the causes and consequences of positive well-being across the life course. Positive well-being includes feelings of happiness, satisfaction with one’s life, and having meaning and purpose. Read more

Supervisor: Prof C Haworth

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

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Self-funded MSc R- Exploring changes in well-being across key life transitions

University of Bristol School of Psychological Science

We conduct research on the causes and consequences of positive well-being across the life course. Positive well-being includes feelings of happiness, satisfaction with one’s life, and having meaning and purpose. Read more

Supervisor: Prof C Haworth

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

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Self-Funded PhD Opportunities in Psychology

London South Bank University

Are you passionate about Psychology and eager to advance your research career? London South Bank University is pleased to offer self-funded PhD opportunities in Psychology for motivated and talented qualified individuals. Read more

Self-Funded PhD Students Only PhD Research Programme

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Sheffield Hallam University - Psychology Demonstratorships: Peer-on-peer harmful sexual behaviour: Understanding risk and behaviour to prevent harm

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 O Merry

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

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Sheffield Hallam University - Psychology Demonstratorships: Autism and Hyperempathy

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 D Verrier

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

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PhD in Decision Neuroscience - neurocomputational mechanisms of social behaviour

University of Birmingham School of Psychology

About the project. Applications are invited for a 3.5-year funded PhD studentship in Decision Neuroscience, based at the Centre for Human Brain Health at the University of Birmingham, UK (https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/centre-for-human-brain-health). Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Lockwood

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

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PhD Studentship in quantitative genetics of neurodevelopment

University of Surrey School of Psychology

The student will have the opportunity to work on a project analysing data from large-scale longitudinal and developmental cohorts with a focus on infant and child phenotypes. Read more

Supervisors: Prof AR Ronald, Prof M Pluess

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

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Developing an adapted curriculum of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) for children and young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD)

Bangor University School of Educational Sciences

ESRC WGSSS studentship in Education. The School of Education at Bangor University are delighted to offer fully funded Wales Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS) (ESRC DTP) studentships starting in October 2024. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Storey, Prof RH Hastings

19 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Developmental and international perspectives on child eating behaviours and parent feeding practices (Deakin University)

Aston University College of Health and Life Sciences

ADCP PhD is a partnership cotutelle PhD program between Aston University (Birmingham, UK) and Deakin University (Melbourne, Australia). Read more

Supervisors: Dr G Russell, Miss T Lee, Prof J Blissett, Prof C Farrow

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

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Ethical leadership as a protective factor for doping

University of Birmingham School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

Doping continues to be a problem, particularly in elite sport. Various factors have been identified as putting athletes at risk for doping. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Kavussanu

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

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The dance culture and its impact on the dancer

University of Birmingham School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

Fulfilling one’s potential by becoming the best dancer one can become and joining a professional dance company is a dream of many young people, who enter vocational dance training. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Kavussanu, Dr Y J Kim

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Housing injustice and children’s outcomes: how does growing up in rented accommodation affect children’s health, wellbeing and cognitive development?

University of Strathclyde School of Social Work and Social Policy

Housing issues have taken centre stage in public and academic discourse for over two decades, with an emphasis on the challenges of home-ownership affordability and the inadequacy of social housing. Read more

Supervisor: Dr F Fiori

19 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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The development of a risk assessment tool for under 18-year-olds who display harmful sexual behaviour, both offline and online

University of Edinburgh Scottish Graduate School of Social Science

Around a third of sexual abuse is perpetrated by children and young people. However, current assessment tools have primarily been informed by what is known about the treatment needs of adult sexual offenders, and there is a lack of research involving young people and their families. Read more

Supervisor: Dr JK Kloess

19 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Neuro-cognitive mechanisms of goal-oriented reading

Aberdeen University School of Psychology

Reading in everyday life is a context-sensitive and goal-sensitive process. Reading a textbook for an exam is very different from reading your favourite novel. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Klimovich-Gray

19 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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We have 49 Developmental Psychology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students in the UK

Developmental Psychology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students in the UK

We have 49 Developmental Psychology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students in the UK

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