Marketing PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships in the UK

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.

Research Group. Centre for Societies and Groups https://aru.ac.uk/science-and-engineering/research/institutes-and-groups/aru-centre-for-societies-and-groups.

Extending social perception theories to advertising context

Anglia Ruskin University ARU
School of Psychology and Sport Science

Research Group: Centre for Societies and Groups

Dr M Zawisza, Dr D McDermott

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.

Research Group. Centre for Societies and Groups https://aru.ac.uk/science-and-engineering/research/institutes-and-groups/aru-centre-for-societies-and-groups.

Improving the effectiveness of social advertising

Anglia Ruskin University ARU
School of Psychology and Sport Science

Research Group: Centre for Societies and Groups

Dr M Zawisza, Dr D McDermott

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.

Research Group. Centre for Societies and Groups https://aru.ac.uk/science-and-engineering/research/institutes-and-groups/aru-centre-for-societies-and-groups.

Investigating how tactile cues can influence people’s perception of healthy food.

Anglia Ruskin University ARU
School of Psychology and Sport Science

Research Group: Centre for Societies and Groups

Dr C Jansson-Boyd

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.

Research Group. Centre for Societies and Groups https://aru.ac.uk/science-and-engineering/research/institutes-and-groups/aru-centre-for-societies-and-groups.

Design for behaviour change in African urban informal settlements

Brunel University London
Design

Dr F Ceschin

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 is linked to a 5-year research project entitled ‘Mainstreaming Gender for Energy Security in Poor Urban Environments’, in short Gender for Energy Security (GENS).

Design for meaning

Brunel University London
Design

Prof J Giacomin

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.

Problem Statement. With the increasing availability of affordable products, systems and services the attention of architects and designers is turning more-and-more to the properties of “experience” and “meaning”.

Ageing consumers’ identity construction through consumption and practices

Dr D Yen

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 PhD student will be required to conduct in-depth interviews with 30 ageing consumers over a period of 12 months, focusing on exploring and understanding how and what kind of consumption practices are being exercised and employed for the construction of their identity.

Artificial Intelligence in customer interactions: factors influencing value creation and sustained use in a variety of contexts (e.g., healthcare and financial services)

Dr A Canhoto

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.

As we enter the fourth industrial revolution, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being used by more and more organisations - profit-seeking and otherwise – to automate processes in more and more business areas, and with increasing autonomy.

Shoppers’ attitudes towards personalised advertising in the physical environment

Dr A Canhoto

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 retail industry has seen dramatic changes, as a result of digitalization. Digital technology offered retailers the opportunity to capture data and develop insight about their customers, and to improve efficiency.

The nature/implementation of a corporate brand ethos and as an institutional-wide culture.

Prof J Balmer

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 is a rare opportunity to be supervised by Professor John M.T.

Cardiff Business School - The sociocultural aspects of marketing

Cardiff University
Cardiff Business School

Funding Type

PhD Type

Business Research Programme

Business Research Programmes present a range of research opportunities, shaped by a university’s particular expertise, facilities and resources. You will usually identify a suitable topic for your PhD and propose your own project. Additional training and development opportunities may also be offered as part of your programme.

The PhD opportunities on this programme do 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 is a call to work with Dr Rebecca Scott of Cardiff Business School. Her work focusses on the social and cultural aspects of marketing.

Eduscapes: The Impact of Environmental Design on Students’ Performance and Well-being

Cardiff University
Cardiff Business School

Prof K Daunt, Dr E Rosier

Application Deadline: 31 May 2020

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 successful candidate will be enrolled on the PhD in Business and Management at Cardiff Business School. This research will investigate the impact of environmental design in higher education settings on student performance and well-being.

Positive fashion and life transitions: Consumption of sustainable fashion as a factor in adolescent and menopausal mental wellbeing.

GCU London
The Graduate School

Prof N Radclyffe-Thomas, Prof C Currie, Dr D Khalifa

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.

“Fashion” has been conceptualised as material object, abstract concept, phenomenon, system, cultural value or norm or attitude (Kawamura, 2011).

The Impact of Excess Product Choice on Customer Engagement and Well Being

GCU London
The Graduate School

Dr R Marciniak, Dr D Khalifa, Dr C Connell

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 research will focus on customer engagement, online consumer behaviour, psychology and fashion retail and how excess product choice positively, or otherwise impacts on consumer engagement and well being.

From marketing to communication: investigating co-creation in the context of charitable foundations

Glasgow Caledonian University
Glasgow School for Business and Society

Dr L Carey, Mr E Galan Cubillo, Ms I Garcia Medina

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 philanthropic ambitions of large corporations can take the form of monetary donations to charitable organisations and other sporadic interventions related to the benefit of their employees or wider society.