Do you have a Master’s degree and are looking for fully funded PhD opportunities? Swansea University, Wales, United Kingdom is now accepting applications for several funded PhD programs across a range of research areas.
1. Fully Funded PhD in Agriculture and the Environment, Animal Behaviour and In Vivo Studies
Summary of Funded PhD Program
The project builds onresearch in the supervisors’ labs pioneering the use of visual modelling approaches for monitoring and control of horticultural and urban pests, applying and extending the design process to arable crop pests, and utilising LEDs to increase trap conspicuousness. As the visual systems of the two target species have not yet been characterised, genomic approaches, scanning electron microscopy, electroretinography and behavioural tests will establish spectral sensitivity and spatial acuity of CSFB and Mb. The student will then use the insights on the visual biology of the pest and its natural enemy to develop prototype selective traps and test these in lab and field experiments.
Application Deadline: 11 December 2024
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2. Fully Funded PhD in Animal Behaviour and In Vivo Studies, Agriculture and the Environment
Summary of Funded PhD Program
Animals have diverse acoustic communication systems, from the chirping of crickets to the almost infinite complexity of human language, and these systems play a vital role in enabling cooperation and structuring societies. Most attempts to understand the causes of this variation use between-species comparisons. These have examined, for instance, whether social or ecological variables predict characteristics of communication systems, such as whether vocalisations are individually distinctive, or the number of different vocalisations used.
Application Deadline: 11 December 2024
3. Fully Funded PhD in Agriculture and the Environment
Summary of Funded PhD Program
Living organisms are continuously exposed to environmental stressors that affect their health, survival and ability to reproduce. In some highly stressful environments however, such as heavily polluted ecosystems that would be expected to cause high mortality rates, populations are thriving. This phenomenon has been attributed for the most part to genetic adaptation, but in many cases the extend of genetic adaptation observed isinsufficient to explain the level of stressor resistance seen. Epigenetic changes contributing to phenotypic plasticity and microbiome-extension of host adaptive phenotypic plasticity are two likely important, andinteracting, contributing mechanisms, but remain poorly characterised.
Application Deadline: 11 December 2024
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4. Fully Funded PhD in Applied Linguistics and Bilingualism pathway
Summary of Funded PhD Program
Prospective students are invited to propose a research topic for doctoral study in the language-related areas of expertise of staff in Applied Linguistics. Broadly, these areas include research that addresses:
- bilingualism/multilingualism
- second language acquisition
- lexical studies
- and/or the structure, meaning and use of language in linguistics, psycho- and sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, psychology, sociology, language technology and education.
Application Deadline: 11 December 2024
5. Fully Funded PhD in Management and Business pathway
Summary of Funded PhD Program
The Business and Management pathway focusses the realm of social sciences on current challenges for businesses and the industrial landscape. There are significant opportunities for interdisciplinarity through its disciplinary expertise in accounting, finance, banking, marketing, strategy, logistics and operations management, organizational management, innovation, and tourism; all underpinned by the research strength and experience of faculty members at the Universities of Swansea, Cardiff and Bangor.
Application Deadline: 11 December 2024
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6. Fully Funded PhD in Digital Economy and Society pathway
Summary of Funded PhD Program
This pathway is looking for students and applications that are interested in pursuing interdisciplinary projects incorporating elements of computational science methodologies in the context of social science challenges spanning the remits of the UK Research Institute’s ESRC and EPSRC. The pathway is seeking to develop expertise in researching human behaviour, combining advanced quantitative and digital analytical methods, applied to data generated through digital footprints, with qualitative research on interaction in on-line spaces. Projects should include some strategies ranging from the analysis of social media posts to the passive capture of movements via accelerometer data, and evaluate how current and emerging socio-technical systems respond to and influence situated particulars in human-algorithm interaction.
Application Deadline: 11 December 2024
7. Fully Funded PhD in Economics pathway
Summary of Funded PhD Program
In the current times of global challenges, high-quality research in Economics is more important than ever. The pathway brings together the distinctive expertise and track record of research excellence in three institutions – Cardiff, Bangor and Swansea. While producing outstanding research in all fields of Economics, the Department of Economics at Swansea has a particularly strong research record in macroeconomics, applied microeconomics, energy economics and regional economics, and serves as a key partner in the pan-institutional Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data (WISERD).
Application Deadline: 11 December 2024
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8. Fully Funded PhD in Education pathway
Summary of Funded PhD Program
At Swansea University, our Department of Education and Childhood includes a diverse spectrum of substantive and methodological expertise. Our department specialises in various domains, encompassing the realms of:
- Socioeconomic inequalities in education
- Care-leavers and estranged students
- Parental engagement and involvement
- Education leadership and management
- Technology and digital influence on education
- Children’s voices and participation
- Curriculum and assessment
- Play
- Additional learning needs
- Animals in education
- Philosophical underpinnings of educational theory and practice
Application Deadline: 11 December 2024
9. Fully Funded PhD in Human Geography pathway
Summary of Funded PhD Program
The Geography Department at Swansea is a vibrant and dynamic place for doctoral studies, and we host a large contingent of both domestic and international PhD students. The Human Geography staff at Swansea have a long history of successfully training PhD students for careers in the academy, as well as the public, private and third sectors. Our staff have a wide range of expertise, including in social theory, and cultural, urban, political, environmental, rural, and economic geography.
Application Deadline: 11 December 2024
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10. Fully Funded PhD in Empirical Studies in Law and Criminology pathway
Summary of Funded PhD Program
Criminology sits within the School of Social Sciences, adding complementary interdisciplinarity in legal studies, the Wales Observatory on Human Rights of Children and Young People, the Centre for Social Change, and the collaborative Centre for Criminal Justice and Criminology (CCJC). The CCJC undertakes interdisciplinary empirical research on areas including youth justice policy, drug policies and criminality, policing, sports criminology, sex work, crimes of the powerful, the political economy of crime in the Global South, maritime security and crime, terrorism and cybercrime. Swansea University also hosts the ESRC Administrative Data Research Centre (Wales), which facilitates access to linked, de-identified administrative data in a secure environment.
Application Deadline: 11 December 2024
11. Fully Funded PhD in Journalism and Democracy pathway
Summary of Funded PhD Program
Media, Communications and Public Relations at Swansea has been consistently recognized for its excellence and is placed right at the top in UK league tables for various elements of its delivery. Priding itself on a strong sense of community, staff and students are involved at the cutting edge of the study of contemporary media and its impact. Our mix of esteemed practitioners and globally acknowledged scholars have expertise across a broad range of sub themes within the Journalism, Democracy and Digital Media pathway.
Application Deadline: 11 December 2024
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12. Fully Funded PhD in Data Science, Health and Wellbeing pathway
Summary of Funded PhD Program
The pathway combines observational, descriptive, and trials-based methods with large population-scale datasets to provide evidence on society’s most pressing health challenges. Research informs evidence-based policy making to support people to make healthy lifestyle choices and/or to live better with illness and disability. More specifically, it examines the built and social environment and the impact that these have on multiple health and/or social outcomes.
Application Deadline: 11 December 2024
13. Fully Funded PhD in Global Language Based Area Studies/Politics/IR pathway
Summary of Funded PhD Program
Our breadth of specialisms incorporates (i) international relations, area studies, and international development; (ii) comparative politics, including sub-national politics and the study of political identity; (iii) political communication, with a particular focus on digital politics; and (iv) political and social philosophy. Our research crosses boundaries with development studies, media and communication, and philosophy. We are intellectually pluralist, use a wide range of quantitative and qualitative research methods, and our geographical coverage includes Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America.
Application Deadline: 11 December 2024
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14. Fully Funded PhD in Psychology pathway
Summary of Funded PhD Program
This interdisciplinary pathway focuses on social science aspects of psychology (social, cognitive, developmental, environmental, health, clinical, and forensic) and understanding issues of societal importance/ESRC priorities such as climate change and sustainability, and improving health, and well-being. Swansea has particular strengths in forensic and health psychology, nutrition and appetite, behavioural addiction, and sustainable well-being. We also have a number of strategic partnerships with the Health Board, the Welsh Government, local charities, the food industry, His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service, and others and many students benefit from these opportunities to perform impactful research with lasting benefits.
Application Deadline: 11 December 2024
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