Multiple Positions – 11 PhD Degree-Fully Funded at Swansea University, Wales, United Kingdom
Swansea University, Wales, United Kingdom invites online Application for number of Fully Funded PhD Degree at various Departments. We are providing a list of Fully Funded PhD Programs available at Swansea University, Wales, United Kingdom.
Eligible candidate may Apply as soon as possible.
(01) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Social Care, Social Work, Social Policy: Fully funded PhD Scholarship in the ESRC Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS) Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy pathway (RS897)
Social Policy sits within the School of Social Sciences, and the Department of Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy. The Department is also home to the Centre for Social Change, which hosts regular seminars by both Swansea academics, collaborators and other academics across the globe. Swansea University hosts the ESRC Administrative Data Research Centre (Wales), which facilitates access to linked, de-identified administrative data in a secure environment.
Social Care and Social Work sits within the School of Health and Social Care, and is home to the award-winning DEEP initiative, devoted to devising new forms of participatory evidence-gathering, in ways suited to informing policy.
Deadline : Open until filled
(02) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Psychology: Fully funded PhD Studentship in ESRC Wales Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS) PhD Psychology pathway (RS896)
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.
Swansea is home to a vibrant, diverse, and inclusive PGR community that benefits from an annual faculty-wide PGR conference, PGR festival, newly refurbished state-of-the-art Psychology laboratories, and dedicated PGR Academy that provides critical support and training opportunities.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(03) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Politics and International Relations: Fully funded PhD Studentship in the ESRC Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences WGSSS Politics, International Relations and Area Studies pathway (RS895)
The Global Language Based Area Studies/Politics/International Relations pathway at Swansea University is based within the Department of Politics, Philosophy, and International Relations (PPIR). It aligns with our PhD program in Politics and International Relations, and encompasses a variety of substantive foci and research approaches.
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. We place a premium on connecting scholarly work to real world impact and seek to disseminate our findings and co-produce change with partners in Welsh and UK government and parliament, global policy advocates including the International Drug Policy Consortium, and a range of local and international civil society actors.
PPIR is the base for four research groups that bring together members of staff and PhD students to exchange ongoing research, discuss cutting-edge publications, and explore opportunities for funding and collaboration. These research groups are: The Global Drug Policy Observatory, the Political Analysis and Governance Research Group, the Philosophy Research Group, and the International Studies, Conflict and Security Research Group. We are also aligned with Faculty level Research Institutes focusing on Geo-political Challenges, Security and Resilience, Public Policy, Digital Economy and Society, and Climate Action. We welcome proposals from scholars wishing to develop knowledge and seek change-making applications across these areas of research.
Deadline : Open until filled
(04) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Law and Criminology: Fully funded PhD Scholarship in the ESRC Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS) Law and Criminology pathway (RS892)
The School of Law is located within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences providing a unique setting within which to conduct empirical or socio-legal research connecting with law the concerns and methods of social science. Swansea’s School of Law has an active and vibrant research culture including: CCJC; Cyber Threats Research Centre (CYTREC); Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law (IISTL); Observatory on Human Rights and Social Justice; and the Centre for Governance and Human Rights. Previously the School has supported studentships across a wide range of sub-disciplines, including: public and constitutional law; legal education; human rights; disability law; asylum law; tort law; environmental law; European Union law and governance; family law; perceptions of risk in third sector sporting clubs; banking and environmental risk; comparative Welsh/English housing law/policy; and constitutional perspectives on Welsh Devolution.
Students will predominately be based at Swansea University, although will be invited to attend WGSSS events at other locations in Wales. Throughout the PhD, all WGSSS students come together for joint workshops, residential courses, and annual conferences. Seminars include those organised by the Welsh Centre for Crime and Social Justice Conference (held at Gregynog, Powys) each year, who also hold residential postgraduate training days. In these, and other events, students work and present alongside established researchers.
Deadline : Open until filled
(05) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Sport and Exercise Science: Fully funded PhD Scholarship in the ESRC Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS) Sport and Exercise Science pathway (RS899)
Research in the field of Sport and Exercise Science at Swansea is conducted by three related research groups. These groups will give you a good idea of the sort of research that is being undertaken at Swansea, and may in turn help you to develop a research proposal in the area of economics and/or the social sciences.
- Elite and Professional Sport: Our research has impacted policy, practice and improved performance throughout the elite pathway at the very highest level. We work with a range of elite and professional sporting organisations on a diverse range of research-informed interventions focusing on pre-conditioning and recovery, parenting, biomechanics, nutrition, choking under pressure, genetics, and numerous other topics which all play an important role in achieving high levels of performance.
- Exercise Medicine and Health: The Exercise, Medicine and Health (EMH) research group strives to address the major health challenges of the 21st century, improving people’s lives through exercise science. Our group is renowned for its work in exercise physiology and physical activity and health, across the lifespan and health conditions. Our work focusses mainly on pre-natal, paediatric, older adult and clinical populations, including Type I and Type II diabetes, kidney disease, cystic fibrosis and asthma. Working in close collaboration with research students, partners, health boards and charities, our research has directly influenced national and international public health policies and clinical practices. We are at the forefront of implementing novel technological approaches to health promotion and clinical care, including advanced data analysis and data science methods. In summary, our work seeks to transform health behaviour and outcomes across the age, geographic and socio-economic range to create a healthier population.
- The Sport Ethics, Integrity and Governance research group’s growth was predicated on the successful award of 3M euros from the European Commission in 2016 to launch the world’s first MA in the field of sports ethics and integrity. We conduct high level scholarship and research into conceptual and ethical problems in sports practices and institutions. Our work spans philosophical explorations of the nature of sport and ethical problems therein, to applied multi-disciplinary work on policies and practices such as anti doping, athletes’ rights, match fixing, gender eligibility rules, technology polices, and problems at the intersection of sport, engineering and medicine. Examples of ethics, integrity and governance advice, research and consultancy in collaboration with and for key sport organisations include British Gymnastics, the European Athletes Association, the International Olympic Committee, the International Ice Hockey Federation, Sport Wales, UK Anti Doping, UK Sport the World Anti Doping Agency; and World Athletics.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(06) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Health and Well-Being and Data Science : Fully funded PhD Studentship in the ESRC Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS) Health and Well-Being and Data Science pathway (RS887)
The pathway combines observational, descriptive, and trials-based methods with large population-scale datasets to provide evidence on societies 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. For example, a project may characterise the housing or school travel environment, and investigate the impact on injuries, mental health and educational outcomes; or shifting ageing and family-size demographics in relation to the epidemiology of chronic health conditions to address the pressing issue of the ‘care -gap’. Projects may use a range of methodologies, from observational to computational and population-level modelling. Such projects and associated methods are made possible through the linkage of administrative and health data, increasing demand for suitably qualified doctoral researchers capable of applying a mix of methods to complex social science problems.
Deadline : Open until filled
(07) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy: Fully funded PhD Studentship in SRC Wales Graduate School for the Social Sciences WGSSS Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy – Media Studies pathway (RS894)
Media, Communications and Public Relations at Swansea has been consistently recognised 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 has expertise across a broad range of sub-themes within the Journalism, Democracy and Digital Media pathway.
For example, while we attend to the traditional aspects of print and broadcast journalism and the way that these cover key areas such as politics, conflict, financial affairs, the climate crisis and sport, our expertise extends into alternative digital news media, fact checking, disordered information, hate speech, racism and misogyny. Colleagues have extensively researched social media and all its dimensions, the metaverse, virtual and augmented reality, the wider implications of surveillance and technological interventions into all elements of contemporary life. We have strong impact in the fields of digital access for minority groups and the ways that news and journalism are both governed and regulated, and overarching all of this, our film and TV studies scholars offer insight into how all such elements are represented to wider audiences. Our public relations scholars are research active in looking at both the corporate functioning and the more disruptive elements within that profession, and how organisations digitally manage and maintain crises and brand identities. We would welcome applications that tap into these themes and add new and important dimensions.
Our strong links with the media sector itself – via our own Industry Panel – ensure the contemporary nature of our activities and provide a wide range of internship and work experience opportunities. In sum, studying a Media PhD at Swansea combines the benefits of accessing the most up-to-date experts in “media” in its widest sense with becoming part of a close-knit community of scholars who prioritise community and collegiality. We have research methods experts covering both quantitative and qualitative methods, and the pathway lead is a former recipient of ESRC funding both as a student and a researcher and is heavily invested in maximising the benefits of these excellent opportunities to develop stellar academic, industrial or public sector careers.
Deadline : Open until filled
(08) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Environmental Planning: Fully funded PhD Studentship in the ESRC Welsh Graduate School of Social Sciences (WGSSS) Environmental Planning pathway (RS890)
Environmental planning examines the spatial dimensions and decision-making processes for the sustainable management of the relationships within and between natural and human systems. This interdisciplinary PhD training pathway bridges social and natural environmental sciences. It focusses on key environmental challenges, and their manifestation in Wales, the UK and globally, reflecting current policy challenges for Welsh and UK governments in the environmental sector. Major concerns include but are not limited to: impacts and management of climate change; local and regional environmental quality; conservation management; and post-Brexit environmental legislation.
The Department of Geography at Swansea is a vibrant and dynamic place for interdisciplinary doctoral studies. Our academics have a long history of successfully training PhD students for careers in the public, private, and third sectors, as well as in academia. Our staff have a wide range of expertise central to this pathway including quantifying and mitigating climate change, landscape carbon dynamics, flood management, pollution, environmental hazard management, wildfire mitigation, environmental archaeology, GIS and remote sensing applications, and cultural, urban, political, and economic geography. We are working in close collaboration with public and private sector organisations (e.g. DEFRA, Forest Research, Natural Resources Wales, MetOffice, UK National Parks, Fire and Rescue Services, Home Office, UK water companies and the Health Sector).
As part of the WGSSS, the Environmental Planning pathway is founded on longstanding institutional links between Swansea University’s Department of Geography, Cardiff University’s School of Geography and Planning, Aberystwyth University’s Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Bangor University and the Countryside and Community Research Institute at the University of Gloucestershire. The departments collaborate extensively in PhD supervision, externally-funded research projects and postgraduate training.
Training is provided through a coordinated programme of standalone and residential modules in quantitative and qualitative social science methods, and science communication and a cohort-building postgraduate conference with participation from across the pathway. Options for specialist training include GIS and spatial data analysis, advanced quantitative research in SPSS, transport modelling, calculating environmental footprints, living lab methodologies, conservation research, randomized response techniques, cost-benefit analysis, spatial economic modelling, and satellite and drone remote sensing.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(09) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Education: Fully funded PhD Scholarship in the ESRC Welsh Graduate School for Social Sciences (WGSSS) Education pathway (RS889)
This studentship is an ‘open’ award. Applicants should consider approaching a potential supervisor before submitting their application to confirm that there is appropriate supervisory capacity within the University and to discuss their draft application. Information on the research interests of our staff can be found on the Swansea University webpages. Short descriptions of each accredited pathway are available on the ESRC WGSSS website. The Swansea-based representative for the pathway, Dr Emily Lowthian, E.M.Lowthian@Swansea.ac.uk might be able to advise you.
Deadline : Open until filled
(10) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Bilingualism and Linguistics: Fully Funded PhD Studentship in the ESRC Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS) Bilingualism and Linguistics pathway (RS885)
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
- and/or the structure, meaning and use of language in linguistics, psycho- and sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, psychology, sociology, language technology and education.
Supervision can also be held jointly with colleagues in Welsh, Modern Languages, Translation, Psychology and Education.
Phd students in Applied Linguistics will have access to our new Eyetracking lab and specialist software, including subscriptions to gorilla.sc and qualtrics. Students will also become members of the Language Research Centre – an interdisciplinary research centre encompassing language related research across the university.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(11) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Nonlinear Dynamics Vibration Attenuation: Fully Funded PhD Studentship in Shock and Vibration Mitigation in Rotary Steerable Tools (RS900)
The project starts with a literature review on shock and vibration mitigation techniques in rotary steerable tools and similar downhole systems to establish the current state of the art and identify knowledge gaps. The project involves both linear and nonlinear dynamics modelling and analysis, as well as experimental testing. An equivalent test structure will first be constructed in the vibration laboratory at Swansea University. This demonstrator will closely replicate the industrial structure to ensure the relevance of the research undertaken in this PhD study.
A major aspect of the work is the development of optimal passive mitigation solutions through the enhancement of components such as elastomers. These elements will be selected and optimised to absorb and isolate shock and vibration while remaining functional under harsh geothermal conditions.
The candidate is expected to work closely with D-TECH and may undertake a secondment period to test and apply the developed methods on industrial-scale structures.
This highly interdisciplinary project combines mechanical engineering, materials science, and control systems, and will require both numerical simulation and experimental validation. The outcomes of this research aim to significantly enhance the reliability, efficiency, and operational lifespan of RSTs in geothermal applications, thereby supporting the advancement of sustainable energy technologies.
Deadline : Open until filled
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About Swansea University, Wales, United Kingdom –Official Website
Swansea University (Welsh: Prifysgol Abertawe) is a public research university located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. It was chartered as University College of Swansea in 1920, as the fourth college of the University of Wales. In 1996, it changed its name to the University of Wales Swansea following structural changes within the University of Wales. The title of Swansea University was formally adopted on 1 September 2007 when the University of Wales became a non-membership confederal institution and the former members became universities in their own right.
Swansea University has three faculties across its two campuses which are located on the coastline of Swansea Bay. The Singleton Park Campus is set in the grounds of Singleton Park to the west of Swansea city centre. The £450 million Bay Campus, which opened in September 2015, is located next to Jersey Marine Beach to the east of Swansea in the Neath Port Talbot area. The annual income of the institution for 2021–22 was £369.9 million of which £69.2 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £446.3 million.
It is the third largest university in Wales in terms of number of students. It offers about 450 undergraduate courses, 280 postgraduate taught and 150 postgraduate research courses to 20,375 undergraduate and postgraduate students.
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