This fully funded PhD studentship is a unique dual-award opportunity at the heart of a collaboration between The University of Manchester and the University of Melbourne. The project aims to advance understanding of how to best support children transitioning from primary to secondary school, focusing on the efficacy of the Talking about School Transition (#TaST) intervention in England and Australia. #TaST is a 17-week universal, skills-based programme delivered across the last two years of prim...

PhD Opportunity in Transnational Education Policy and Qualitative Research at KU Leuven Kulak KU Leuven Kulak’s Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences & COOLS invites applications for a four-year, full-time PhD project titled “The Discursive and Affective Governance of Teach for All.” This research explores how teacher training policies, specifically through the Teach for All initiative, are mobilized and adapted across national borders, focusing on the Belgian and French contexts. The p...

The University of Edinburgh is offering a fully-funded ESRC PhD studentship focused on the educational experiences of neurodivergent young people. The project, led by Dr Katie Cebula (Senior Lecturer in Developmental Psychology), Dr Michael Fleming, and Dr Patricio Troncoso, aims to explore how social inequalities and child/family factors influence school attendance among neurodivergent students. The research will employ quantitative analysis of administrative data and will actively involve a ne...

The Centre for Research on Social Inequalities (CRIS) at Sciences Po, Paris, is inviting applications for a doctoral researcher (PhD candidate) and a postdoctoral researcher to join the ERC-funded LEARN project, led by Professor Bastian Betthaeuser. The LEARN project focuses on understanding the consequences of major health crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, for children's education. The research aims to uncover how disruptive events—including health crises, natural disasters, and violent co...

[Full tuition fees and a tax-free maintenance stipend of £20,780 per year for UK and international applicants, funded by the ESRC North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership.] The CASS Research Centre at Lancaster University is offering a fully funded PhD studentship for both UK and international candidates, commencing in October 2026. This prestigious opportunity is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) through the North West Social Science Doctoral Training Part...

[Fully and directly funded opportunities. Funding includes Home or International fees for 42 months and UKRI standard stipend which is currently £20,780 for 2025/26 academic year. Funded by Faculty of Arts, Business, and Social Sciences.] The University of Surrey’s School of Arts, Humanities, and Creative Industries is offering four fully funded PhD studentships for outstanding postgraduate researchers. These studentships are designed to support innovative and impactful research that aligns with...

The University of Reading invites applications for a fully funded PhD in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, offered as part of the Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) programme. This unique opportunity allows you to combine advanced research training with practical teaching experience, preparing you for a dynamic academic or industry career. The GTA role involves working part-time (up to 20 hours per week) as a teaching assistant, supporting laboratory sessions and other teaching activities...

Leiden University is offering a PhD opportunity within the Building 4 Belonging (B4B) consortium, focusing on social belonging at school among neurodiverse youth. This interdisciplinary project aims to address loneliness and foster inclusion for autistic and neurodiverse students by exploring how the school environment can be designed to support social connection. The research will involve co-design studies with youth, teachers, policy makers, and school boards, utilizing methods such as questio...

Ghent University in Belgium is offering a full-time PhD fellowship as part of the interdisciplinary UNPACK Project, which investigates the asylum procedure through linguistic, sociocultural, psychological, and legal lenses. The project aims to enhance fairness in asylum processes and understand the lived experiences of applicants, officials, interpreters, and lawyers. The research is conducted in collaboration with the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGRS) ...