Fully Funded PhD Studentship in Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour and Workplace Health Liverpool John Moores University in United Kingdom

🎓 Fully funded PhD opportunities are now open with the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North West Coast (ARC NWC), in partnership with five leading universities across the North West Coast. These doctoral projects sit in health research , social care research , and public health , with access to NIHR-funded research environments and collaboration with health, social care, and public health partners. Successful candidates will receive a fully funded PhD plus a UKRI-equivalent stipend . The po...

PhD opportunity at Anglia Ruskin University (Cambridge, United Kingdom) in Zoo Spaces and Equitable Nature Connection . This funded PhD project examines how UK zoo education programmes and zoo spaces can strengthen public connection to nature and support behaviour change. Working with the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA), the student will use social science and mixed-methods approaches to audit conservation education interventions across multiple zoos. The project also...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in Public Health , Housing inequalities , Physical activity , and Health and wellbeing at Liverpool John Moores University , within the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North West Coast (ARC NWC). The project, Active Living at Home: Understanding the Impact of Housing Inequalities on Physical Activity and Health Outcomes , examines how poor-quality or overcrowded housing, limited indoor space, lack of private outdoor areas, and neighbourhood environments that do n...

PhD opportunity at the University of Bedfordshire in a supervisor-led project within the 2027 CAM Doctoral Training Partnership (CAM-DTP) . The project is titled “Workplace action to tackle smoking-related health inequalities” and is supervised by Erica Cook , Faye Powell , and Gurch Randhawa . It is partnered with Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes City Councils’ Shared Public Health Service. The research will examine the factors influencing tobacco use and engagement with ...

Funded PhD opportunity at Durham University through the NINE DTP doctoral studentship competition , with an October 2027 start date . The post invites proposals in parasport or physical activity , and highlights supervision in the broader areas of sport and physical activity , disability , qualitative research , social care , co-production , and social work . The opportunity is shared by Professor Brett Smith (Durham University), who asks interested applicants to get in touch by email before the...