Funded PhD in Education, Childhood and Youth: Early Years, Language Development and Child Development University of Leeds in United Kingdom

Ivy N. Defoe, Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam, is inviting eligible aspiring PhD candidates to contact her about a Mosaic grant application. The proposed PhD project should relate to youth development and/or age differences across the lifespan , with examples including risk behavior among youth versus adults . The post suggests that applicants review her publication list for additional research areas and expertise. This opportunity is connected to the Mosaic 3.0 programme from...

2 PhD studentships are available at University College London (UCL), linked to an ERC Starting Grant in the Boda Lab at the UCL Institute of Education, London. The project examines how stereotypes spread through classroom social networks : who sees whom as “warm” or “competent,” why these perceptions persist, and how they may shape pupil outcomes and well-being . The research uses stochastic actor-oriented models and longitudinal social network analysis on new panel data from English secondary s...

📢 Fully funded PhD opportunities are available within the Centre for Equity in Mental Health at the University of Huddersfield . This post highlights one project supervised by Amanda Firth : Understanding the benefits and challenges of faith-based organisations’ contributions to mental health service provision and support . The project will explore the role of faith-based organisations in supporting mental health and wellbeing within communities, with attention to trust, accessibility, cultural ...

CAM DTP Fully Funded PhD opportunity with the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA), based in Surrey, United Kingdom. This PhD will examine how UK zoo education programmes and zoo spaces foster public connection to nature and support behaviour change. The project uses social science approaches to audit conservation education interventions across multiple BIAZA zoos, linking visitor outcomes with ESRC poverty databases to understand how socioeconomic deprivation affects equi...

Fully funded PhD opportunities are open at Edge Hill University through the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North West Coast (ARC NWC), in partnership with universities across the North West Coast. This post highlights a doctoral project in creative mental health support for children and young people with long-term mental health conditions, using the e-Arts-for-the-Blues digital platform . The project sits within the public health and prevention theme and focuses on an implementation study, ...