Psychology University of Essex in United Kingdom

Ulster University is advertising a fully funded PhD opportunity in family-centred cancer care . The project explores how best to support families with children who are neurodivergent or have special educational needs when a parent or significant adult caregiver has cancer. The successful candidate will join an established 16-year programme of research and help develop evidence-based resources and an intervention designed with families and health and social care professionals. Research activities...

Funded PhD opportunity at the University of Leeds in the Education, Childhood and Youth theme, with supervision available from Cat Davies for an interdisciplinary Pathway Award focused on early years research. The advertised research areas include children’s early language , literacy , and education; how home and educational environments shape development; how screen use interacts with learning and development; the impacts of educational disruption on development; and using research to shape edu...

Ulster University is advertising a fully funded PhD opportunity on paediatric Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) in Northern Ireland . The project, titled “Bridging the Gap Together: Co-Producing Support for Families Awaiting Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy Services in Northern Ireland” , will examine the experiences and support needs of parents, children, paediatric SLTs, and service managers during the waiting period for SLT services. The successful candidate will work collaboratively wi...

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...

Brandon Woo, Assistant Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara , is recruiting a PhD student for his lab. The lab studies how children come to make sense of other people's actions, minds, and relationships , and how children develop a sense of social connectedness to others. This opportunity is especially relevant for students interested in psychology , cognitive science , neuroscience , and related areas of developmental research. To learn more about the position and applicatio...