ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership (WGSSS)

University of Reading School of Law is advertising a PhD studentship in Law or Criminology for an Autumn 2027 start. This is a fully funded doctoral opportunity for either home or international applicants. The award covers tuition fees and provides a UKRI-level stipend of £21,805 for 2026/2027 per year for up to 4 years . The post also notes that separately remunerated lecturing or tutoring opportunities may be available during the PhD. Research areas highlighted in the post include Law and Crim...

The Winter Williams Studentship is a Faculty of Law award at the University of Oxford for students undertaking postgraduate study in law. It supports study across the Faculty’s postgraduate law programmes, and the advert explicitly notes examples such as the BCL, the Magister Juris, an MSc in Criminology, and a DPhil in Law. The studentship is linked to Oxford’s legal academic environment and is awarded by the Faculty of Law. It was established in 1923 by Ivy Williams in memory of her brother Wi...

Law, Business and Policing PhD Scholarship at Canterbury Christ Church University in the United Kingdom is a funded PhD opportunity for students worldwide, with a research focus in International Law . The scholarship prioritizes projects in Human Rights Law , International Humanitarian Law , and International Criminal Law / the law of the ICC . It sits within the School of Law, Business and Policing and is aligned with the work of the law team. Funding includes a stipend of £20,780 per year , a ...

This fully funded PhD scholarship is based in Law and Criminology at Swansea University and sits within the ESRC Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS). The opportunity is embedded in a strong interdisciplinary environment spanning the School of Social Sciences and the School of Law , with links to research centres and initiatives across the university. The project environment is especially suited to students interested in empirical or socio-legal research. Swansea’s criminology a...

[4-year award; full Home or International tuition fees as appropriate; stipend broadly in line with the UKRI minimum stipend (£21,805 in 2026/27); research training allowance of £500 per year subject to application.] The University of Reading is inviting applications for a funded PhD studentship in Law or Criminology within the School of Law. This opportunity is open to high-quality candidates with strong, original research proposals in any area of law or criminology, provided the topic aligns w...