PhD Studentship in Finance University of Reading in United Kingdom

The University of Reading is inviting applications for a full-time PhD studentship in Finance at Henley Business School, offering a research environment designed to develop expertise for academic and industry careers. Students may propose research in asset pricing and market microstructure, banking and financial markets, behavioural finance, climate finance and ESG, corporate finance and corporate governance, financial risk management, or FinTech, cryptocurrencies and machine learning. The progr...

BI Norwegian Business School is inviting applications for a PhD Candidate in Finance within its Department of Finance, with a planned start date in August 2026 . The position is based at BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo, Norway, and forms part of a highly research-oriented doctoral environment with strong links to international finance scholarship. The Department of Finance emphasizes research at the highest international level, with faculty publishing in leading journals such as the Journal...

[Four-year studentship with full coverage of PhD programme fees and an annual maintenance grant/stipend of £21,805 per year for four years.] The University of Liverpool Management School is offering four-year fully funded Graduate Teaching Fellowships (GTFs) for students planning to begin an Accounting and Finance PhD in October 2027. This opportunity combines doctoral research with structured teaching development. Successful candidates receive an annual maintenance grant of £21,805 for four yea...

PhD scholarship opportunity at the University of Exeter for September 2027 entry in responsible AI, entrepreneurship, and SME growth . The project, SCALE-Decode: Unlocking Growth Workflows in UK SMEs , is supervised by Bach Nguyen and Lu Liu . It combines entrepreneurship research , AI development , and fieldwork with UK SMEs . The research aims to understand how small businesses organise their work, build an AI system to identify bottlenecks, and recommend practical actions that support sustain...

[Home and international tuition fees covered for 3 years plus a UKRI standard stipend of £21,805 for academic year 2026/27.] This PhD studentship at Manchester Metropolitan University examines how board-recommended workforce engagement mechanisms influence sustainable corporate efficiency in UK firms. The project is set within the context of the UK Corporate Governance Code, which encourages boards to engage with employees through a workforce director, workforce advisory panel, or designated non...