PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Human Computer Interaction in United Kingdom

The Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life has opened its 2027 funded PhD studentship competition at Durham University in the United Kingdom. The competition is intended for doctoral researchers interested in how machine learning is transforming societies, science, and knowledge. Successful students will join a lively interdisciplinary research community focused on algorithmic life, machine learning, and the wider social and intellectual consequences of computational technologies. The post does ...

The University of Southampton is offering a competition-funded Doctor of Philosophy project, “Can machines invent a visual language we can read? Emergence and interpretability of agent-made symbols” , in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences. The PhD will investigate how populations of artificial agents invent shared visual symbol systems through interaction. It will examine when these systems become stable, efficient, compositional, abstract, and understandable to humans. Unlike toke...

PhD project at the University of Southampton on human-centred artificial intelligence (AI) for decision support in high-stakes environments . The research sits at the intersection of computer science , psychology , human-computer interaction , and human factors , with a focus on how AI can support human decision-making without replacing human judgement. The project examines topics such as trust , transparency , workload , situation awareness , decision confidence , and accountability . Example a...

PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton in Human-Centered Security and Privacy for Autonomous Vehicles . This postgraduate research project explores how autonomous vehicles can earn and maintain trust from drivers, passengers, and pedestrians. The research sits at the intersection of computer science , cybersecurity , privacy , human-computer interaction , artificial intelligence , robotics , and transportation research . You will investigate how people perceive and respond to AI-enable...

PhD opportunity in usable security for crypto wallets at the University of Southampton , Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences / School of Electronics and Computer Science. This project sits at the intersection of computer science , cyber security , and human-computer interaction . It explores how users perceive and respond to threats in crypto wallets, then designs and evaluates security features, interfaces, and decision-support tools that encourage safer behaviour and reduce human erro...

PhD opportunity: Advanced AI and Cognitive Robotics for Sustainable and Resilient Industries at Ulster University , Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment, in Belfast, United Kingdom . This project sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence , cognitive robotics , machine learning , computer vision , human-computer interaction , and systems engineering . The research team is developing autonomous and intelligent robotic systems to address operational and environmenta...

PhD opportunity at Ulster University in Trustworthy Human-Centred AI for Health and Society , hosted by the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment and the Human Centred Computing (HCC) research team. This project sits at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence , Machine Learning , Cybersecurity , Health Informatics , Human Computer Interaction , Neuroscience , and related areas. The theme focuses on building AI systems that are not only technically effective, but also tr...

PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton in AI, machine learning, biomedical engineering, neuroscience, psychology, and acoustics . The project, The Attentive Ear: AI to Decode Listening Fatigue from Wearables , is based in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences and the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR). It focuses on using multimodal deep learning and transformer architectures to combine asynchronous wearable and physiological signals such as EEG, pupillometry, ...

UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Designing Responsible Natural Language Processing at the University of Edinburgh is offering a PhD opportunity focused on responsible AI , natural language processing , and the social, technical, legal, and design dimensions of modern language technologies. The programme is built around five training areas: responsible NLP data and models, explainable NLP for users, designing for human-NLP partnership, NLP governance and accountability, and co-creation and...