PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Psychology in United Kingdom

PhD in Sport, Physical Education and Health Sciences at the University of Edinburgh’s Moray House School of Education and Sport offers full-time study over three years or part-time study over six years, beginning in September 2027. A PhD by Distance option is available for suitably qualified applicants, although it is not a fully online programme. The programme supports independent research across physical education, sport management, sports science, the social and cultural significance of sport...

The University of Edinburgh is inviting applications for a full-time MSc by Research in Sport, Physical Education and Health Sciences , based at the Moray House School of Education and Sport on the Holyrood Campus in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. This one-year postgraduate research degree begins in September 2027 and involves an independent, sustained research project culminating in either a 30,000-word dissertation or a portfolio of smaller projects. Students receive supervision while planning, co...

Swansea University is offering a fully funded PhD studentship in Health, Wellbeing and Data Science through the ESRC Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS). The opportunity is based in the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Science in Swansea, United Kingdom, and is open to UK and international students. The pathway investigates pressing health and social challenges using observational, descriptive, trials-based, computational, and population-level methods. Potential research ma...

The University of Bristol is recruiting a Research Fellow in Climate Change and Health for a fixed three-year, full-time position in the School of Geographical Sciences. The role works across the University and with the Cabot Institute for the Environment, the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health, and the Jean Golding Institute for Data Science. Applicants are welcome from across climate change and health, with particular interest in research applying data science and artificial intelligence...

The MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), part of UK Research and Innovation, is recruiting a full-time Postdoctoral Scientist to work in Dr Greg Jefferis’s group in Cambridge, United Kingdom. The project focuses on molecular connectomics in Drosophila . The successful researcher will develop methods to map neuronal gene and protein expression onto reference electron-microscopy connectomes and apply these approaches to investigate the development and organisation of sexually dimorphic neura...

UK Research and Innovation is recruiting a Postdoctoral Scientist in Neurobiology to work at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, United Kingdom. The three-year, full-time position is based in the Kornfeld and Jefferis groups and focuses on understanding how behaviours are encoded in the brain’s synaptic networks. The successful researcher will develop and apply novel approaches for large-scale connectomics, mapping and analysing synaptic connections in vertebrate and invertebra...

University of Edinburgh MScR in Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies (Hispanic Studies) This postgraduate research master's programme is designed for students who want to complete an independent research project in Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American studies. It can serve as preparation for a PhD or as a stand-alone qualification for careers requiring advanced research, language, analytical and critical-thinking skills. Students complete research-methods training, two 6,000-word res...

The University of Edinburgh is inviting applications for its South Asian Studies PhD , offered full-time over three years or part-time over six years, with a September 2027 start. The programme is based in the School of Social and Political Science within the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. This research degree supports in-depth theoretical, methodological or substantive research on a topic of the applicant’s choice concerning South Asian society, cu...

PhD in Social Policy at the University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh is inviting applications for its Social Policy PhD programme, beginning in September 2027. The programme is available full-time over three years or part-time over six years and is based in the School of Social and Political Science, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Doctoral researchers develop an extended, focused project that makes an original contribution to knowledge. ...