PhD Opportunities in Journalism in United Kingdom

Queen’s University Belfast is offering a PhD project in Media Studies examining screen industries, misleading video, AI-generated content and public trust during episodes of public disorder in Northern Ireland. Focusing on anti-immigrant disorder in Belfast and Ballymena, the research will investigate how video is edited, shared and interpreted by different audiences. It will explore what makes footage credible, how newsrooms respond to disputed clips, and what evidence is needed to determine wh...

The Midlands Graduate School (MGS) brings together eight universities across the Midlands to provide doctoral training in the social sciences and interdisciplinary research areas. Through its Doctoral Training Partnership at the University of Nottingham , the programme offers ESRC-funded PhD studentships for applicants interested in advanced social science research. The doctoral training environment combines research study with structured training and broader support opportunities. Applicants ca...

[ESRC-funded studentship covering tuition fees and an annual tax-free living stipend at UKRI minimum rates, currently £21,805 for 2026/27.] This ESRC-funded PhD studentship sits within Swansea University’s Media, Communications and Public Relations community, in the Journalism, Democracy and Digital Media pathway. The advert highlights a lively research environment with expertise spanning print and broadcast journalism, digital news media, fact checking, disordered information, hate speech, raci...

Swansea University’s Department of Politics, International Relations and Area Studies is inviting prospective doctoral researchers to apply for a fully funded scholarship within the ESRC Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS). The opportunity supports PhD research in Politics, International Relations and Area Studies , offering candidates the chance to join the department and develop an independent research project aligned with its areas of expertise. The department provides a res...

The University of Sussex is offering a funded full-time PhD in LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing inequalities , based in the School of Psychology within the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine at Falmer, UK. The project is supervised by Dr Ellen Thompson and sits within an interdisciplinary Wellcome Discovery Award focused on pathways to health equity for LGBTQ+ populations. The research will investigate the social, structural and individual determinants of health and health inequalities amon...

King’s Brazil Institute is sharing fully funded joint PhD scholarship opportunities for doctoral researchers interested in Brazil. The programme supports a joint PhD between King’s College London and the University of São Paulo (USP) , enabling students to develop research across two leading academic environments. Successful scholars will have the opportunity to undertake doctoral research at both institutions, receive international supervision, and join a growing PhD community connected with th...

[Fully funded for up to 4 years; full coverage of EU/Non-EU tuition fees; monthly stipend; dedicated research and fieldwork allowance for international fieldwork, archival research, and conference presentations.] The Trinity Centre for Asian Studies at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin invites applications for a fully funded four-year doctoral project in Southeast Asian Studies, beginning on 1 September 2027. This opening is designed for an interdisciplinary scholar working across...

Ten fully funded PhD studentships are available in the Leverhulme Living with Waste Doctoral Programme at Queen Mary University of London, supported by the Leverhulme Trust. For 2027 start dates , the programme will recruit an interdisciplinary doctoral cohort exploring waste and transformation across the arts, social sciences, environmental sciences, engineering, and related fields. Potential research may address waste, sustainability, social and environmental change, and the ways communities a...

Applications are open for the fully funded Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)-funded London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (LISS DTP) studentships for October 2027 entry. The programme is led by King's College London in partnership with Imperial College London and Queen Mary University of London. Students can propose their own research project in collaboration with an academic supervisor. The available routes are 1+3.5, comprising one year of Master's stu...