University of the West of England – UWE Bristol, England, England invites online application for multiple fully funded PhD Programs (£17,668 per annum) in various research areas. The studentship is available from 01 April 2023 for a period of three and half years, subject to satisfactory progress and includes a tax exempt stipend, which is currently £17,668 per annum. Candidates interested in fully funded PhD positions can check the details and may apply as soon as possible.
1. PhD Programs in Additive Manufacturing (3D-Printing) of Elastomeric Latticed Structured Footwear for Patients with Diabetic Foot Disease
Summary of PhD Positions:
This project aims to develop a novel pressure relieving footwear based on additively manufactured (AM) cellular lattice structures to minimize the pressure on the heel and arch, thus reducing the occurrence of foot ulcers. The project will utilise a state-of-the-art laser sintering machine to fabricate a range of high energy absorbing footwears using soft elastomeric materials.
The project also aims to formulate natural antimicrobial materials to minimise infections. Applying innovative 3D lattice generation tools and advanced computational methods, the successful PhD will develop functionally gradient conformal footwears with antimicrobial properties to achieve tailored stiffness and lightweights by using parametric and field-driven optimisation techniques.
Application Deadlines: 8 January 2023
2. PhD Programs in Resilient and environmentally-sustainable conservation strategies for conflict-damaged heritage
Summary of PhD Positions:
This collaborative UWE Bristol and Sheffield Hallam University project focusses on stone-built heritage, where exposure to ballistic and/or explosive impacts creates craters as well as subsurface fracture networks and loss of stone matrix density. While stone is a resilient and durable building material in comparison to weaker materials (e.g. wood), it does deteriorate when exposed to stress such as temperature change and moisture movement. Stone-built heritage sites are therefore at risk of natural deterioration, which is substantially accelerated when high-energy events (e.g. a ballistic projectile or blast) impacts the surface.
Application Deadlines: 8 January 2023
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3. PhD Programs in Improving the planning process for Nationally Significant Infrastructure projects
Summary of PhD Positions:
Mitigating the impacts of climate change and planning for sustainable futures are arguably the key challenges of our age. In England and Wales, Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP) such as transport networks, waste facilities and large-scale renewable energy projects are a critical part of this. However, they are subject to a separate planning regime, which has been criticized for being slow and inflexible, creating challenges for the delivery of these crucial projects.
Application Deadlines: 8 January 2023
4. PhD Programs in Improving project cost estimates using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Summary of PhD Positions:
This doctoral study will propose practical digital solutions that can overcome the challenges and promote the opportunities to improve cost performance of construction projects using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). Use of AI has helped to achieve significant enhancement of service processes and industry productivity in recent years, alongside enhance automation, and provides competitive advantage as compared to conventional approaches. This research aims to develop a novel approach which will adopt AI in the interpretation and analysis of cost data that would generate more accurate and reliable order of cost estimates (OCE) and related cost risk assessment for construction projects.
Application Deadlines: 8 January 2023
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5. PhD Programs in Smart City Governance – Planning Net-Zero Communities
Summary of PhD Positions:
Cities have set ambitious targets for climate change mitigation and transition to net-zero communities. At the same time Covid-19 has promoted a “new-normal” living, and new opportunities for transition to net-zero communities have arisen. However, limitations of urban governance to effect transition have been exposed, demonstrating the urgency for new governance solutions. Cities face a common challenge, that of developing effective planning solutions to deliver carbon neutrality whilst transitioning towards the post-pandemic “new-normal”.
Application Deadlines: 8 January 2023
6. PhD Programs in IoT Intrusion Detection Using Group Outlier Detection Methods and Advanced Artificial Intelligence Approaches
Summary of PhD Positions:
The proposed project will investigate the use of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) methods for retrieving group traffic outliers in internet of things (IoT). This will be useful for detecting complex intrusions and DDoS attacks. The candidate will start this project by identifying the limitations of utilising traditional solutions as a mechanism to identify intrusion in IoT environments. They will investigate the advantages of combining data and deep learning in deriving data traffic group outliers then propose original models for IoT traffic by exploring advanced concepts such as graph-based network traffic correlation XAI solutions, e.g., Shapley value method. GPU implementation will also be considered for scalability.
Application Deadlines: 8 January 2023
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7. PhD Programs in Distributed Digital Twins in Smart Manufacturing for Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) Detection
Summary of PhD Positions:
The increasing use of Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) as part of an interconnected Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) has made them a target for sophisticated Advanced Persistent Attacks (APTs) as evidenced by attacks such as Stuxnet and the recent Colonial Pipelines attacks. This PhD research will explore the use of distributed Digital Twins (DTs) in improving CPS system security using the Siemens Festo Learning Factory platform.
Application Deadlines: 8 January 2023
8. PhD Programs in South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership – student-led awards
Summary of PhD Positions:
UWE Bristol invites applications to undertake doctoral research that focuses on a subject area within AHRC primary research supported by SWW2. To find a suitable supervisor at UWE Bristol please see UWEs research centre and group pages. In addition potential applicants may want to look at individual staff profiles.
Application Deadlines: 16 January 2023
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9. PhD Programs in South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership
Summary of PhD Positions:
The SWW2 Collaborative Doctoral Awards (CDA) allow you to contribute to the development of a research project that has already been outlined by a team of established researchers within our consortium and partner organisations. Each CDA includes provision for specific skills training to support the research to be undertaken, and also for employability enhancement opportunities within and beyond academia. Your research proposal should explain the direction you propose to take the project, the expertise you bring to the project, and the particular career development opportunities you are most interested in capitalising upon.
Application Deadlines: 16 January 2023
10. PhD Programs in South West Doctoral Training Partnership
Summary of PhD Positions:
The South West Doctoral Training Partnership (SWDTP) is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to provide postgraduate research training in the social sciences. UWE Bristol joined the SWDTP in 2016, bringing world-class research expertise to the Sustainable Futures and Health and Wellbeing pathways. Opportunities are available for research study in these pathways based in a number of our Research Centres and groups. Our research is characterised by our partnerships with external organisations, and provides good opportunities for working collaboratively to undertake research that will make a real impact.
Application Deadlines: 13 January 2023
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11. PhD Programs in Law, Decolonisation and Climate Change
Summary of PhD Positions:
Historical responsibility for climate change is at the heart of climate change discourse. This includes degradation of the environment facilitated by states of the Global North, decades past. While the phenomenon of climate change is no doubt a global threat, it is arguably being borne disproportionately by those who live in the Global South, where vulnerability to climate change is generally high and adaptation capacity is low. Famine, floods, displacement are the consequences of the unbridled resource extraction and consumption from the Global North, a process with its roots in the systemic exploitation of people and planet by old colonial powers.
Application Deadlines: 15 January 2023
12. PhD Programs in Exploring Decision-making Around Data Access
Summary of PhD Positions:
Greater availability of confidential government data for research has dramatically increased the opportunities for policy-relevant social science analysis. This has been driven by two factors: technological and procedural developments allowing highly secure but researcher-friendly analysis environments, and legislative changes. However, there are still significant barriers to greater use of public data resources, and these arise partly from the institutional structure of government. These barriers can arise at different stages: at the conceptual level of granting access to data sources, when determining rules for using the data, when reviewing specific applications.
Application Deadlines: 15 January 2023
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13. PhD Programs in Leading to Address Climate Change
Summary of PhD Positions:
This PhD project aims to generate learning on planned and emergent approaches to leadership in the face of global climate challenges. The project will offer compelling conceptual and empirical research evidence on alternative views of leadership and leading in relation to this most significant challenge facing organisations and societies around the world.
The successful PhD candidate will be interested in extending understanding of leadership through workers / citizens / communities / social movements that holds the potential for change in leadership practices. The project should strive to explore the role of leadership in framing concepts such as sustainability and climate change, as well as mobilising influence and authority to address the crisis.
Application Deadlines: 15 January 2023
14. PhD Programs in What’s in it for me?
Summary of PhD Positions:
In 2016, volunteering in the UK totalled 2.633 million FTE, 1.49 million of which was undertaken by women, who were typically white, middle-class, middle-aged, from higher socio-economic groups and well-educated backgrounds (NCVO, 2019). Numerous benefits to voluntary work have been identified, from both the individual and organisation perspectives, including the acquisition of new skills and experiences for both and improved wellbeing for volunteers (Weller et al, 2021; Kearney, 2007).
Application Deadlines: 15 January 2023
15. PhD Programs in The impacts of anthropogenic noise on bats
Summary of PhD Positions:
The impacts of anthropogenic noise on wildlife present significant challenges for consultant ecologists and developers responsible for delivering new urban development in line with UK legislation which protects bats from disturbance. Despite a recent review, the impacts of noise on bats are not well understood, and there is lack of evidence-based guidance for mitigation of impacts according to species, behaviour and noise levels.
Application Deadlines: 30 January 2023
16. PhD Programs in South West Doctoral Training Partnership
Summary of PhD Positions:
The South West Doctoral Training Partnership (SWDTP) is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to provide postgraduate research training in the social sciences. UWE Bristol joined the SWDTP in 2016, bringing world-class research expertise to the Sustainable Futures and Health and Wellbeing pathways. Opportunities are available for research study in these pathways based in a number of our Research Centres and groups.
Application Deadlines: 13 January 2023
