PhD topics for research students

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PhD in transforming education with generative AI technologies
We are offering a self-funded PhD position with our Brunel Business School, focusing on the transformative potential of generative AI technologies in education. This research project aims to explore h...
Arthur Money
Self Funded
Unlocking the hosting capacity of renewable energy in distribution power systems
Background to the research The transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources (RES) is a global imperative in the face of climate change. As renewable energy technologies, particularly solar...
Ahmed Zobaa
Self Funded
Advanced Deep Learning for Medical Imaging
Medical imaging seeks to reveal the structures and activities inside the human body that are normally invisible behind other body parts such as skin and bones. With a wide range of imaging technologie...
Yongmin Li
Self Funded
PhD project in modelling internal displacement with agent-based simulations and policy scenarios
We are offering a self-funded PhD position with our Department of Computer Science at Brunel University of London, focusing on modelling internal displacement using agent-based simulations and policy ...
Derek Groen
Self Funded
Use of Large Language Models (LLM) as a Structural Engineering Design Assistant
This is a self-funded project - please only apply if you have funding to undertake this project Large Language Models such as Chat GPT3 represent a significant development in artificial intelligence ...
Michael Rustell
Tatiana Kalganova
Self Funded
Item-Level Scoring of Memory Tests as an Approach to Detect and Study Abnormal Cognitive Ageing
Although considerable progress has been made over the last few years in diagnosing neurodegenerative conditions, a number of challenges still exist. One of these is defining valid and easy-to-implemen...
Matteo De Marco
Self Funded
Understanding the effects of meditation on mood, cognition, and the brain
We have open PhD projects to investigate a specific type of concentration meditation (also called focused attention meditation). We would like to understand the immediate effects of a single meditatio...
Andre Szameitat
Self Funded
Turning the curse into a blessing: using mindfulness to reduce psychosis-risk in people with high positive schizotypy who have heightened creative abilities
Positive schizotypy has been shown to be a double-edged sword: on the one hand, the aspects of magical thinking and unusual perceptual experiences have been linked with creativity; on the other hand, ...
Elena Antonova
Self Funded
The future of work: Labour markets and the rise of gig economy platforms
We are offering a self-funded PhD position with the Brunel Business School, focusing on the impact of digital technologies on labour markets in the evolving digital economy. Applications are accepted ...
Asieh Hosseini Tabaghdehi
Self Funded
Effects of environmental heat stress on respiratory health
Climate change dictates that global average environmental temperatures are going to increase in the 21st century and heatwaves are going to become more frequent, intense and long-lasting. Respiratory ...
Self Funded