PhD topics for research students

Find below a list of currently available self-funded PhD topics.

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Optimizing Healthcare Systems: Business Strategies for Cost Efficiency and Sustainable Management
The rising cost of healthcare demands innovative business and management solutions to enhance efficiency without compromising quality. This PhD project explores how strategic healthcare management, da...

Catia Nicodemo

Self Funded

AI Companionship and the Future of Human Connection
The “AI Futures: Companionship, Connection, and Careers” project investigates how artificial intelligence—particularly in the form of companion technologies—is reshaping emotional, social, and profess...

Ming-Yao Jen

Self Funded

Entrepreneurship for Coastal Resilience: “Blue” Entrepreneurship Education to Revitalise UK Coastal Communities
This proposed PhD project investigates how entrepreneurship education can be designed and implemented to support the revitalisation of UK coastal communities. It aims to develop a place-based framewor...

Carolin Decker-Lange

Self Funded

Ocean Impact Start-ups – Ocean Health and Sustainable Entrepreneurship
The global ocean, a vast and vital ecosystem, faces unprecedented threats from climate change, pollution, and overexploitation. As a result, there is a growing need for innovative solutions to address...

Carolin Decker-Lange

Self Funded

Sustainability in the Global Shipbuilding Industry
The global shipbuilding industry plays a crucial role in international trade and economic growth. However, it also contributes significantly to environmental pollution, resource depletion, and social ...

Carolin Decker-Lange

Self Funded

Remote VR-Enabled Interpersonal Coordination for Perceptual-Motor Rehabilitation
The successful candidate will support research in the Interdisciplinary Development of Remote Virtual Reality Enabled Interpersonal Coordination Assessment and Intervention Platform in the Health Scie...

Nadine Aburumman
Dominic Orth

Self Funded

Telecontrol with XR for Remote Human-Robot Interaction
The integration of extended reality (XR) technologies with intelligent systems offers new frontiers in remote operation and control, especially for environments that are hazardous, inaccessible, or re...

Nadine Aburumman
Tatiana Kalganova

Self Funded

AI (Artificial Intelligence) enabled autonomous robots for non-disruptive inspection of utility and sewage systems
Traditional manual maintenance of pipelines which requires digging of ground to get access to pipelines is ineffective because of safety issues, high cost and limited human vision. Thus, serious fault...

Md Nazmul Huda

Self Funded

Examining the impact of disciplinary processes on employee experience and well-being
This PhD project aims to explore how organisational disciplinary processes influence employee experience, well-being, and engagement at work. Disciplinary procedures, while necessary for maintaining w...

Self Funded

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