ESRC Supervisor-Led Funded PhD Studentships 2025/26

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Current Supervisor-Led funded PhD Studentship opportunties

The following ESRC-funded supervisor-led PhD studentship vacancies are available (funding to start in October 2025), i.e. a supervisor has been awarded a funded studentship for a specific PhD research project for which any eligible applicant can apply. These are also advertised on SGSSS website

Applicants must register and apply via SGSSS Apply.

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Dr Franziska Paul

Public Futures, Deprivatisation and Municipalisation: Addressing Inequalities of Local Public Provision More information
Professor Peter Craig

Evaluating the impact of minimum unit pricing on alcohol consumption and harm using record linked datasets

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Dr J Rafael Verduzco Torres

Public transport and social welfare: The impact of bus connectivity on employment outcomes for low-income populations

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Dr Sara Sereno

Adaptive Reading Technologies

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Professor Sharon Wright

Disabled People’s Lived Experiences of Benefit Reform and the Costs of Disability

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