MRes and PhD Studentships : School of Business and Management

The School of Business and Management QMUL, invites applications to be put forward for ESRC 1+3 (MRes + PhD), +3 (PhD) Studentships commencing October 2025, through the London Interdisciplinary Social Science (LISS) Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP).

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) LISS Doctoral Training Partnership is led by King’s College London with partners Imperial College London and Queen Mary University of London

The LISS DTP competition for October 2025 entry is now open, with 58 studentships available. LISS DTP invites applications for four year (1+3) studentships for candidates for a Masters’ degree leading to a PhD, and for three year (+3) doctoral studentships (PhD only) at one of the LISS DTP institutions: King’s College London, Queen Mary University of London or Imperial College London. Part-time studentships are also available.

Queen Mary University of London is a partner institution in one of the largest Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Doctoral Training Partnerships in the country. We welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates in the following subject areas: Accounting and Finance; Behavioural Economics; Climate Policy and Environmental Change; Complex Networks and Innovation; Employment Relations; Equality and Diversity; Human Resource Management; Inequality and Poverty; Information Systems and Digital Technologies; Labour Economics; Management and Organisation Studies; Marketing; Monetary and Financial Economics; Operations Research; Public Economics and Management; Strategic Management and Leadership; Supply Chain Management; Urban and Regional Development.

The research proposals submitted by applicants should normally fit at least one of the School’s five departments:

Accounting and Financial Management

Business Analytics and Applied Economics

Business and Society

Marketing

People and Organisations

Research in the School is also organised around the following overlapping research centres, groups and clusters:

Centre for Globalisation Research (CGR)

Centre for Research in Equality and Diversity (CRED)

Centre on Labour and Global Production (CLGP)

Accounting & Accountability Research Group (AARG)

Behavioural Finance Working Group (BFWG)

Business Eco-systems Research Group (BERG)

Marketing Interactions & Consumer Behaviour Group (MICBG)

Organisational Processes and Practices Research Group (OPPRG)

Public Management and Regulation Cluster (PMR)

Borderline: Action Research Cluster in Creative and Cultural Economies (BARCCE)

Details on research areas and interests can be found at: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/busman/research/research-centres/

Candidates must specify which department they wish to join and identify potential supervisor(s) on their application form. Candidates are encouraged to discuss their research proposal with a member of academic staff specialising in their research area.

For more information on the School’s research see: http://www.busman.qmul.ac.uk/research/index.html

We welcome applications particularly under the following thematic pathways:

Pathway 4: Economics, Finance & the World Economy

Pathway 5: Work, Organisations & Business Management

Pathway13: Politics, Public Policy & Governance

Candidates must specify which thematic pathway and sub-pathway their proposed work is most closely affiliated with and identify potential supervisor(s) on their application form.

Visit https://liss-dtp.ac.uk/thematic-pathways/ to identify the sub-pathway that best fits your proposed research.

The Studentship

The studentship will cover UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Home fees for a Masters’ and/or PhD programme, and an annual stipend valued at approximately £21, 237 full time (£10,613 part time, 2024/25 rates). The ESRC will only fund the UKRI Home fee, but LISS DTP institutions will fund the fee difference for a limited number of International students. As part of your award, you will be able to access additional funding to help cover some of the costs of training, fieldwork, travel and more.

How to apply

The closing date for all applications is 24 January 2025, 17:00 GMT

Details on how to apply and eligibility criteria please click the apply link above

Please note candidates are required to complete two applications. Firstly the online application to join an MRes or the PhD programme in the School of Business and Management at Queen Mary University of London, and also studentship application to LISS DTP by the closing date.

On your application form, please specify which thematic pathway and sub-pathway your proposed work is most closely affiliated with.

For further details and how to apply please visit: http://www.busman.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/phd-programme/

General enquiries should be addressed to the School of Business and Management via email (sbmphd-admissions@qmul.ac.uk).

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