Postgraduate Research Opportunity - Research into Judgment and Decision Making in Futures Thinking
University of Strathclyde
| Qualification Type: | PhD |
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| Location: | Glasgow |
| Funding for: | UK Students |
| Funding amount: | £20,199 per annum (Tax-free) |
| Hours: | Full Time |
| Placed On: | 20th February 2025 |
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| Closes: | 31st August 2025 |
Project summary:
This project is within the activities of the Leverhulme Doctoral School in Nature Inspired Acoustics. It focusses on judgment and decision making in anticipating the future. The research will explore (i) the quality of individual and group judgments about future technological and social change and (ii) the usefulness of structured approaches to improving judgment and decision making, such as Delphi and Scenario Planning. The research will use experimentally based methods.
Subject areas: Psychology
Start date: 1st October 2025
Duration: 36/48 months
Funding: Funded
Funding towards:
Home fee
Stipend -UKRI stipend rate for UK students.
Funding details: Fully-funded scholarship for 3/4 years covers all university tuition fees (at UK level) and an annual tax-free stipend for UK home students. International students are not eligible to apply.
Number of places: 1 or more
Number of places extra: There will be a shortlisting and interview process.
RCUK eligibility: No
Eligibility: First or Upper Second Class Hons degree, or MSc, in Psychology or related fields.
Please see Strathclyde University advert for full eligibility: www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/postgraduateresearchphdopportunities/business/managementscience/researchintojudgmentanddecisionmakinginfuturesthinking/
Study modes eligibility: Full-time
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Project Details: You will be part of an interdisciplinary intake of students in the Leverhulme Doctoral School in Nature Inspired Acoustics, but no prior knowledge of acoustics is needed or required. You will have knowledge of psychological research in judgment and decision making and will be skilled in experimental methods. You will be required to draft an outline of your intended research on the role and quality of human judgment in anticipating the future. See: Research into judgment and decision making in futures thinking | University of Strathclyde. Please contact George Wright (george.wright@strath.ac.uk) with expressions of interest in the studentship positions.
Primary Supervisor: Professor George Wright.
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