Artificial Intelligence
Nottingham Trent University
About the Project AI, including generative AI, is increasingly viewed as a general-purpose technology with potential implications for productivity growth. Yet its effects may be uneven across firms and may take time to materialise if adoption requires complementary investments in intangible assets (e.g., data, skills, management practices) and organisational change.
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Artificial Intelligence
Nottingham Trent University
About the Project Public decision-making is increasingly shaped by data. Yet the evidence used by health systems, local authorities, and other public bodies is still dominated by administrative data designed for performance monitoring, compliance, and cost control. This creates a major blind spot.
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Business & Management
Nottingham Trent University
About the Project English universities face dual pressures: a deepening financial crisis and the rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into teaching, learning and assessment (TLA). With rising operational costs, frozen tuition fees and declining international income, many institutions are projected to operate in deficit. At the same time, student use of AI tools is now near‑universal, yet institutional strategies remain uneven.
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Management
Nottingham Trent University
About the Project Global supply chains are increasingly exposed to complex disruptions, including pandemics, geopolitical tensions, climate-related events, and technological change. Traditional research has focused on supply chain resilience, which emphasises the ability of systems to withstand disruptions and recover to their previous state. However, in highly uncertain environments, merely recovering may not be sufficient.
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Business
Nottingham Trent University
About the Project Project management scholarship has long assumed a relatively stable institutional backdrop around formal structures, codified methods, and predictable operating environments. Yet for much of the world’s workforce, and across a wide range of industries and cultural settings, project delivery looks quite different.
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Business
Nottingham Trent University
About the Project Climate change is a global threat to humanity today. Many models have been developed to predict global warming and Greenhouse gas emissions, with one example being the EN-ROADS climate simulator. However these models are generic and do not focus on the impact of a specific industry or individuals organisations’ actions.
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Business
Nottingham Trent University
About the Project While project management scholarship has traditionally emphasised technical coordination, scheduling and risk, comparatively little attention has been paid to the relational and affective dimensions of project work. This project examines the emotional labour required to keep project teams functioning, particularly during periods of pressure, uncertainty or crisis.
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Accounting
Nottingham Trent University
About the Project In recognition of the benefits of foreign direct investment (FDI) – an important channel through which resources, human capital and technological progress are transferred between countries – understanding the determining factors of FDI is an important issue from a developing country perspective.
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Business
Nottingham Trent University
About the Project As marketing work in emerging economies becomes digitalized, performance-oriented, and visibility-driven, it is crucial for marketing research to understand how marketers build and perform gendered identities to provide innovative products and services, meet various stakeholders expectations and progress their careers (Alzahrani et al., 2026; Saxena, 2025; Varma et al., 2023).
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Business
Nottingham Trent University
About the Project Tourism remains one of the world’s most economically significant sectors, driving employment, investment and local development across diverse regions. For example, in the UK alone, the visitor economy generated £147 billion in GDP in 2024, representing 5% of national economic output, and supported 2.4 million jobs.
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Artificial Intelligence
Nottingham Trent University
About the Project As AI tools become routine in finance, healthcare, logistics, recruitment, performance evaluation and public services, organisations face a compound challenge: getting humans and AI systems to work together in ways that are safe, effective and trustworthy, while managing the ways in which human and algorithmic biases interact, amplify each other and shape outcomes.
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Business
Nottingham Trent University
About the Project The increasing demand for transparency, comparability, reliability and decision usefulness of sustainability information has led to the development of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) S1 and S2. IFRS S1 focuses on general requirements for sustainability-related financial information and IFRS S2 deals with climate-related disclosures.
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Business
Nottingham Trent University
About the Project Climate change has become a central strategic and regulatory issue for firms worldwide (Barnett, 2023). Firms increasingly disclose climate-related information in annual, sustainability, and integrated reports, reflecting their climate awareness, risk perceptions, and transition strategies (Acheampong et al., 2025). However, it remains unclear whether these disclosures represent genuine strategic adaptation or symbolic communication, such as greenwashing.
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Business
Nottingham Trent University
About the Project Gambling participation has expanded significantly in recent decades, driven by digital platforms, targeted marketing, and shifting social norms (Wardle et al., 2024). The increased availability and accessibility to gambling activities has raised health concerns from different international reviews due to it the negative consequences on individuals, families and communities (Bano et al., 2021; Price et al., 2021).
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Business
Nottingham Trent University
About the Project In recent years, the global electric vehicle (EV) industry has experienced intense price-based rivalry, rapid capacity expansion, and aggressive cost compression, particularly among Chinese manufacturers. This phenomenon, increasingly described as involution-driven competition, reflects a competitive regime in which EV manufacturers pursue extreme efficiency, minimal differentiation, and survival-oriented scaling.
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Business
Nottingham Trent University
About the Project Small and medium‑sized enterprises (SMEs) increasingly rely on digital technologies and AI‑enabled systems to improve efficiency, resilience, and decision‑making. However, SMEs often face challenges integrating AI effectively due to limited resources, internal capabilities, and lack of guidance to delineate the roles between humans and intelligent systems.
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Business
Nottingham Trent University
About the Project Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are central to UK social and economic sustainability, contributing >£130bn annually and employing >440,000 people. As knowledge-intensive organisations, they drive innovation, regional development and growth. Supporting staff wellbeing and productivity through sustainable working practices is crucial for institutional resilience and wider economic stability.
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Artificial Intelligence
Nottingham Trent University
About the Project Heritage tourism contributes significantly to the UK economy, generating £145.8 billion in 2023. However, this economic value is accompanied by escalating environmental pressures. In UK, visitor travel accounts for up to 70% of a heritage organisation’s carbon footprint and operational emissions from historic buildings contributes 17–23% of national emissions (Climate Change Committee, 2023).
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Business
Nottingham Trent University
About the Project Entrepreneurial ecosystems are central to productive entrepreneurship, most ecosystem studies are more likely to focus on well-resourced contexts in developed economies (Brown and Mason, 2017; Autio et al., 2018). Yet, we know little about how these ecosystems are coordinated, led, and governed in contexts where resources, formal institutions, and public support are limited.
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Business
Nottingham Trent University
About the Project The transition to net-zero built environments represents a major challenge for the construction sector. Although significant progress has been made in developing low-carbon technologies and regulatory frameworks, the delivery of net-zero buildings often falls behind policy ambition. Increasingly, these challenges are not only technical but organisational.
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Business
Nottingham Trent University
About the Project Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming organisational operations across both private and public sectors. In the public sector, AI offers significant opportunities to improve efficiency, service delivery, and data-driven decision-making. However, its adoption also creates substantial governance and financial challenges.
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Artificial Intelligence
Nottingham Trent University
About the Project This PhD research positions AI fatigue as a measurable psychosocial risk emerging when artificial intelligence is embedded into everyday workflows. While foundational frameworks of technostress (Tarafdar et al., 2007; Ragu-Nathan et al., 2008) focus on general digital overload, AI fatigue is distinctly driven by the non-deterministic nature of modern algorithms.
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Business
Nottingham Trent University
About the Project This PhD project critically examines how Compassionate Leadership can enhance organisational support for trauma survivors and contribute to the development of sustainable workplace wellbeing mechanisms. While Compassionate Leadership is increasingly recognised as a transformative leadership approach, its application to the lived experiences of trauma survivors in organisational settings remains underexplored.
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Business
Nottingham Trent University
About the Project Banks operate under multiple binding regulatory constraints, most notably capital and liquidity requirements designed to ensure resilience to economic shocks. While these requirements strengthen financial stability, they are costly: holding additional equity or liquid assets reduces balance sheet flexibility and may constrain profitability.
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Artificial Intelligence
Nottingham Trent University
About the Project As digital platforms increasingly mediate individuals' consumption experiences, it has become crucial for marketing and public policy research to understand how individuals' continuing dependence on such platforms affects their agency and vulnerability (Borenstein, & Taylor, 2024; Laamanen et al., 2025; Stewart et al., 2024; Yadav et al., 2025).
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Business
Nottingham Trent University
About the Project Coaching has been established as a Human Resource Development initiative. However, coaching practice and research to-date has been focusing more on executive/leadership coaching outcomes, coaching effectiveness, to understand the ingredients of success factors of coaching. Such emphasis may be largely driven by the coaches and professional bodies' motivation to seek business advantage by justifying return on coaching investments.
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Business
Nottingham Trent University
About the Project In an era marked by business volatility and socio-economic uncertainty, it is widely suggested that diversity training could support the creation of a supportive climate of all migrant workers’ social integration at the workplace to contribute collectively to organisational goals (CIPD, 2017; Herring and Henderson, 2015). Various immigration theories (e.g., Neoclassical, dual labour market, world systems, and network) will inform this research study.
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Business
Nottingham Trent University
About the Project This PhD project examines how trauma-informed organisational practices can enhance employment participation and transform workplace experiences for trauma-affected professionals. Trauma resulting from experiences such as abuse, violence, or prolonged adversity often has enduring psychological and relational effects that shape individuals’ working lives.
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Business
Nottingham Trent University
About the Project The transition to net-zero requires innovative approaches that reduce waste, lower costs, and maximise the value of existing renewable energy infrastructure. This interdisciplinary PhD project explores whether second-hand wind turbines can provide a sustainable and economically viable solution for UK community energy projects.
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 22 October 2026
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)