# Research degrees
**Source**: https://www.lborolondon.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/
**Parent**: https://www.lborolondon.ac.uk/
As a postgraduate and research-intensive School, we are dedicated to pushing the boundaries of knowledge and addressing complex global challenges. Research degrees delve deep into existing real-world problems, which help us understand the world around us, and shape the future through innovation. Under the guidance of an expert, you’ll take full responsibility for your own work and have the freedom to make your own contribution to your chosen field.
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- [### PhD AI-Enhanced Modelling of Macroeconomic and Financial Markets: Housing, Labour, and Financial Asset
Department(s):
Institute for Digital Technologies
Study mode:
Full-time or Part-time
Start date:
October 2026, February 2027
Funding status
Self-funded
**Application deadline: 29 April 2026**](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/phd-opportunities/ai-enhanced-modelling/)
- [### PhD Britain’s Transatlantic Strategy in a Changing International Order
Department(s):
Institute for Diplomacy and International Affairs
Study mode:
Full-time or Part-time
Start date:
October 2026
Funding status
Self-funded
**Application deadline: 29 April 2026**](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/phd-opportunities/britains-transatlantic-strategy/)
- [### PhD Commercial Diplomacy for Inclusive SME Internationalisation
Department(s):
Institute for International Management and Entrepreneurship
Study mode:
Full-time or Part-time
Start date:
October 2026
Funding status
Self-funded
**Application deadline: 29 April 2026**](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/phd-opportunities/commercial-diplomacy-for-inclusive-sme/)
- [### PhD Design Innovation
Department(s):
Institute for Creative Futures
Study mode:
Full-time or Part-time
Start date:
April 2026, July 2026, October 2026, February 2027 or July 2027
Funding status
Self-funded](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/research-areas/design-innovation/)
- [### PhD Detecting and Mitigating False Memory Formation in Virtual Reality Using AI
Department(s):
Institute for Digital Technologies
Study mode:
Full-time or Part-time
Start date:
October 2026
Funding status
Self-funded
**Application deadline: 29 April 2026**](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/phd-opportunities/detecting-mitigating-false-memory-formation/)
- [### PhD Digital Technologies
Department(s):
Institute for Digital Technologies
Study mode:
Full-time or Part-time
Start date:
April 2026, July 2026, October 2026, February 2027 or July 2027
Funding status
Self-funded](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/research-areas/digital-technologies/)
- [### PhD Diplomacy and International Governance
Department(s):
Institute for Diplomacy and International Affairs
Study mode:
Full-time or Part-time
Start date:
April 2026, July 2026, October 2026, February 2027 or July 2027
Funding status
Self-funded](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/research-areas/diplomacy-international-governance/)
- [### PhD Doing multi-lateral, trans-national Public Policy: how nations work with trans-national bodies to devise and implement policy
Department(s):
Institute for Diplomacy and International Affairs
Study mode:
Full-time or Part-time
Start date:
October 2026, February 2027
Funding status
Self-funded
**Application deadline: 29 April 2026**](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/phd-opportunities/doing-multi-lateral-trans-national-public-policy/)
- [### PhD Forecasting Brexit: Brexit as a Case Study in Political and Economic Forecasting
Department(s):
Institute for Diplomacy and International Affairs, Institute for International Management and Entrepreneurship
Study mode:
Full-time or Part-time
Start date:
October 2026
Funding status
Self-funded
**Application deadline: 29 April 2026**](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/phd-opportunities/forecasting-brexit/)
- [### PhD Imperialist Designs and the Green Transition
Department(s):
Institute for Creative Futures
Study mode:
Full-time or Part-time
Start date:
October 2026
Funding status
Self-funded
**Application deadline: 29 April 2026**](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/phd-opportunities/imperialist-designs-and-the-green-transition/)
- [### PhD Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Department(s):
Institute for International Management and Entrepreneurship
Study mode:
Full-time or Part-time
Start date:
April 2026, July 2026, October 2026, February 2027 or July 2027
Funding status
Self-funded](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/research-areas/innovation-and-entrepreneurship/)
- [### PhD International Management
Department(s):
Institute for International Management and Entrepreneurship
Study mode:
Full-time or Part-time
Start date:
April 2026, July 2026, October 2026, February 2027 or July 2027
Funding status
Self-funded](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/research-areas/international-management/)
- [### PhD Investigating Boundary Spanning Capability to Innovate Through Design
Department(s):
Institute for Creative Futures
Study mode:
Full-time or Part-time
Start date:
October 2026
Funding status
Self-funded
**Application deadline: 29 April 2026**](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/phd-opportunities/investigating-boundary-spanning-capability/)
- [### PhD London in the World: Cities, Policy, Power, and International Relations
Department(s):
Institute for Diplomacy and International Affairs
Study mode:
Full-time or Part-time
Start date:
October 2026
Funding status
Self-funded
**Application deadline: 29 April 2026**](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/phd-opportunities/london-in-the-world/)
- [### PhD Media and Creative Industries
Department(s):
Institute for Creative Futures
Study mode:
Full-time or Part-time
Start date:
April 2026, July 2026, October 2026, February 2027 or July 2027
Funding status
Self-funded](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/research-areas/media-and-creative-industries/)
- [### PhD Multimodal Deepfake Detection Using Transformer-Based Cross-Modal Fusion and Self-Supervised Learning
Department(s):
Institute for Digital Technologies
Study mode:
Full-time or Part-time
Start date:
October 2026
Funding status
Self-funded
**Application deadline: 29 April 2026**](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/phd-opportunities/multimodal-deepfake-detection/)
- [### PhD Reconstructing Fragmented Memories Using Generative AI in Immersive Virtual Reality Environments
Department(s):
Institute for Digital Technologies
Study mode:
Full-time or Part-time
Start date:
October 2026, February 2027
Funding status
Self-funded
**Application deadline: 29 April 2026**](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/phd-opportunities/reconstructing-fragmented-memories-using-ai/)
- [### PhD Shaping our Creative Futures: Systemic Design for Regenerative Service Ecosystems
Department(s):
Institute for International Management and Entrepreneurship
Study mode:
Full-time or Part-time
Start date:
October 2026
Funding status
Self-funded
**Application deadline: 29 April 2026**](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/phd-opportunities/systemic-design-regenerative-service-ecosystems/)
- [### PhD Sport Business
Department(s):
Institute for Sport Business
Study mode:
Full-time or Part-time
Start date:
April 2026, July 2026, October 2026, February 2027 or July 2027
Funding status
Self-funded](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/research-areas/sport-business/)
- [### PhD Sport Business and Social Innovation: Evaluating Value Beyond Participation
Department(s):
Institute for Sport Business
Study mode:
Full-time or Part-time
Start date:
October 2026
Funding status
Self-funded
**Application deadline: 29 April 2026**](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/phd-opportunities/sport-business-and-social-innovation/)
- [### PhD State Capitalism and Entrepreneurship in Global Contexts
Department(s):
Institute for International Management and Entrepreneurship
Study mode:
Full-time
Start date:
October 2026
Funding status
Self-funded
**Application deadline: 29 April 2026**](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/phd-opportunities/state-capitalism-entrepreneurship-global-contexts/)
- [### PhD Sustainability messaging in sport: Understanding how sport can influence environmental and social action
Department(s):
Institute for Sport Business
Study mode:
Full-time
Start date:
October 2026, February 2027
Funding status
Self-funded
**Application deadline: 29 April 2026**](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/phd-opportunities/sustainability-messaging-in-sport/)
- [### PhD The role of science and evidence in public policy - international comparisons: how do governments make sense of data and evidence to tackle complex policy challenges
Department(s):
Institute for Diplomacy and International Affairs
Study mode:
Full-time or Part-time
Start date:
October 2026, February 2027
Funding status
Self-funded
**Application deadline: 29 April 2026**](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/phd-opportunities/how-do-governments-make-sense-of-data/)
- [### PhD The State, State-owned enterprises (SOEs), Green Industrial Policy, and Ecological Transition
Department(s):
Institute for International Management and Entrepreneurship
Study mode:
Full-time or Part-time
Start date:
October 2026
Funding status
Self-funded
**Application deadline: 29 April 2026**](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/phd-opportunities/state-green-policy-ecological-transition/)
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