Postgraduate Research Opportunity - Research into Judgment and Decision Making in Futures Thinking

University of Strathclyde • Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom • £20.20k / year • 6m ago

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: 1^st 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

Fee Status: What fee status applies to applicants? Please omit any of the below that do not apply:

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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.

Additional Supervisor/s:

Further information: If there is any further information related to the opportunity you would like to include, please use this space to do so.

£20,199 per annum (Tax-free)

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