Full PhD Scholarships in Accounting / Banking and Finance / Decision Analytics / Marketing / HR / Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Southampton Business School

Southampton Business School has an ambitious quality-driven strategy of growth. To enable world-leading research and generate knowledge that is recognised in the global academic community, we are seeking to award full PhD scholarships to outstanding candidates in several disciplines.

Accounting: seeking top-rated PhD applications in all areas of accounting from candidates with excellent quantitative or qualitative skillsets. Two priority accounting research areas (note we are not limiting applications to these areas) are (1) Corporate Governance and (2) Sustainability Practices and Reporting. For any subject-specific queries: Dr Faizul Haque (F.Haque@soton.ac.uk). 

Banking and Finance: seeking students with expertise in Big Data Modelling. An MSc degree in Statistics, Financial Mathematics or Quantitative Finance will be welcome. We are looking for a candidate who can develop, among others, new approaches to identifying patterns in Big Data. For any subject-specific queries: Prof Tapas Mishra (T.K.Mishra@soton.ac.uk). 

Decision Analytics and Risk: seeking outstanding students in our members' areas of expertise, including Business Analytics and Risk Analysis that provides assessment and quantification of risk and an understanding of Risk Behaviour; Information Systems; Management Science and Operations Management. For subject-specific queries: Mario Brito (M.P.Brito@soton.ac.uk). 

Digital and Data Driven Marketing: as one of the top 5 Marketing Departments in the UK, we invite strong PhD proposals in marketing-specific topics, such as Advertising, Branding, Consumer Behaviour, Digital and Social Media Marketing, International Marketing, Relationship Marketing, Retailing and Marketing Strategy in B2C, B2B and C2C contexts. For subject-specific queries: Prof. Paurav Shukla (P.V.Shukla@soton.ac.uk). 

HR Management and Organisational Behaviour: we welcome outstanding PhD project proposals from candidates with an interest in Human Resource Management and/or Organisational Behaviour, as well as in associated fields, such as Industrial/Employment Relations, Employment Studies, Organisation Studies, Labour Economics, and Work Sociology. For any subject-specific queries: Peter Rodgers P.Rodgers@soton.ac.uk or Naveena Prakasam N.Prakasam@soton.ac.uk. 

Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: welcoming all applicants interested in strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship. Please refer to the staff profiles page for our areas of research expertise. For any subject-specific queries: Prof. Stratos Ramoglou (S.Ramoglou@soton.ac.uk).

We especially welcome applications that will develop an interdisciplinary approach to addressing real-world challenges. For example, enhancing organisational sustainability might require a combination of leadership, finance, governance, accounting, and strategy. You are also invited to propose transformative research that challenges conventional disciplinary boundaries, to help solve real-world problems, contribute to addressing the evolving challenges of business with creativity and a collaborative spirit, and create positive outcomes by bridging practice and intersectionality of disciplines to help prepare leaders and members of organisations for the future of work, business and entrepreneurship. 

Successful applicants will be expected to start in September 2024. Please submit your application (PhD Business Studies and Management) via the 'Apply' button above, indicating that you wish to be considered for this funding opportunity in the funding section of the on-line application. 

Applicants are expected to have a strong research proposal and possess outstanding grades in a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in relevant disciplines, in addition to meet our standard admission requirements for PhD students. 

Your application should include a research proposal, and some guidance on how to develop a proposal is available here:

https://www.southampton.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research/create-project

You are also advised to contact prospective supervisors with aligned research interests in advance. 

For general queries: PhD Director, Dr David Baxter, e-mail: d.baxter@soton.ac.uk and Telephone: +44 (0) 23 8059 7273. 

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