PhD Studentships: Exciting Full PhD Scholarships to be Awarded by 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 as outlined below.

We welcome applications in the following subject areas:

• Accounting: seeking top-rated PhD applications from candidates with interests in all areas of accounting and excellent quantitative and qualitative accounting skillset. Two priority accounting research areas, but not limited only to them are (1) Corporate Governance and (2) Sustainability Practices and Reporting. For any subject-specific queries, please contact Prof. Alaa Zalata (A.Zalata@soton.ac.uk). 

• Banking and Finance: seeking students with expertise in Big Data Modelling. An MSc degree in Statistic, 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, please contact 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, please contact Prof. Yaniv Hanock (y.hanoch@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, please contact 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, please contact Dr Michalis Veliziotis (m.veliziotis@soton.ac.uk) and Dr Jane Parry (j.parry@soton.ac.uk). 

• Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: as a world-class department for entrepreneurial studies, we welcome 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, please contact Prof. Stratos Ramoglou (S.Ramoglou@soton.ac.uk). 

The scholarships consist of full tuition fees and an annual stipend of £17,668 for 3 years, which are open to both UK and international/overseas students. 

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.  

Successful applicants will be expected to start in September 2023. Please submit your application latest by 31^st January 2023 here: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/business-school/postgraduate/research_degrees/courses/phd.page. Please apply for the PhD in Business Studies and Management.  You should indicate the specific subject area you apply for on the funding section of the application form. 

If you have any general queries, please contact the PhD Director, Dr Pingli Li, e-mail: P.Li@soton.ac.uk and Telephone: +44 (0) 238 059 1389. 

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