Full PhD Scholarships at Southampton Business School

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

• 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 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 new approaches to identifying patterns in Big Data. For any subject-specific queries, please contact Dr Renatas Kizys (R.Kizys@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 Dr Sasan Barak (S.Barak@soton.ac.uk).

• Digital and Data Driven Marketing: as one of the top 10 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 Professor 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 Professor Peter Rodgers P.Rodgers@soton.ac.uk or Dr Naveena Prakasam N.Prakasam@soton.ac.uk.

• Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: welcoming applicants interested in all areas of strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship. Please refer to the staff profiles page for our areas of research expertise (https://www.southampton.ac.uk/business-school/about/departments/strategy-innovation-and-entrepreneurship/staff.page). For any subject-specific queries, please contact Professor Mine Karatas-Ozkan (M.Karatas-Ozkan@soton.ac.uk).

We especially welcome applications that will develop an interdisciplinary approach to addressing real-world challenges, to help solve real-world problems, and to create positive outcomes by bridging practice and academic disciplines to improve the future of work, business and entrepreneurship.

The scholarships include full tuition fees and an annual stipend of £20,780 for 3 years. They are open to UK/EU and international students. Applicants must meet our admission requirements for PhD students.

Successful applicants will be expected to start in September 2025. Please submit your application latest by 23^rd June

Your application should include a research proposal. Some guidance on how to develop a proposal is available here

You are also advised to contact prospective supervisors with aligned research interests in advance, to discuss the proposal topic, research questions and methods. You can find faculty research interests on the staff web pages.

If you have any general queries, please contact the PhD Director, Dr David Baxter, e-mail: d.baxter@soton.ac.uk and Telephone: +44 (0) 23 8059 7273. 

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