Lancaster University’s Department of Psychology is consistently ranked in the top 10 psychology departments in the UK. We have four core research groups (Infancy and Early Development, Language and Cognition, Perception and Action, Social Processes), and strong interdisciplinary links with linguistics, computer science, health and medicine. The Department actively supports open science initiatives, including the development of good research practices, regular meetings of our Open Science group (https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/psychology/research/open-science/), and the embedding of research integrity within our curricula and postgraduate training.

We are currently advertising a fully-funded EPSRC PhD studentship (for UK or Overseas applicants), covering tuition fees and annual stipend. Applicants for the studentship can choose from one of the following projects:

• A study into naturalistic gaze behaviour in Alzheimer’s Disease
• Digital technologies and bystander behaviour
• Computational Modelling of Implicit Attitudes
• Use of remote communication technologies by people with hearing loss and effect on feelings of social isolation
• The soft skills of software learning development: Psychological dimensions of computing and security behaviours

The deadline for applications is June 16th, 2020.

Full details for for the studentship and how to apply are available here: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/psychology/study/phd/#d.en.406249, along with more information about the available projects.

General information about completing a PhD in Lancaster can be found here: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/psychology/study/phd/

Dr. Trevor J. Crawford, CPsychol AFBPsS
Reader in Neuropsychology

Deputy Director Centre for Ageing Research
Department of Psychology
Faculty of Science and Technology
Lancaster University
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Research Lab: http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/emr