CASE for applicants
CASE doctoral projects available for October 2023 will be detailed below under ‘2023 Projects Recruiting Students’. Please view each project for further details about the application process.
LISS DTP’s Collaborative (CASE) Studentships promote partnerships between social scientists at King’s College London, Queen Mary University of London and Imperial College and end-user, non-academic organisations (public or private or third sector ‘partner institutions’). A CASE studentship is a PhD studentship in which the student enhances their training by working closely with the non-academic partner in the development of their research project.
CASE studentships include UKRI Home Tuition Fees, plus a stipend at the UKRI rate. There will also be opportunities to apply for additional funding in aid of the student’s training development and research activity. There are a mix of +3 (PhD only) and 1+3 (Master’s + PhD) opportunities, which represent some of the broad range of interdisciplinary social research themes being investigated by LISS DTP staff and students.
How to Apply for a CASE Studentship – Students
Applicants applying to a CASE studentship must meet the ESRC eligibility guidelines in terms of residency and academic qualifications, specifically core social science research methods training that must already have been undertaken (for +3 awards) or will be undertaken at Masters level (for 1+3 awards). Please check these guidelines before making an application.
How to propose a CASE Project for funding – Supervisors
LISS DTP invites CASE proposals from academics annually – see our guidance for supervisors for more information. Between January and March students are invited to apply directly to the supervisor of the selected projects. Details of the projects and how to apply are listed below.
2023 Entry Projects recruitment is now closed.
CASE doctoral projects for October 2023 are no longer open too application.
Current projects
The impact and the experiences of mental health consultations remotely or in-person – a mixed methods study
Filled
2023
Supervisor: Mariana Pinto da Costa
Co-design of a gamified, attention-based intervention for chronic pain and chronic dizziness
Filled
2023
Supervisor: Lauren Heathcote
Investigating the potential of psychedelic-enhanced cognitive interventions for young people with self-harm behaviour: mechanisms, acceptability and challenges for implementation
Filled
2023
Supervisor: Martina Di Simplicio
Understanding child marriage amongst girls with disabilities in Zimbabwe: Implications for an intersectional and gender transformative approach to child marriage programming and policy
Filled
2023
Supervisor: Aisha Hutchinson
A mixed methods study exploring the long-term effects of poor-quality, insecure urban housing on the mental health of racially minoritized groups in London.
Filled
2023
Supervisor: Jayati Das-Munshi
Skills and Capabilities for a Net-zero UK Economy
Filled
2023
Supervisor: Pelin Demirel
Collaborating to improve bereavement support provision in the UK, particularly for minoritised and marginalised ethnic groups
Filled
2023
Supervisor: Katherine Bristowe
What people do all day: Developing understanding of the labour market using Time Use Surveys
Filled
2023
Supervisor: Mary O’Mahony
mary.omahony@kcl.ac.ukInitial presentations of multiple sclerosis: understanding pathways to diagnosis
Filled
2023
Supervisor: Ruth Dobson
The health and well-being of LGBT+ military personnel and veterans
Filled
2023
Supervisor: Rachael Gribble
rachael.gribble@kcl.ac.ukwebsiteUnderstanding the scaling of impacts of Natural Climate Solutions for people, nature, and the climate.
Filled
2023
Supervisor: Morena Mills
A cross-cultural, mixed methods study of school climate and adolescent mental health
Filled
2023
Supervisor: Kelly Rose-Clarke
A LINE IN THE SAND: Towards a new framework for sustainable coastal communities
Filled
2023
Supervisor: Andrew Russell
Positive balance: Digital technology support for mental health and well-being during adolescence
Filled
2023
Supervisor: Elisabetta Versace
Exploring the effect of bilingualism on the communicative abilities of children who have Down’s syndrome
Filled
2023
Supervisor: Gabriella Rundblad, Eloi Puig Mayenco
Rethinking flood resilience: from policy to practice. The case of flood risk management in England.
Filled
2023
Supervisor: Francesco Pia Vantaggiato
Early-life predictors of primary school learning outcomes in children with complex special educational needs: A prospective longitudinal study of tuberous sclerosis complex
Filled
2023
Supervisor: Charlotte Tye
A mixed methods study of school environment, mental health and academic outcomes among inner city LGBTQ+ secondary school students: an intersectional and asset-based perspective
Filled
2023
Supervisor: Charlotte Woodhead
Barriers to recognition of mental health problems and access to support in neurodivergent young people
Filled
2023
Supervisor: Georgia Michelini
Past projects
An Exploration of Autistic Pupils’ Schooling Experience
Filled
2019
Supervisor: Prof. Francesca Happé
Strong Black Women? Investigating the role of intersectionality in the experience, treatment, and outcomes of common mental disorders among Black women.
Filled
2020
Supervisor: Janelle Jones
A mixed-methods study of mental and physical health inequalities in people who have experienced socially exclusion
Filled
2020
Supervisor: Jayati Das-Munshi
Precarity, Urbanisation and Humanitarian Resilience: A cultural geography of ‘working-health’ among slum-dwellers in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Filled
2020
Supervisor: Ann H. Kelly
Improving Efficiency and Equity of Ambulance Services through Advanced Demand Modelling
Filled
2019
Supervisor: Dr Chen Zhong
Homeliness in group homes for people with intellectual disabilities: using participatory visual methods to develop and test the feasibility of a checklist to enhance care
Filled
2019
Supervisor: Dr Deborah Chinn
Investigating the Cultural Ecosystem Services of Urban Water Bodies and their use in Environmental and Land Use Planning
Filled
2019
Supervisor: Dr Alexandra Collins
Assessing the impact of Virtual Learning Environments in higher education on student and staff mental well-being
Filled
2019
Supervisor: Dr Eleanor Dommett
Understanding social, genetic and environmental risks factors across eating disorders
Filled
2019
Supervisor: Dr Gerome Breen
The role of parents in reducing the transmission of infectious diseases in schools
Filled
2019
Supervisor: Dr James Rubin
If blockchain is the answer, what is the question? The legal and economic implications of using blockchain technology in container shipping
Filled
2019
Supervisor: Dr Miriam Goldby
An intersectional approach to understanding common mental disorders and suicidality in minority university students
Filled
2019
Supervisor: Dr Stephani Hatch
Uncertainty under the arches: Network rail’s commercial property sell-off and the crisis of affordable workspace in London
Filled
2019
Supervisor: Dr William Monteith
Information, Interaction and Interpretation in Museums and Galleries
Filled
2019
Supervisor: Prof. Christian Heath
Ethnicity and exposure to workplace violence for hospital-based and community nurses
Filled
2020
Supervisor: Stephani Hatch
Determinants of self-reported health and well-being among people living with HIV in the UK: a mixed methods exploration of the impact of structural and social factors
Filled
2019
Supervisor: Prof. Helen Ward
Embedding physical activity into the educational experience to boost student mental health and wellbeing: Getting moving at University
Filled
2022
Supervisor: Eleanor Dommett
Developing a novel psychological intervention to address fear of falling in older adults
Filled
2022
Supervisor: Toby Ellmers
Helping young people to bounce back from anxiety and depression: Leveraging social support networks in the local community
Filled
2022
Supervisor: Jennifer Lau
Understanding and addressing food insecurity in the council of Westminster: a community-based system dynamics approach
Filled
2022
Supervisor: Paraskevi Seferidi
Investigating the prevalence and impact of Military Sexual Trauma (MST) on UK women service personnel: implications for mental health, help-seeking and future support service design
Filled
2022
Supervisor: Marie-Louise Sharp
Settling into a new linguistic landscape: tracking the language acquisition of new arrival children in East London
Filled
2022
Supervisor: Kathleen McCarthy
Understanding citizens’ attitudes towards digital markets
Filled
2022
Supervisor: Christel Koop
Future proofing urban neighbourhoods – Evaluating the role of community co-design in delivering multiple environmental and social benefits from flood resilience schemes
Filled
2022
Supervisor: Alexandra Collins
Understanding variations in determinants of medication adherence to inform a tailored intervention: the case of statin adherence
Filled
2022
Supervisor: Gaby Judah
The role of local civil society in creating and delivering a global health curriculum: a critical inquiry of partnership between a Higher Education Institution and the third sector, addressing youth violence in London
Filled
2022
Supervisor: Mariam Sbaiti
Multimethod approach to understanding multimorbidity in psychosis
Filled
2022
Supervisor: Georgina Hosang
Life-course pathways in healthy ageing and wellbeing
Filled
2022
Supervisor: Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin
Sustaining meaningful user involvement in research, local government planning and policy-making: an ethnography of a national user-led initiative to support Disabled people and service users
Filled
2021
Supervisor: Glenn Robert
Characterising inequalities in multi-dimensional neighbourhood environment in Accra, Ghana
Filled
2021
Supervisor: Majid Ezzati
Perceptions of air pollution, health and COVID in BAME communities”
Filled
2021
Supervisor: Benjamin Barratt
The economic and social cost of type 2 diabetes by health inequalities
Filled
2021
Supervisor: Khalida Ismail
Mental health, occupational outcomes and wellbeing among lower paid NHS staff
Filled
2021
Supervisor: Simon Wessely
Why should we plant trees?
Filled
2021
Supervisor: Morena Mills
The determinants of children nutritional choices & behavioural interventions for food behaviour change.
Filled
2021
Supervisor: Gary Frost
Burnout in Autistic Populations: Exploring Cognitive and Environmental Factors
Filled
2021
Supervisor: Francesca Happé
Urbanicity and psychosis- are cities bad for mental health? Novel insights from UK data linkage and participant perspectives; mixed methods study
Filled
2021
Supervisor: Jayati Das-Munshi
Identity, Politics, and Influence in online K-Pop Communities
Filled
2021
Supervisor: Devyani Sharma
Training skills and resilience with Virtual-Reality: theory and applications
Filled
2021
Supervisor: Elisa Cavatorta
Tuning in to Accentism: Dialect, discrimination and education in the Black Country
Filled
2021
Supervisor: Sophie Holmes-Elliott
Social and psychological determinants of vaccination uptake – Linking attitudinal and behavioural data to policy analysis and implementation
Filled
2021
Supervisor: Nick Sevdalis
Investigating the ways young children understand human-nature relationships through family engagement with Natural History Museum programmes
Filled
2021
Supervisor: Jill Hohenstein
The maternal body at work: women’s experiences of accessing employment rights in relation to fertility, pregnancy and birth
Filled
2021
Supervisor: Tessa Wright
Investigating the UN System Wide Framework of Strategies on the Environment for supporting the implementation of the environmental dimensions of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Filled
2020
Supervisor: Dr Caroline Howe
Peer support for university mental health: Can non-professional interventions improve student mental health and reduce demand for professional services?
Filled
2020
Supervisor: Juliet Foster
Data Ownership for Service Innovation
Filled
2020
AI applications in future energy markets: Market implications and regulatory requirements
Filled
2020
Supervisor: Dr Fei Teng
The concept and determinants of return on investment for quality improvement in mental health NHS Foundation Trusts
Filled
2020
Supervisor: Kia-Chong Chua
Mind the gap: trade rules and the digital economy
Filled
2020
Supervisor: Dr Gabriel Gari
Assessing the impact of electronic freshness labels on consumer behavior to reduce food waste
Filled
2020
Supervisor: Firat Guder
The contribution of equitable governance of protected areas to achieving effective biodiversity conservation
Filled
2020
Supervisor: Dr Kate Schreckenberg
What does the 21st Century Settlement look like? The case of Pembroke House.
Filled
2020
Supervisor: Dr Juan Baeza
GREP: Gendering the Research Pipeline
Filled
2020
Supervisor: Dr Jonathan Reades
A photo is worth a thousand words: Using Photovoice to explore mental distress in adolescence in deprived areas of East London (UK) and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
Filled
2020
Supervisor: Dr Victoria Bird
Exploring the relationships between employment status, social welfare and benefit receipt among people affected by mental health disorders: A data linkage study.
Filled
2020
Supervisor: Matthew Hotopf