Law and Criminology: Fully funded PhD Scholarship in the ESRC Welsh Graduate School for the Soc[...]

Swansea University; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading academic institution in the UK is offering a PhD studentship in criminology with funding covering tuition fees and an annual stipend. Candidates must have qualifications equal to an honours degree or a master's. The role includes conducting interdisciplinary research and participating in workshops and seminars. International students are encouraged to apply.

Benefits

Tuition fees covered

Annual tax-free living stipend

Research Training Support Grant

Qualifications

• Qualifications or experience equal to an honours degree is required.
• Students with non-traditional academic backgrounds are welcome to apply.

Responsibilities

• Conduct interdisciplinary empirical research.
• Participate in joint workshops and seminars.
• Present research findings alongside established researchers.

Education

Honours degree at a first or upper second-class level or a masters

Job description

Organisation/Company Swansea University Department Central Research Field Criminology » Other Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions PhD Positions Country United Kingdom Application Deadline 11 Dec 2025 - 23:59 (Europe/London) Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 35 Offer Starting Date 1 Oct 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Criminology sits within the School of Social Sciences, adding complementary interdisciplinarity in legal studies, the Wales Observatory on Human Rights of Children and Young People, the Centre for Social Change, and the collaborative Centre for Criminal Justice and Criminology (CCJC). The CCJC undertakes interdisciplinary empirical research on areas including youth justice policy, drug policies and criminality, policing, sports criminology, sex work, crimes of the powerful, the political economy of crime in the Global South, terrorism and cybercrime. Swansea University also hosts the Administrative Data Research Centre (Wales), which facilitates access to linked, de-identified administrative data in a secure environment.

The School of Law is located within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences providing a unique setting within which to conduct empirical or socio-legal research connecting with law the concerns and methods of social science. Swansea’s School of Law has an active and vibrant research culture including: CCJC; Cyber Threats Research Centre (CYTREC); Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law (IISTL); Observatory on Human Rights and Social Justice; and the Centre for Governance and Human Rights. Previously the School has supported studentships across a wide range of sub-disciplines, including: public and constitutional law; legal education; human rights; disability law; asylum law; tort law; environmental law; European Union law and governance; family law; perceptions of risk in third sector sporting clubs; banking and environmental risk; comparative Welsh/English housing law/policy; and constitutional perspectives on Welsh Devolution.

Students will predominately be based at Swansea University, although will be invited to attend WGSSS events at other locations in Wales. Throughout the PhD, all WGSSS students come together for joint workshops, residential courses, and annual conferences. Seminars include those organised by the Welsh Centre for Crime and Social Justice Conference (held at Gregynog, Powys) each year, who also hold residential postgraduate training days. In these, and other events, students work and present alongside established researchers.

To receive WGSSS studentship funding, you must have qualifications or experience equal to an honours degree at a first or upper second-class level, or a masters from a UK academic research organisation. Students with non-traditional academic backgrounds are also welcome to apply.

If you have any questions regarding your academic or fee eligibility based on the above, please email [e-mail] with the web-link to the scholarship(s) you are interested in.

WGSSS studentships are available to home and international students. Up to 30% of our cohort can comprise international students. International students will not be charged the fee difference between the UK and international rate. Applicants should satisfy theUKRI eligibility requirements.

Additional Information

The studentship funded by the ESRC covers tuition fees and an annual tax-free living stipend in line with UKRI minimum rates (currently £20,780 for 2025/26) and includes a Research Training Support Grant.

To receive WGSSS studentship funding, you must have qualifications or experience equal to an honours degree at a first or upper second-class level, or a masters from a UK academic research organisation. Students with non-traditional academic backgrounds are also welcome to apply.

If you have any questions regarding your academic or fee eligibility based on the above, please email [e-mail] with the web-link to the scholarship(s) you are interested in.

WGSSS studentships are available to home and international students. Up to 30% of our cohort can comprise international students. International students will not be charged the fee difference between the UK and international rate. Applicants should satisfy theUKRI eligibility requirements.

Selection process

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