PhD: Human-AI Interaction & Digital Inequality

City St George’s, University of London; London Borough of Islington; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stipend (£23,805 tax-free)

Home tuition fees covered

Travel and doctoral training budget

Full training in fNIRS & quantitative

Job summary

City St George’s, University of London invites applications for a three-year PhD studentship funded by The Leverhulme Trust in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience. The successful candidate will be supervised by Dr Claudia Civai and start on 1 February 2027.

The project investigates how human contact becomes a costly premium in AI-mediated services, with UK/Italy surveys, fNIRS, and behavioural measures. Training and travel expenses are provided.

Qualifications

• First-class or upper second-class undergraduate degree and/or a Master’s degree in Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Behavioural Economics, Behavioural Science, or a related discipline.
• Strong English proficiency; experience with human experimental research; good quantitative and statistical skills.

Responsibilities

• In year 1, contribute to a large-scale survey across the UK and Italy, developing skills in experimental design, pre-registration, and advanced statistical modelling.
• In years 2 and 3, work on laboratory studies, leading the collection of fNIRS and behavioural data at research sites in the UK and Italy.
• Full methodological training and travel expenses will be provided.

Skills

English proficiency

Human experimental research

Quantitative skills

Human-AI interaction interest

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s in Psychology, Neuroscience or related

Tools

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Job description

City St George’s, University of London invites applications for a three-year PhD studentship funded by The Leverhulme Trust in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience. The successful candidate will be supervised by Dr Claudia Civai and start on 1 February 2027.

The project investigates how human contact becomes a costly premium in AI-mediated services, with UK/Italy surveys, fNIRS, and behavioural measures. Training and travel expenses are provided.