phd psychology university of birmingham

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We are a community of over 1500 academics, researchers and students. We support ambitious and influential programmes of research that make a difference to individuals and societies, and we provide high level training across psychology and neuroscience.

Our research is guided by the curiosity and creativity of our researchers as well as by current and future needs of policy, practice, and industry. We integrate our research with our teaching to ensure that all our education programmes are challenging and contemporary, equipping our students and trainees with the conceptual and practical skills that will ensure they prosper when they graduate.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse community in which all members have a voice, fair access to opportunities and resources, and a clear understanding of their roles and responsibilities. We want to be a community where people will seek to join us because of how we do things as well as because of what we do.

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• Psychotic Disorders Medicine & Life Sciences 100%
• Brain Medicine & Life Sciences 95%
• Memory Medicine & Life Sciences 82%
• Child Medicine & Life Sciences 67%
• Criminals Medicine & Life Sciences 66%
• Cues Medicine & Life Sciences 63%
• Learning Medicine & Life Sciences 61%
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging Medicine & Life Sciences 61%

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Diar Abdlkarim

• Psychology - Research Fellow (EPSRC AMRE)

Person: Academic

Sarah Abi Gerges

• Psychology - Assistant Professor - Psychology

Sally Adams

• Psychology - Associate Professor (Teaching Focussed)
• The Institute for Mental Health

Research output

• 6288 Article
• 494 Abstract
• 397 Chapter
• 275 Review article
• 151 Other contribution
• 100 Conference contribution
• 82 Commissioned report
• 79 Preprint
• 75 Editorial
• 73 Comment/debate
• 50 Book/Film/Article review
• 45 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
• 16 Web publication/site
• 14 Other chapter contribution
• 10 Short survey
• 10 Working paper
• 9 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
• 8 Conference article
• 6 Other report
• 5 Special issue
• 4 Digital or Visual Products
• 2 Literature review
• 2 Doctoral Thesis
• 1 Featured article

Research output per year

A critical analysis of gender-based violence reporting and evidence building applications (GBVxTech) for capturing memory reports

Research output : Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Gender-Based Violence 100%
• Crime Victims 39%
• violence 38%

A critical systematic review and meta-analyses of risk factors for fertility problems in a globalized world

Research output : Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

• Fertility 100%
• Meta-Analysis 79%
• Systematic Reviews 78%
• Perinatal Death 40%
• Female Circumcision 27%

Alterations of Functional Connectivity Dynamics in Affective and Psychotic Disorders

• Psychotic Affective Disorders 100%
• Psychotic Disorders 37%
• Depression 26%
• Cluster Analysis 8%
• Control Groups 5%
• 4 Not started
• 763 Finished

Projects per year

Modulation of Reminded Emotional Declarative Memories

Economic & Social Research Council

7/02/24 → 31/01/27

Project : Research Councils

BBSRC Pioneer: Spinal Effort: The endogenous spinal signals underlying human motivation

Khatibi Tabatabaei, M. & Apps, M.

Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council

1/02/24 → 31/07/25

DOC-BOX - Development of a multimodal toolbox to ensure a fast and reliable diagnosis of consciousness disorders

UKRI Horizon Europe Underwriting – EPSRC

1/01/24 → 31/12/27

Project : Research

• 92 Conference, workshop or symposium
• 41 Guest lecture or Invited talk
• 39 Publication peer-review
• 32 Editorial board of a journal
• 14 Engagement event
• 11 Membership of working group or committee
• 6 Grant peer review
• 4 Industry event
• 4 Lecture series
• 4 Networking event
• 2 Examination
• 2 Membership of board
• 1 Consultancy
• 1 Advisory role
• 1 Member of an organisation
• 1 Membership of a network
• 1 Professional accreditation
• 1 Collaboration

Activities per year

Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews (Journal)

Gwynnevere Suter (Peer reviewer)

Activity : Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review

Journal of motor behavior (Journal)

Katja Kornysheva (Chair)

Activity : Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial board of a journal

School of Psychology Postgraduate Researcher First-year Representative

Gwynnevere Suter (Advisor)

Activity : Other

Documentation and Data supporting "Acute Diesel Exhaust Exposure Causes Delayed Reduction in Cognitive Control"

Faherty, T. (Creator), University of Birmingham, 9 Nov 2021

DOI : https://doi.org/10.25500/edata.bham.00000733

Research data supporting "The role of alpha oscillations in temporal binding within and across the senses"

Buergers, S. (Creator) & Noppeney, U. (Supervisor), University of Birmingham, 17 Nov 2021

DOI : https://doi.org/10.25500/edata.bham.00000729

The New Fathers and Mothers Study: Well-being, parenting and children's self-regulation 2014-2018.

Hughes, C. (Creator) & Devine, R. (Creator), UK Data Service, 9 Oct 2018

DOI : 10.5255/UKDA-SN-853278

2023 Non-Clinical Senior Psychopharmacology Award

Dauvermann, Maria (Recipient), 25 Jul 2023

Prize : Prize (including medals and awards)

3 minute thesis award

Bouguettaya, Ayoub (Recipient), 2017

Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard Award

Kornysheva, Katja (Recipient), 2021

Prize : Fellowship awarded competitively

Press/Media

Crimes violents : une vaste étude met en évidence le traumatisme des enquêteurs.

Fazeelat Duran

1 Media contribution

Press/Media : Press / Media

Mental health: research reveals harrowing impact of traumatic material on crime investigators

Control of skilled movement sequences.

Katja Kornysheva

1 item of Media coverage

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• Sep 1, 2024 Part-time - 6 years
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Our Psychology PhD offers excellent research opportunities across a breadth of Psychological themes, supported by links with local and international institutions, hospitals, schools, nurseries, industry and governmental departments.

We offer excellent research opportunities, supported by our links with local hospitals and clinics, local schools and nurseries, other University departments, industrial companies and departments of local and national government, both in this country and overseas.

There are facilities for Erasmus exchanges with the Universities of Leuven (Belgium), Nijmegen (Netherlands), Copenhagen, Paris and Padova (Italy).

For details of research opportunities see the programme overview section below. Also see FindaPhD for opportunities.

We offer excellent research opportunities, supported by our links with local hospitals and clinics, local schools and nurseries, other University departments, industrial companies and departments of local and national government, both in this country and overseas. There are facilities for Erasmus exchanges with the Universities of Leuven (Belgium), Nijmegen (Netherlands), Copenhagen, Paris and Padova (Italy).

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You should have a good Honours degree in Psychology or a related discipline appropriate to your intended studies. For MSc by Research we require at least a lower second-class Honours degree; for PhD we require at least an upper second-class Honours degree or a Masters qualification.

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When over the course of development do humans become conscious? When the seventeenth-century French philosopher René Descartes was asked about infant consciousness by his critics, he eventually suggested that infants might have thoughts, albeit ones that are simpler than those of adults. Hundreds of years later, the issue of when human beings become conscious is a question which remains a challenge for psychologists and philosophers alike.

But now, in response to a recent article in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, two academics from the University of Birmingham have suggested an improved way to help scientists and researchers identify when babies become conscious.

In a Letter to the Editor, also published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Dr Henry Taylor, Associate Professor of Philosophy, and Andrew Bremner, Professor of Developmental Psychology, have explored a new approach which is being proposed, that involves identifying markers of consciousness in adults, and then measuring when babies start to exhibit larger numbers of these in development.

Dr Taylor says: “For example, imagine that in adults, we know that a certain very specific behaviour, or a specific pattern of brain activation always comes along with consciousness. Then, if we can identify when this behaviour or brain activation arises in babies, we have good reason to think that this is when consciousness emerges in babies. Behaviours and brain activations like this are what we call ‘markers’ of consciousness.”

This kind of approach is desperately needed since babies (unlike adults) cannot tell you what they are conscious of. Professor Bremner said: “It is really hard to establish when babies become conscious. This is mostly because infants can’t report their experiences and, as most parents will know, can be rather uncooperative particularly when it comes to experimental tasks. As we can’t just ask babies when they become conscious, the best approach is to try to identify a broad range of markers of consciousness, which appear in early development and late development, and then group them together, this could help us identify when consciousness emerges.”

One of the complicated issues is that it does not look like all the markers point to the same age for the emergence of consciousness. The ones mentioned by Bayne and colleagues suggest somewhere between the third trimester of pregnancy and early infancy, but other markers suggest the age might be around one year old. Dr Henry Taylor, University of Birmingham

In the recent article, the researchers ( Prof. Tim Bayne and colleagues ) suggested four specific markers of consciousness, some of which are present in the late stages of gestation, and others which are found in early infancy. Based on this, the study argues that consciousness emerges early (from the last prenatal trimester).

But Professor Bremner and Dr Taylor say that this ignores other markers of consciousness. Previous research has identified a separate cluster of markers.

These include:

• Pointing (bringing a social partner’s attention to an object and checking).
• Intentional control (intentional means-end coordination of actions - e.g., pulling a support to retrieve a distal object).
• Explicit memory (deferred imitation of actions).

Dr Taylor said: “One of the complicated issues is that it does not look like all the markers point to the same age for the emergence of consciousness. The ones mentioned by Bayne and colleagues suggest somewhere between the third trimester of pregnancy and early infancy, but other markers suggest the age might be around one year old. In fact, at the really extreme end, some markers only emerge at around 3-4 years. Because there are so many different markers of consciousness which appear in early and late development it is extremely hard to come to a conclusion.”

We think that by clustering this broad selection of markers, we may finally be able to answer the question which has given us pause for thought for thousands of years. But it’s important to bear in mind that the answer may not be a simple one! Professor Andrew Bremner, University of Birmingham

Professor Bremner concluded: “We propose that a broad approach to markers, including those that emerge in early and late stage, is needed. We also recommend that a range of developmental models of the onset of consciousness should be considered. For instance, it may be that some markers emerge in one cluster in early development, with others in a later cluster. As well as this there may be a continuous and gradual emergence of certain markers stretching over gestation and throughout early life.

“We think that by clustering this broad selection of markers, we may finally be able to answer the question which has given us pause for thought for thousands of years. But it’s important to bear in mind that the answer may not be a simple one!”

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• The University of Birmingham  is ranked amongst the world’s top 100 institutions. Its work brings people from across the world to Birmingham, including researchers, teachers and more than 8,000 international students from over 150 countries.

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PhD Psychology

• Minimum 2:1 degree in Psychology or related discipline
• Doctor of Philosophy

Course Info

Entry requirements, teaching & assessment, after your course, fees & scholarships, accommodation, how to apply.

Postgraduate Research Options

The School of Psychology fosters a culture of collaborative, multidisciplinary research and you will join a vibrant community that includes regular work-in-progress seminars to foster an active research environment. You will join one of our four research hubs described below, all of which are engaged in inter-institutional collaborations, including some with non-academic partners such as health-care providers.

We are happy to consider research proposals on a wide range of topics relevant to our hubs, but may also be looking to fill specific research roles in some areas. Click on the link to each hub below to find out more.

Study can be on either a full-time or a part-time basis. The minimum period of study for achieving your PhD is three years full-time or six years part-time.

PhD candidates would typically be expected to have an MSc degree (or equivalent), though exceptional candidates without postgraduate qualification will be considered. Students are registered initially for the degree of PhD (Doctor of Philosophy), although their status is probationary until the first Annual Review has taken place, normally between 12 and 18 months from first registration. For suitable students, there may be teaching opportunities after upgrade. Candidates must typically be self-funded, although a small number of funded places are occasionally advertised on FindAPhD .

Interested in talking to us? Click here to contact us , and we will be back in touch for an informal chat to discuss the opportunities available. We also offer a taught MSc in Health Psychology , as well as a range of other PhD programmes .

Our Research Hubs

Centre for research into expertise acquisition, training and excellence (create).

This research area is led by Dr Philip Fine and Dr Kathryn Friedlander together with Dr Gillian Hill and Dr Helen Clegg . The main focus of the centre is the exploration of the drivers of excellence in performance (whether cognitive, creative or practice-based). We welcome applications from potential MSc and PhD candidates across a wide range of related topic areas, including:

• Insight and creativity
• The drivers of performance excellence and expertise development (e.g. in music, theatre, puzzle-solving, board-games and medicine)
• Hobbies, motivations and characteristics of niche populations
• Psychology of music, choreography and dance
• Time perception and those with ‘natural’ time-keeping abilities

Find out more about our MSc (Research) in the Psychology of Creativity and Performance Expertise .

CREATE staff are at the forefront of creativity research in the UK, and are founder members of the UK Creativity Researchers group, which meets annually; we also collaborate with a number of external contacts in the performance fields (such as music conservatoires), as well as internal colleagues in Applied Computing and The University of Buckingham Medical School. More information here .

Centre for Health and Relationship Research (CHR)

This research hub, focusing on Health, Relationships and Wellbeing, is headed up by Dr Lindsey Roberts, together with Dr Jackie Romaine and Dr Margaret Tilley . The main aim of the hub is to study the impact of the interpersonal world and support structures on health and well-being in clinical and non-clinical settings.

• Prevalence, impact of and psychosocial challenges facing people following spinal cord injury
• Biopsychosocial understanding of pain and developing interventions for successful pain management
• Social norms as a predictor of health behaviours in young people
• Social factors affecting uptake of health behaviours
• The role of social support in living well with chronic conditions

Together, these projects represent a body of work which seeks to fight patient isolation and to understand health experiences in the context of a social world. The hub aims to identify methods for supporting patients as they live with long-term conditions, including through developing interventions, assessment techniques and knowledge dissemination. We aim to share our findings through the design of downloadable materials, such as patient information leaflets and newsletters, which will allow for research outcomes to be demonstrated to patients and their support networks. With connections and active research work taking part at four local NHS hospitals, we can offer excellent opportunities for research studies with tangible impact.

In addition to postgraduate research in health psychology, we also offer a taught MSc in Health Psychology. Find out more .

Cyber and Interpersonal Behaviour Research (CIBR)

The CIBR research hub in the School of Psychology is headed by Dr Sofia Petisca , together with Dr Alan Martin,   Dr. Rachel Manning and Dr Philip Fine . CIBR offers diverse research opportunities in the following areas:

• Cyberpsychology, including cyberbullying and other online risks
• Motivations and social effects of gaming
• Human robot interaction
• Cyber versus real world behaviour
• Bystander behaviour, prosocial behaviour and social identities
• Group dynamics and cohesion
• Social inference and emotion regulation
• Mental resilience and its relationship to social support

The aim of the research in this area is to explore human behaviour, social experiences and group dynamics in both online and offline contexts. To find out more, click here .

Applicants are normally expected to have the minimum of a 2:1 degree in Psychology or related discipline.

Mature students

Age is no barrier to learning and we welcome all applications from suitably qualified students.

International students

We are happy to consider all international applications and if you are an international student, you may find it useful to visit our international pages for details of entry requirements from your home country.

The University is a UKVI Student Sponsor .

English levels

If English is not your first language, please check our postgraduate English language requirements . If your English levels don’t meet our minimum requirements, you may be interested in applying for our Pre-sessional English Language Foundation Programmes .

Selection process

Wherever possible, you will be invited to the University to meet the Admissions Tutor for an informal interview and to have a tour of our campus. If you are an international applicant, it may not be possible for you to visit in person, so if the Admissions Tutor has any queries about your application you may be conducted by Microsoft Teams, email or phone.

Our Admissions Team will be happy to answer any questions you may have. Call us on +44 (0)1280 820227 or get in touch via our online form.

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When you are offered a place at the University you will be notified of the student contract between the University and students on our courses of study. When you accept an offer of a place on the course at the University a legal contract is formed between you and the University on the basis of the student contract in your offer letter. Your offer letter and the student contract contain important information which you should read carefully before accepting an offer.  Read the Student Contract.

Quality supervision

The aim of the Research Programme is to help students develop the following: a) a systematic and in-depth understanding in the subject area of choice of research by the student; b) the critical skills necessary to analyse and evaluate complex legal problems and related issues; c) To give students the opportunity to undertake a substantial independent research project at Level 7 of writing; d) research skills necessary to demonstrate familiarity with and understanding of the subject, its principal sources and authorities; e) To develop research skills necessary to display critical discrimination and a sense of proportion in evaluating evidence and the opinions of other authors in the subject.

High calibre staff

Most of our academic staff teach for three terms out of four, with the remaining term used for research . Because of this, we have no difficulty in attracting high calibre, highly respected lecturers, many of whom also have a background in business or industry and can offer networking opportunities for students.

Supervisory methods

Candidates spend a considerable part of their studies undertaking supervised research, at the end of which they submit a thesis embodying the results of that research. This thesis must demonstrate familiarity with, and an understanding of the subject, its principal sources and authorities. It should display critical discrimination and a sense of proportion in evaluating evidence and the judgements of others. The subject should be dealt with in a competent and scholarly manner. In addition to this:

• All postgraduate research students are required to take the Research Methods Course.
• All postgraduate research students must attend supervisory meetings
• All postgraduate research students must attend any other training required to assist with the completion of the PhD.

Graduate employment

Our graduates have gone on to further study at most of the world’s leading universities, including Harvard, London, Oxford and Cambridge and secured jobs in senior positions around the world. Among our alumni we have a graduate who became the head of his country’s civil service and one who became a leading Formula One motor-racing driver. Another secured a position as the Minister of Sabah and one female law graduate became the first British lawyer to become a French Advocate.

The fees for this course are:

The University reserves the right to increase course fees annually in line with inflation linked to the Retail Price Index (RPI). If the University intends to increase your course fees it will notify you via email of this as soon as reasonably practicable.

Course fees do not include additional costs such as books, equipment, writing up fees and other ancillary charges. Where applicable, these additional costs will be made clear.

Postgraduate loan scheme

A system of postgraduate loans for Masters’ degrees in the UK is supported by the UK Government. The loan will provide up to £11,222 for taught and research Masters’ courses in all subject areas. The loans can be used for tuition fees, living expenses or both.

Scholarships

Details of scholarships can be found on our Bursaries and Scholarships page . You should make an application to study at the University and receive an offer letter confirming our acceptance of your application before applying for a scholarship.

You may also find it useful to visit our External Funding page .

Due to the mode of study on this course you will not normally need a room in University accommodation during your degree.

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You can apply directly using our online application form – all you need to do is click the ‘apply’ button at the bottom of this page.