CENTRE FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS & POLICY: POTENTIAL PHD TOPICS
The Centre for Spatial Analysis and Policy supports wide-ranging research interests in quantitative geography. In particular research interests include population dynamics, migration, geodemographics, retailing, education and health. We have specific expertise in analysis and modelling methods including microsimulation, agent-based modelling, spatial interaction models, AI techniques, demographic estimation and projection, and applications of GIS.
Applications to do postgraduate research in any of these areas are welcome. You can either submit your own research proposal or you can contact staff to discuss the projects below. If you do not have funding, possible funding sources include ESRC scholarships, University Research Scholarships and FIRS scholarships (for international students). Further details can be found here.
If you would like to apply for any of the topics below, please contact the relevant member of academic staff and submit an application for research degree study. Deadlines for applications depend upon the funding source you are applying for.
PhD Projects
Please note that these projects do not have their own funding attached. Applicants will need to have secured funding or be applying for funding (e.g scholarships, sponsorship etc.)
- Exploring Crowd-Sourced Individual-Level Data for the Understanding of Social Phenomena and the Enhancement of Individual-Level Models
- Capturing and simulating criminal behaviour through advanced spatial analysis and agent-based modelling
- Exploring civil unrest and violent crowds in social media and urban space: Using large-scale crowd sourced data analysis and simulation modelling
- Agent-based Modelling for Education Planning
- Generating a replicable tool for mapping local religions, their social composition, interconnections and policy impact
- Synthesising the UK Population at individual level from the 2011 Census
- Propagation of Error and Emergent Properties in Agent-based simulations
- Dynamic Data Assimilation and Error Management in Agent-based Socioeconomic Systems
- Spatial Analysis of Crime Patterns
