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1. PhD studies within the Research Centre for Brain and Behaviour

   PhD students within the Research Centre for Brain and Behaviour are working on interesting projects including: investigating pain in autism, the impact of taste, and pain mechanisms.

2. Vice-Chancellor PhD Studentship 2025 application form

   Apply for one of the PhD scholarships that we offer.

3. Exploring the impact of creative transpersonal psychology practices in person-centred coaching

   Exploring the impact of creative transpersonal psychology practices in person-centred coaching

4. Ethnic mental health inequalities: Understanding whether discrimination causes psychosis among people from ethnic minority backgrounds

   This study aims to understand the causal relationship between discrimination and psychosis in ethnic minority populations in the UK.

5. Suicide crisis and self-harm attendance at A&E in autistic CYP

   Research suggests that autistic people are at a higher risk of suicide than non-autistic people. Figures show that up to 66% of autistic adults had thought about suicide during their lifetime (compared to 20% of non-autistic adults), and up to 35% had planned or attempted suicide.

6. RISES: 20 Years, 20 Stories

   Celebrating 20 years of PhD students from the Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences. Read the stories of the students.

7. VC PhD Studentships privacy notice

   LJMU takes your privacy very seriously. This privacy notice explains how we use your personal information and your rights regarding that information.

8. Research degrees 

   ART LABS offers contemporary and innovative approaches to professional research, art practice and advanced study.

9. The Multisensory Mouth: An investigation into the Motivational, Cognitive and Emotional mechanisms, driving Oral behaviours

   This project focuses on the role olfactory and oral perception plays in shaping our consummatory experiences, preferences, and food seeking behaviours. Research into this area is important to health research, shaping understanding of individual differences in food selection, consumption, and other dietary behaviours.

10. PhD opportunities within PROTECT

    Find out what PhD study is like at PROTECT and the postgraduate support PROTECT can offer you.