Hospitality, Tourism, Transport and Events PhD studentship
Surrey Hospitality and Tourism Management (SHTM) is pleased to invite applications for its PhD studentship competition. The award provides a full tuition fee waiver for 36 months, applicable to both UK and international students.
Start date
1 April 2025Duration
36 monthsApplication deadline
Funding source
Faculty of Arts, Business and Social SciencesFunding information
Fee waiver covering home or international fees for 36 months. Please note that this offer does not include a monthly stipend, visa or accommodation fees.
About
Surrey Hospitality and Tourism Management (SHTM) invites applications for the PhD programme in Hospitality, Tourism, Transport and Events. This competition is open to UK and international candidates. Successful candidates will be awarded a fee waiver for 36 months.
The fee waiver awards will be made to outstanding postgraduate researchers whose work aligns with research areas of our research centres.
Centre for Competitiveness of the Visitor Economy (COVE)
- Economic modelling and forecasting
- Innovation, entrepreneurship, risk and uncertainty
- Future of work and labour mobility
- Visitor decision-making, behaviour and destination marketing.
Centre for Sustainability and Wellbeing in the Visitor Economy (SWELL)
- Sustainability evidence-based policy making
- Industry’s acceptance of responsibility for sustainable development
- Sustainable development and entrepreneurship
- Sustainable and efficient transportation
- Sustainability marketing, product design and communication.
Centre for Digital Transformation in the Visitor Economy (DIGMY)
- Digital transformation in the visitor economy
- Digital transformation in tourism, hospitality and events, including new media and consumer behaviour, new business models and disruptive innovation, transformation in business operations and performance
- Smart systems in tourism, hospitality and events, including artificial intelligence and robotics, sensors and internet-of-things
- Technology for social good in tourism, hospitality and events, including technology facilitating health and wellbeing, social isolation and loneliness, inclusion and accessibility
- Data science and innovative methodologies in tourism, hospitality and events, including biometric research, data analytics and pattern recognition in big data.
Eligibility criteria
This studentship is open to any UK or international candidates.
Applicants will need to meet the minimum entry requirements for our PhD programme.
How to apply
It is recommended that applicants identify a prospective supervisor and contact them to discuss the research project before applying. View the supervisors.
Applications should be submitted via the Hospitality, Tourism, Transport and Events PhD programme page. In place of a research proposal, you should upload a document stating the title of the studentship that you wish to apply for and the name of the relevant supervisor.
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