All PhD research projects

High temperature fibre optic sensors

The project seeks to design and develop a number of such sensors, to evaluate their characteristics for operation at such high temperatures and to compare performance with conventional devices.

School: School of Science & Technology

Department: Department of Engineering

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Status: Potential project

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History and Theory of Non-Governmental Organizations

School: School of Policy & Global Affairs

Department: Department of International Politics

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Status: Potential project

Identifying women at risk of suicide in pregnancy and after birth

Research aim is to develop an acceptable, valid and reliable method of identifying perinatal women at risk of suicide, that is both evidence-based and practical to use in primary care.

School: School of Health & Psychological Sciences

Department: Department of Midwifery and Radiography

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Status: Ongoing project

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Identity, Sexuality and Culture

This project explores how young people’s aesthetic and affective labour is put to work in bars, restaurants, nightclubs, etc to create value in the service economy.

School: School of Policy & Global Affairs

Department: Department of Sociology and Criminology

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Status: Completed project

Impact of Covid19 on radiography practice

Led by the researchers at City, University of London and the Society and College of Radiographers, this project shares best practice in radiography for coming out of the pandemic for the future.

School: School of Health & Psychological Sciences

Department: Department of Midwifery and Radiography

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Improving outcomes in patients who self-harm – Adapting and evaluating a brief psychological intervention in Emergency Departments (ASsuRED)

The study will investigate how to better support people who attend Emergency Departments (EDs) who have thoughts of taking their own lives or have harmed themselves.

School: School of Health & Psychological Sciences

Department: Department of Health Services Research and Management

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Improving quality of life and health outcomes of patients with psychosis through a new structured intervention for expanding social networks (SCENE)

This research will try an approach that is different from what health services currently do. It will carry out several research studies, involving patients and different health professionals.

School: School of Health & Psychological Sciences

Department: Department of Health Services Research and Management

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Improving the structure-function relationship of the macula

Analysis of the structure-function relationship in age-related macular degeneration, combining retinal imaging data from autofluorescence and optical coherence tomography with data from microperimetry

School: School of Health & Psychological Sciences

Department: Department of Health Services Research and Management

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Inequality and Corporate Power in Global Finance

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School: School of Policy & Global Affairs

Department: Department of International Politics

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Jean Monnet Chair in Law and Transatlantic Relations

The Jean Monnet Chair in Law & Transatlantic Relations aims to study and critically reflect upon the largest casestudy of global governance in the international legal order, the transatlantic alliance

School: The City Law School

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Status: Ongoing project

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