Architecture and Planning
CTE PGR Studentship(s)
| Project Reference | Project Title | Project Overview | Project Details Link(s) | Application Deadline/Interview |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTE_PGR_A&P_25_26_012 Contact Person: Dr. Bertug Ozarisoy bertug.ozarisoy@lsbu.ac.uk | Developing an evidence-based energy policy framework to assess robust energy performance evaluation schemes | This PhD project will explore improving energy-efficient design methods to develop an effective methodological framework for policymaking decisions and long-term holistic retrofitting schemes for existing buildings, considering occupant energy-use behaviour. | Please click on the link to see the full project details and how to apply. (PDF File 147 KB) | The Application Deadline is June 8, 2025. The interview will be the week commencing June 16, 2025. |
LSBU Chancellor's Scholarships
| Project Reference | Project Title | Project Overview | Project Details Link(s) | Application Deadline/Interview Dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTE_DDRC_Yakim_25_26 Contact Person: Dr Yakim Milev milevy4@lsbu.ac.uk | Integrating AI in Architectural Feasibility Studies (RIBA PoW Stages 0–3) | This PhD research proposes the utilisation of AI agents, including generative AI, to improve architectural feasibility studies during the early RIBA Plan of Work stages (0–3). | Please click on the link to see the full project details and how to apply. (PDF File 110 KB) | While the position will remain open until filled, the application deadline for September 2025 entry is June 30, 2025, with interviews scheduled for the week beginning July 7, 2025. |
| CTE_HWRC_Bertug_001_25_26 Contact Person: Dr. Bertug Ozarisoy bertug.ozarisoy@lsbu.ac.uk | Advancing Adaptive Thermal Comfort Models in UK Educational Buildings | This PhD project investigates the limitations of current adaptive thermal comfort models, such as ASHRAE Standard 55 and the European EN 16798:2020, when applied to educational buildings with prolonged heat exposure and diverse occupant backgrounds. | Please click on the link to see the full project details and how to apply. (PDF File 114 KB) | While the position will remain open until filled, the application deadline for September 2025 entry is June 30, 2025, with interviews scheduled for the week beginning July 7, 2025. |
| CTE_DDRC_Troiani_001_25-26 Contact Person: Prof Igea Troiani igea.troiani@lsbu.ac.uk | Social Network and Spatial Production Studies: Using Creative Digital Technologies | The proposal should focus on specific local, national, or transnational knowledge exchanges with select actors that map the theoretical or built production, maintenance, restoration, and conservation of associated built/environmental elements. | Please click on the link to see the full project details and how to apply. (PDF File 133 KB) | While the position will remain open until filled, the application deadline for September 2025 entry is June 30, 2025, with interviews scheduled for the week beginning July 7, 2025. |
Contact Person: Dr Ioana Petkova petkovi2@lsbu.ac.uk | The Community Classroom: Learning from Participatory Architecture | The project uses ethnographic methods and architectural tools to define, map, and reflect on the reciprocities and values exchanged among students, professionals, communities, organisations, and local authorities in these participatory contexts. | Please click on the link to see the full project details and how to apply. (PDF File 111 KB) | While the position will remain open until filled, the application deadline for September 2025 entry is June 30, 2025, with interviews scheduled for the week beginning July 7, 2025. |
Contact Person: Dr Elisavet Hasa, hasae2@lsbu.ac.uk | Designing for Wellbeing: Architecture’s Role in Collective Agency | This research opportunity explores the intersections of architecture, crisis, and spatial transformation, focusing on how communities reappropriate, adapt, and co-create space through grassroots and institutional means. Key themes include participatory design, mutual aid, inclusive spatial practices, and the social and material dynamics of making. | Please click on the link to see the full project details and how to apply. (PDF File 110 KB) | While the position will remain open until filled, the application deadline for September 2025 entry is June 30, 2025, with interviews scheduled for the week beginning July 7, 2025. |
| CTE_BBRC_Chris_Cowell_001_25_26 Contact Person: Dr Chris Cowell chris.cowell@lsbu.ac.uk | Britain in Asia, Asia in Britain: Architectural Legacies and Decolonised Identities | The PhD project investigates colonialism's historical legacies across architectural geographies and peoples connecting Britain with Asia. | Please click on the link to see the full project details and how to apply. (PDF File 170 KB) | While the position will remain open until filled, the application deadline for September 2025 entry is June 30, 2025, with interviews scheduled for the week beginning July 7, 2025. |
| CTE_HWRC_SAM_001_25_26 Contact Person: Dr Sam Johnson-Schlee johnss32@lsbu.ac.uk | Public health and housing. | The research will explore public health models to understand the impacts of the complex challenges in public health. In particular, they will explore how a public health approach can be used to understand the outcomes of policy successes and failures on the lives of UK citizens. | Please click on the link to see the full project details and how to apply. (PDF File 125 KB) | While the position will remain open until filled, the application deadline for September 2025 entry is June 30, 2025, with interviews scheduled for the week beginning July 7, 2025. |
| CTE_BFCRC_ SAM _002_25_26 Contact Person: Dr Sam Johnson-Schlee johnss32@lsbu.ac.uk | Domestic climate adaptation and shifting social and cultural experiences of home | The research will bridge the gap between the cultural/emotional aspects of how people view their homes and techno-economic approaches to retrofit policymaking. | Please click on the link to see the full project details and how to apply. (PDF File 129 KB) | While the position will remain open until filled, the application deadline for September 2025 entry is June 30, 2025, with interviews scheduled for the week beginning July 7, 2025. |