From time to time, other studentships are offered at Royal Holloway.
In this project, the student will investigate the dynamics of strongly interacting quantum systems in order to explain the recent experimental results. They will learn how to use recently developed mathematical tools useful for analytical calculations and will do High Performance Computing using Graphical Processor Units to simulate numerically the quantum dynamics of many body systems.
AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) PhD Studentship: The Music Collection of Paul Hirsch (1881-1951): The Collecting Practices of a German-Jewish Emigré to England in the WWII Period
Royal Holloway, University of London and the British Library are pleased to announce the availability of a fully funded Collaborative Doctoral Studentship from 1 October 2025 under the AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Scheme. This project will investigate the history and provenance of Paul Hirsch’s music collection—one of the world’s most significant private music libraries at the time of his escape from Germany to the UK in 1936. The student will investigate how Hirsch built his collection and how it acted as a salon and sanctuary for intellectuals in Frankfurt, within the context of other collections that the Nazi regime targeted and which were subsequently relocated, dispersed, or destroyed during the 1930s and early 1940s.
The V&A, Royal Holloway, University of London and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew are pleased to announce the availability of a fully-funded Collaborative Doctoral Studentship from October 2025 under the AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships (CDP) scheme. The project considers the emergence and significance of 'biocultural' collections - containing both specimens and artefacts - during the long nineteenth century. The student will investigate the collection and display of plants and their products in museum contexts; explore the ways that botanical objects were used to present ‘object lessons’ in the commercial geography of trade and empire; and consider the linkages between the economic botany collections at RBG Kew and plant-based collections at the V&A including the food collection once on display at the Bethnal Green Museum.
PhD studentship in Youth Mental Health
This research takes a transdiagnostic approach, focusing on common mental health symptoms and identifying both risk and resilience factors. Using large-scale longitudinal data from over 114,500 participants, we will examine how educational, and home environments, contribute to mental health outcomes - while accounting for genetic influences. The project will identify which experiences have a causal impact, and for whom, with the aim of informing early intervention and support.
