The University of East Anglia (UEA) offers world-leading postgraduate research opportunities, benefiting from a collaborative campus environment and significant impact in global challenges, particularly in social sciences and environmental studies. The university welcomes PhD projects tackling societal issues, with a strong focus on areas like global development, climate change adaptation, poverty, brain development, education, law, business, and economic decision making [Postgraduate Research - Research With Us]

• Global Impact: UEA is a top-tier, research-led university committed to addressing global challenges. Its research is highly rated, with 91% deemed "world-leading" or "internationally excellent". 

• Interdisciplinary Approach: The university is known for its holistic approach, integrating various disciplines, as well as external partners, to understand complex issues. 

• Social Sciences Focus: Expertise spans areas including Business, Economics, Education, Environmental Sciences, Global Development, Law, Psychology, Sociology and Social Work.

Some key areas include: 

Social Justice: Environmental justice, economic inequality, conflict, migration, vulnerable children, and humanitarian crises.

Advanced Methods: Behavioural and experimental economics, applied econometrics, finance, brain imaging, computational modelling of human behaviour, and re-engineering of business decision-making.

Life-long learning: Learning cultures in contexts including parenting, gaming, physical education, neurodiversity, and neural processes of learning, memory and sleep.  

Climate Change and Sustainability: Climate change adaptation, disaster risk management, and sustainable solutions.

Governance and Conflict: State, governance structures, and conflict.