Funding

Funded (UK/EU and international students)

Project code

SDTP5810121

Department

Department of Psychology

Start dates

October 2021

Application deadline

Closed

This project is now closed. The details below are for information purposes only. View our current projects here.

Applications are invited for a fully-funded three-year PhD or four-year Masters and PhD studentship to commence in October 2021.

The studentship is funded by the ESRC South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership (SCDTP), a collaboration between the universities of Portsmouth, Southampton and Brighton.

The studentship covers tuition fees and an annual maintenance grant of £15,285 (2020/21 rate).

The supervisors are Dr Edward Morrison and Dr Jerome Micheletta. 

 

The work on this project will:

This project will explore sexual behaviours and attitudes using secondary analysis of large datasets. Testosterone affects sexual behaviour in many species, moderating a trade-off between mating effort and parenting effort. The National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (NATSAL-3) will be used to establish any link between testosterone and sexual outcomes such as age of first intercourse, number of sexual partners, contraception use, sexual satisfaction, and sexual attitudes. The US general social survey will be used to predict marital outcomes such as martial satisfaction, infidelity, and divorce in relation to demographic matching and the local sex ratio.

 

Entry requirements

All candidates must hold a good honours degree (2:1 and above) from a recognised higher education institution. Please note, students applying without a Master's qualification containing a substantial Social Sciences methods component may be required to complete such a Master's beforehand. The Master's will be fully funded by the SCDTP and will be run from the University of Southampton.

English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 with no component score below 6.0.

 

Applicants for this PhD position should have at least a completed BA or BSc honours level degree in Psychology or a related discipline from an accredited course with a minimum 2.1 award. We’d welcome candidates with a background in a quantitative subject like psychology, sociology, or economics; strong competence in statistics, specifically regression modelling. 

 

How to apply

The first thing you will need is a University supervisor to support your SCDTP application -- so you’ll need to contact the project supervisors before you submit an application. 

The project will require you to discuss possible methods and research design as well as detailing how your skills, background, and research interests match the project. It is therefore very important that you discuss the project with the supervisor.  

Full instructions are given on the SCDTP application form and there are different word limits depending on whether you are applying for a 1+3 (ie Masters in Social Research Methods plus PhD) or +3 (PhD only).  

Please note: you will need to submit an online application to the University of Portsmouth plus an application for funding to the SCDTP. For more details, visit the SCDTP website. 

When applying to the University, please quote project code: SDTP5810121