Our PhD Research Projects

Research Centred on Community

Co(l)laboratory’s PhD research projects last 3-years and involve in-depth study and investigations of several core research questions. Projects are carried out by a PhD candidate, and are supported by teams of Nottingham researchers and partners from local community-focused organisations.

Cohort 2023 Projects

Boxing in the Community: Moving Beyond the Myths of Sports’ Positive Potentials to Reduce Violence

Diversifying Child Friendly Nottingham: Perspectives from Primary School-Aged Children

Group Dynamics And Suicidality: A Social Identity Approach to Resilience and Risk Mitigation

How does trust impact participation in health promoting activities and how has this changed as a result of the pandemic?

Promoting direct democracy in the NHS in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire

Skateboarding in shared public space: power, gender, age and inclusivity

Understanding And Responding To Youth Violence: Blending data science with lived experience

Understanding the lived experience of workplace coercion, exploitation and modern slavery in the community across Nottingham

What does it mean to be “work-ready”?: Investigating the education-employment transition for young people in former coalfields areas.

Cohort 2024 Projects

Addressing health inequalities in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire: improving access through new models of primary care

Advancing Sustainable Transportation in Nottingham: Towards Inclusive and Safer Micromobility for All

Engagement with antenatal education in Nottingham: Working with hardly reached communities to improve place-based inclusivity and wellbeing

Exploring the history of Black social housing activism in Nottingham and its implications for future literature, policy and practice

Exploring the immersive educational programming of water resources for young people to empower and promote water sustainability towards a carbon-neutral Nottingham

Harnessing DIY retrofits for household emissions reduction at scale: a case study of the Nottingham Green Meadows project

Improving Children’s Mental Health through School-based Music and Dance Programmes

Language in Nottingham and the region: celebrating language as intangible cultural heritage

To paddle or not to paddle? Examining microbial contamination and risk to communities in Nottingham’s rivers

Working residents? Employment-related support, barriers, and outcomes for people living in exempt (supported) accommodation

Learn about the PhD candidates carrying out research projects. Explore our research candidate profiles.

Our PhD Candidate Profiles

See how residents and community professionals in Nottinghamshire help identify local priorities for our research

Putting Notts’ Voice into Research

Find out about our PhD studentships and how to become a Co(l)laboratory PhD candidate.

Co(l)laboratory PhD Studentships

Local community organisations and academics create and support all our projects. Find out how you can be part of our next cohort of research projects.

Become a Research Project Partner