PhD Openings

PhD Applications closing *Friday 12th June* for the 2026/27 academic year.

Please note: the School holds PhD Information days online and in-person events, two to three times a year.

PhD openings currently available in the school (previous positions can be viewed in the list on the right):

PhD Scholarship in AI and Heritage Futures: Preservation, Creation and Regulation of Evolutionary Heritage from Digitalised to Born-digital

University: University College Dublin
School: Information and Communications Studies (ICS)
Supervisor: Dr. Sun Park (sun.park@ucd.ie)
Starting date: 18th of May 2026
Deadline for application: 31st of January 2026
Interviews with short-listed candidates: 19th and 20th of February 2026 (online)
Position: 100%, full-time position, tuition fees waived by the School of Information and Communication Studies (ICS).
Remuneration: PhD studentship renewable for up to four years and consisting of:
- PhD student stipend of €25k per annum, research costs of €4k per annum (tax free)
- Prioritisation as a scholarship student when applying for travel funding and research expenses from the School of Information and Communication Studies.
Eligibility: EU and non-EU students are equally eligible for studentships under this award
Requirement: Students accepted under this scheme must meet the university entry standards.

And

Marie Curie PhD position available at UCD on HUM.AI.N-ACCENT MSCA Doctoral Network

Deadline for applications is 19^th November 2025
A Marie Curie PhD position is available at the HCI@UCD group in the UCD School of Information & Communication Studies, under the supervision of (opens in a new window)(opens in a new window)Prof. Benjamin Cowan in collaboration with (opens in a new window)(opens in a new window)Dr Madeleine Steeds. The PhD project aims to investigate how the use of foreign accented speech by conversational AI agents can be used as a way to influence user partner models, how this impacts language production during human-conversational AI dialogues.

The Doctoral Candidate (DC) will be part of an international network of 13 research labs located throughout Europe who work on the EU funded HUM.AI.N-ACCENT project. The full consortium has a total of 24 academic and non-academic partners in Europe, Canada and the USA. As part of the training, the DC will attend regular events across Europe and will take short stays (secondments) to at least two Beneficiary/Partner Organizations.

As a student, you would be enrolled in the 4 year Information & Communication Studies PhD programme at University College Dublin, Ireland. The position offers a work contract for 3 years with an additional funded year. The position includes a gross baseline annual salary of up to €49,396 + approx. €7,000 p.a. mobility allowance (for 3 years) and approx. €5000 p.a. family allowance (if applicable for 3 years). The position covers academic fees and includes funding for research training and travel.