Postgraduate research opportunities Information & sensation
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- Opens: Monday 19 October 2026
- Number of places: 1
- Duration: 3 years
Overview
The senses bring information from the external world into the internal body. They are also created from within our body in reaction to information. This PhD project will examine the ways in which we experience information sensually.Eligibility
An upper second-class UK Honours degree or overseas equivalent in information science, or relevant social science is required.
If English is not your first language, you must have an IELTS score of at least 6.5 with no component below 5.5.
Project Details
The senses bring information from the external world into the internal body. Senses, however, constitute powerful corporeal ways of knowing and are highly informative about our surroundings include daily life and working. They also are created by our brains to react to information involving feelings such as frisson or discomfort or uncanniness.
This PhD project will examine senses and sensations within information behaviour; how do senses inform us, how do we use sensory information to make decisions, what senses do we experience in relation to information.
Funding details
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Computer and Information Sciences
Programme: Computer and Information Sciences