Doctoral Discoveries

Spotlighting the valuable contributions doctoral researchers at the University of Bath are making to create real impact.

Doctoral Research Driving Impact that Matters

Doctoral researchers drive significant breakthroughs in a range of disciplines. Their collaborations with industries and organizations often lead to real-world applications that improve lives, though these impacts may not be immediately visible.

To showcase the valuable contributions of our doctoral researchers, we created a series of videos that highlight the diverse, often unseen impact that doctoral researchers play.

Faculty of Science

Learn more about the impact of doctoral research taking place in the Faculty of Science.

Find out how Sarah's PhD is exploring mechanisms that bacteria can evolve to resist antibiotic treatment; helping us to stay ahead of the super bugs.
Find out how Veronika's PhD is using mathematical tools to tackle uncertainties in radiotherapy treatment for cancer.

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Learn more about the impact of doctoral research taking place in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Find out how Sam's PhD can support Rugby coaches, practitioners and governing bodies to make data-informed, player welfare and management decisions.
Find out how Faye's PhD is helping improve how the government approaches housing through informing policies to make our homes healthier places to live and that they actively protect and promote our wellbeing.

Faculty of Engineering & Design

Learn more about the impact of doctoral research taking place in the Faculty of Engineering and Design.

Find out how Ellie's PhD helps automotive manufacturers to develop low-carbon transport solutions in a sustainable way.
Find out how Rachel's PhD aims to make aircraft adhesively bonded structures more reliable to reduce the number of mechanical fasteners present as fail safe structures helping to make aviation safer, more efficient, and more sustainable.

School of Management

Emma Woodward Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber Security TIPS-at-scale, School of Management

Cyber security incident response teams (CSIRTs) operate in complex sociotechnical systems which make it challenging to understand how to improve their effectiveness. Emma is using a novel Systemic Design approach that combines holistic Systems Thinking and pragmatic design methods to explore the CSIRT effectiveness and find areas of leverage - where a small change in one area can have a positive knock-on impact for the whole system.