Scholarships & funding

CoSS PhD Scholarship - Regulation of the Creative Economy: Creativity, Technology, and Markets

https://www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/socialsciences/studentfundingopportunities/postgraduateresearch/latestphdopportunities/#cossphdscholarship-regulationofthecreativeeconomy%3Acreativity%2Ctechnology%2Candmarkets

Project details

CREATe invites applications for funded PhD research projects aligned with its AHRC infrastructure research programme, which focuses on legal and regulatory issues at the intersections of Creativity, Technology, and Markets. The legal domains CREATe’s work principally focuses on are intellectual property law, competition law, information and technology law.

We welcome proposals that engage with legal and regulatory dimensions of the creative economy and emerging technologies and platforms, and which may also consider economic, historical, technological, or socio-cultural dimensions of the creative economy. These projects may correspond to a single area of law or multiple areas of law within CREATe’s scope (intellectual property, competition, information and technology law).

Although the proposals need to consider law and regulation in a broad sense, this call is open to all social science disciplines. We welcome proposals from candidates with any social science background.  

We are particularly interested in interdisciplinary projects and those engaging with policy, industry practice, or empirical methods.

More detail on CREATe’ s work and its research themes can be found on our website: www.create.ac.uk/projects/

Supervisory Team

Supervisory teams will be constituted based on project fit. Supervisors have to be members of the CREATe research centre. Interdisciplinary supervision acorss Law, Social Science and Cultural Policy may be available where appropriate.

About the School/Research Unit 

The Centre for Regulation of the Creative Economy (CREATe) is an interdisciplinary research centre based at the University of Glasgow. Its work is anchored in intellectual property, competition, information and technology law, with a focus on how law and policy shape – and are shaped by – cultural and creative production and consumption, as well as by digital platforms and emerging technologies. CREATe staff work in the School of Law, as well as in the School of Culture & Creative Arts, and School of Humanities. Following a major infrastructure award from the from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), CREATe’s research agenda is structured around research themes addressing the relationships between Creativity, Technology and Markets.

PhD researchers at CREATe benefit from an established interdisciplinary environment, engagement with policymakers and industry stakeholders, and access to training and research networks across the UK and internationally.

The successful candidate would be a member of the School of Law’s PGR cohort. The School of Law is ranked 4th amongst law schools in the UK in the Times Higher Education UK University Rankings 2026. It is a centre for innovative world leading research and excellence in education. We are proud to be an international law school with a rich heritage. Law was one of the four original faculties established by the University upon its founding in 1451. The subject has been taught continuously since 1714. Today, we teach students from over 30 countries with a staff from across the world.

Applicants must meet the following eligibility criteria:

• Applicants will have a good Masters degree (or overseas equivalent)
• Applicants will have a demonstratable interest in the topic area under investigation
• Applicants can study part-time or full-time

Additional requirements:

While projects are not pre-defined, proposals must clearly demonstrate how they fit within and advance CREATe’s research agenda addressing the legal or regulatory intersection of Creativity, Technology and Markets. Applicants should articulate the thematic alignment of their project, and how their work contributes to the broader CREATe research agenda.

Please note that all applicants must also meet the entry requirements for the Law, PhD. 

Number of Scholarships

1

Value

The scholarship is available as a full-time +3 (3 year) PhD programme only. The programme will commence in October 2026. The full funding package includes:

• An annual maintenance grant (stipend) at the UKRI rate
• Fees at the standard home or international tuition fee rate
• Students can also draw on a Research Training Support Grant, usually up to a maximum of £940 per year 

How to apply

Applicants must apply via the Scholarships Application Portal (please see Scholarships Application Portal - Applicant Guide for more information).The funding opportunity is under 'College of Social Sciences Postgraduate Research Funding > COSS-26-007') uploading the following documentation:

• CoSS PhD Scholarship - Regulation of the Creative Economy application form (in Word format)
• Academic transcripts (All relevant Undergraduate and Master’s level degree transcripts (and translations, if not originally in English) – provisional transcripts are sufficient if you are yet to complete your degree).
• Academic Prizes
• Contact details for two referees (where possible your referees should include an academic familiar with your work (within the last 5 years). Both referees can be academics but you may include a work referee, especially if you have been out of academia for more than 5 years). Please note, a CoSS PGR Funding Reference template will be sent to your referees for completion)*. Note that no member of your proposed supervisory team can act as your referee. Please see CoSS PGR Funding Reference request guide for further guidance
• Curriculum Vitae (CV) (academic where applicable)

*Please note that when you enter your referees contact details on the Scholarships Application Portal and send the reference request, your referees are expected to provide their references by the closing date of the Scholarship (below). It is strongly recommended you complete this as soon as possible, as late or incomplete applications will not be considered.

Application Closing Date: 15 April 2026

Contact Details

Questions on the Application Portal only: College of Social Sciences Graduate School

Questions on the Project: Dr Magali Eben