A range of organisations in the public, private and third sector are working in partnership with the White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership.
Collaborative Studentships
The WRDTP Collaborative Awards Scheme aims to ensure that at least 30% of studentships are linked to partners in the private, public or third sectors. These links do not have to involve funding and could be internships, placements or other forms of meaningful collaboration. These studentship projects are developed/led by academic colleagues at our partner institutions, and students are recruited for the ESRC-funded projects following a competitive application process.
Our Current Partners
We are delighted to be collaborating with organisations including:
| Partner | Institution | Academic Lead | Project Title |
| Sheffield City Region | Sheffield Hallam University | Will Eadson | Pathways to employment through green jobs |
| Department for Transport | University of Leeds | Kate Pangbourne | Comparative study of the applicability of utilising Design for All principles to decarbonise UK transport whilst supporting accessibility and equity for key age groups |
| Electoral Reform Society | University of Sheffield | Tom Stafford | “Informing citizens? Effects of imprints on digital political advertising” |
| Royal Society for the Protection of Birds | University of Leeds | David Williams | Innovating social and economic strategies for landscape scale conservation |
| Pensana Plc | University of Leeds | Laura Smith | Just restorative pathways for rural landscapes and livelihoods impacted by rare-earth mining |
| European Sex Workers’ Rights Alliance (ESWA) | University of Sheffield | Laura Connelly | Sex work, digital rights and freedoms: Creating safer online working environments across Europe |
| Greig and Stephenson Architects | University of Leeds | Sara Gonzalez | Urban redevelopment for whom? Developing practice-based knowledge for inclusive market redevelopment schemes |
| Local Trust | Sheffield Hallam University | Sarah Pearson | Understanding the legacies of resident-led community regeneration in deprived neighbourhoods |
| Network Rail | University of Leeds | Chiara Calastri | New technologies, travel modes and passenger needs: understanding and predicting the future of rail travel |
| Public Law Project | University of York | Joe Tomlinson | Debt by Design: Universal Credit, Deductions and Administrative Justice |
| Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust | University of Bradford | Karen Windle | Co-designing mental health services: An evaluation of the experiences of Black and Asian Communities in Bradford and its impact on their care |
| Leeds City Council | University of Leeds | Xingjie Wei | Measuring life quality from digital footprints for informed policy decision making |
| The Salvation Army Anti-Trafficking and Modern Slavery Department | University of Hull | Simon Green | Investigating the long-term reintegration of people with lived experience of human trafficking and modern slavery |
| Humankind | University of Leeds | Henry Yeomans | Alcohol, Offending and Strong-Arm Sobriety: A Qualitative Longitudinal Study of Alcohol Treatment Requirements |
| Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) | Manchester Metropolitan University | Hannah Smithson | Racially minoritised children’s lived experiences of the use of out of court disposals in the Youth Justice System |
| Good Food Institute Europe | University of Leeds | David Williams | Socio-ecological research to understand the potential impacts of alternative protein sources in the UK and Europe |
| Leeds GATE (Gypsy and Traveller Exchange) | University of Sheffield | Ryan Powell | Gypsies and Travellers and the harms of planning: Counter-mapping, oral histories and housing justice |
| HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) Creating Future Opportunities | University of Leeds | Matt Tidmarsh | Probation and Partnership-Working: Experiences of Desistance from Crime in Activity Hubs |
| Born in Bradford, Bradford Institute for Health Research | University of Leeds | Sarah Irwin | Shaping the Future: Bradford young people’s engagement with the future through action in the present |
| New Economics Foundation (NEF) | University of Leeds | Richard Bärnthaler | Exploring the socio-ecological potentials of essential provisioning systems in OECD nations |
| Nature’s Laboratory and affiliated organisations | University of York | Ioan Fazey | Transitioning to regenerative business practice, operations and ways of organising |
| Choice Support / Supported Loving Network | Manchester Metropolitan University | Monique Huysamen | Navigating the Mental Capacity Act to support Sexual Decision-Making for People with Learning Disabilities |
| Leeds City Council | University of Leeds | Louise Waite | ‘The Only Game in Town’: Anchor Institutions and Economic Resilience in the City of Leeds |
| Pinc College | Manchester Metropolitan University | Laura Trafi-Prats | Re-imagining design for critical access in museums and cultural spaces with neurodivergent youth |
| Leeds City Council | University of Leeds | Sara Gonzalez | The social value of sustainable food public procurement. A case study of Leeds. |
| London Resilience Unit, Greater London Authority | University of Leeds | Ali Malik | Joined-up approaches to local emergency planning, preparedness, response and recovery |
| Sheffield City Council (SCC) | University of Sheffield | Elisabeth Garratt | An interdisciplinary investigation of multidimensional food insecurity and nutrition in community-dwelling older people in Sheffield |
| Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | University of Hull | Nishikant Mishra | From Local Success to System Learning: How Culture and Teamwork Enable Sustainable Diagnostic Improvement in Emergency Departments |
| HM Inspectorate of Probation | University of Leeds | Matt Tidmarsh | The Role of Probation in the Expansion of Electronic Monitoring: Organisational, Cultural, and Supervisory Implications |
| Berghof Foundation Operations gGmbH | University of Leeds | Margherita Belgioioso | Civil Resistance and the Onset of Peace Processes |
| Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | University of Bradford | Rob Brooks | Global Patterns and Pathways of Loneliness, and its links to Lifestyle and Mental Health among Young People |
| Kick It Out | University of York | Anne-marie Greene | Beyond Compliance: Exploring the Transformative Potential of Regulation on Institutionalised Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Issues in English Football. |
| Sheffield Memory Hub | University of Bradford | Sahdia Parveen | Co-Producing Dementia Awareness education with Black Communities: A Partnership between Academia and Sheffield Memory Hub. |
| Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) | University of Sheffield | Andrew Burlinson | Welfare and distributional effects of energy-affordability and debt: Consumer policy beyond the energy crisis |
