London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership

Home - LISS DTP About LISS DTP Vision People Team and Contacts Our Funded Students Governance Structure ED&I Research Areas RA 1: Global Health Innovation RA 2: Business Analytics, Management, and Applied Economics RA 3: Language, Culture and Education RA 4: Environment and Sustainability RA 5: Global Order and Security RA 6: Public Policy and Governance Students Cohorts starting from 2018/19-2023/24 (LISS DTP1) Pathways Pathway Lead Information Pathway 1: Health Practices, Innovation & Implementation (HPII) Pathway 2: Life Course, Psychology & Health (LCPH) Pathway 3: Health, Biopolitics & Social Inequality (HBSI) Pathway 4: Economics, Finance & the World Economy (EFWE) Pathway 5: Work, Organisations & Business Management (WOBM) Pathway 6: Education, Mind & Society (EMS) Pathway 7: Linguistics, Media & Culture (LMC) Pathway 8: Urbanisation, Social Change & Transformation (USCT) Pathway 9: Political Ecology, Energy & Environmental Health (PEEH) Pathway 10: International Development, Conflict & Human Security (IDHS) Pathway 11: Global Order, Violence & Security (GOVS) Pathway 12: Strategic, Regional, & Security Studies (SRSS) Pathway 13: Politics, Public Policy & Governance (PPPG) Cohorts starting from 2024/25 (LISS DTP2) LISS DTP Newsletter LISS DTP Winter Gathering 2025 LISS DTP Summer Symposium 2026 Supervisors Training Training FAQs Affiliate Students Training Archive Research in Practice Research in Practice Placements Placement Opportunities Research Assistant Internships Scheme Working with Partners Research in Practice-CASE Research in Practice- Placements Student Impact Career Paths Postdoc Fellowships ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowships Applications Current Postdoctoral Fellows Apply Open Competition CASE: For Academic Supervisors CASE: For PhD Applicants ADR UK: For Academic Supervisors ADR UK PhD Studentships How to Find a Supervisor Funding Eligibility for LISS DTP Studentships Academic Eligibility – For LISS DTP Students Training Requirements – For LISS DTP Students Frequently Asked Questions CASE Project Proposals Call for October 2027 – Now Open! The LISS DTP have opened its call for CASE Studentship Project Proposals. The deadline for Expression of Interests is 9th Sept 2026. Find out more LISS DTP Summer Symposium 2026 – 17th June 2026 Our annual celebration of the interdisciplinary research in the social sciences took place this year at King’s College London. Find out more About the London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership Find out more Cross-institutional collaboration The London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (LISS DTP) enables social science research students to join and develop a research community that springs from the interface between the social science disciplines with health and medicine, the natural and physical sciences, engineering, and the arts and humanities. The LISS DTP is funded by the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) and led by King’s College London , in partnership with Imperial College London and Queen Mary University of London . Students joining the LISS DTP are registered at either King’s, Queen Mary or Imperial, and all students will have access to the LISS DTP Training Programme and Events. Find out more about our Open Competition studentships Find out more Information for current students Find out more View our training programme Find out more Information for current students Find out more About us fully funded studentships per year join a community of over 250 active LISS DTP funded students join a training community of over 900 social science PhD students research areas, connecting students, academics, and early career researchers non-academic partners involved Our research LISS DTP funded studentships see students working with some of the world’s leading experts, and building communities of students, academic leads to network in similar disciplinary areas covering six research areas: Global Health Innovation Business A…