Health & Wellbeing

The conventional drug delivery vehicle is expensive and shows poor toxicological profile including the biosafety and biodistribution. A novel, green and bio-based drug delivery carrier is proposed in this project where terminilia arjuna bark (TAB) assisted selenium compound ensures a novel drug delivery vehicle in controlling obesity and associated diseases.

Health outcomes are influenced by social factors rather than medicines. These can include: social isolation, mental illness, homelessness, and food insecurity all common in deprived areas.

Future care planning is an important tool in, among other areas, the holistic care and management of degenerative and terminal conditions. Allowing individuals to make informed decisions about their own future care and treatment in advance of any loss of capacity is a key mechanism in upholding individual autonomy.

Artists lead through practice, establish and lead organisations, and lead in civic contexts. Building on The Artist as Leader (Douglas and Fremantle 2009), The Discourse of Cultural Leadership (Price 2016), and recent work (Fremantle 2021, Naismith 2019, 2021) in the contexts of health & wellbeing and #netcarbonzero.

This research investigates the restorative benefits of natural environments by comparing real-world nature experiences with simulated ones using immersive spaces and VR headsets. By analysing participants' psychological responses, it aims to identify key environmental features that promote calm and mental recovery, offering insights into the potential of virtual nature for enhancing well-being.

Ever since the seminal case of Soering v UK 1989 human rights have conditioned extradition practice.

Obesity is a well-known public health issue and the cost associated in the management of obesity related long term chronic conditions, such as, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and cancer, is enormous.

Tendinopathy is a common musculoskeletal condition that patients present to physiotherapy with.

Autoregulation of training is a developing process where training manipulation is based on the measurement of an individual’s perceived capability to perform, or a measurement of their performance.

Net-zero targets demand low-carbon transport; transitions from Internal Combustion Engines (ICE) to Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) are a core element of low-carbon automobility.

Mastering data analysis and interpretation is crucial for Biomedical Scientists. In this interdisciplinary project, students will develop methods to create synthetic flow cytometry datasets. These innovative methods will be used to build a comprehensive data library complete with engaging case studies. These tools will be rigorously evaluated as transformative educational resources.

Charities are increasingly under scrutiny to demonstrate genuine public benefit, yet existing definitions and regulatory frameworks often lag behind modern expectations. This research aims to reconceptualise "public benefit" in charity law by investigating governance practices that enhance transparency and accountability, particularly around purposes like religion, social welfare and health.

This project will develop data-driven tools and techniques to control complex networks and interconnected systems where precise modelling of the dynamics, and their interconnection becomes challenging. This problem will be studied in the context of robotics, autonomous and multi-agent systems, power distribution and other complex networks.

SMEs adopting Nature-based solutions to address climate and environmental concerns are emerging in response to #netcarbonzero agendas.

Current investigation into the effect of sprint interval training (SIT) has been limited to acute programmes (i.e. <12 weeks), with a lack of clarity regarding how acute programme manipulation impacts the extent of performance outcomes gained.

This project will focus on development of smart material based soft robotic systems and mechanisms.

Anthracycline derivatives have been previously synthesised and tested for their binding properties at RGU. The synthesis of new, more selective derivatives is subject to the development of more environmentally benign procedures employing synthetic electrochemistry.

In the context of Higher Education, digital competencies are increasingly recognised as a necessary skillset that students should continuously develop to navigate an evolving digital learning and professional landscape. However, the existence of digital divides in students creates significant challenges, even at the level of baseline digital literacy.

Climate change is the most significant threat that modern society has ever faced. This project aims to explore how environmental sustainability may be effectively weaved into clinical and non-clinical healthcare curricula, to prepare the future workforce to apply environmentally sustainable practices in their employment.

Upholding individual autonomy and respecting individual decisions is key in medico-legal decision-making.

This project will evaluate the impact of Denis Law Legacy Trust Initiatives in Aberdeen City and Shire on the health and wellbeing of its participants.

The project is to undertake an evaluation of the impact of care assurance processes used by nurse leaders to continuously improve quality of nursing care.

This research will investigate interactive Explainable AI (XAI) to enhance care robotics by improving multimodal disambiguation in triaging tasks. By exploring novel XAI methods for multimodal data in context-aware human-robot interactions, this study aims to advance responsive, trustworthy AI systems that effectively support patient needs in complex care environments.

This study relates to workplace health and wellbeing and focuses on exploring how health and wellbeing of the workforce is prioritised through the employer’s purchase and implementation of Occupational Health and Wellbeing services. These services can help employers retain valuable staff, increase productivity and enable the workers to live better for longer.

Globally, hypertension continues to be the biggest single contributor to the universal burden of disease. Approximately two-thirds of all cases of hypertension are linked to excess weight and visceral obesity. This project will explore the crosstalk between the adipose tissue and the vasculature to identify novel targets for treating hypertension.

Many antimicrobial compounds effectively kill bacteria and fungi, but assessing their toxicity to humans is essential. Traditionally, this requires labour-intensive and ethically contentious tests on human cells and animals. This project will use machine learning to predict toxicity of drugs, reducing cost, time and animal use while accelerating drug development.

Mental wellbeing amongst University students is of growing concern.

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic > 90% of the global population have been legally required to use of facemasks in public locations.

Despite the clear connections between nutrition and health, more than 1 billion people in the world are living with obesity and have increased risk of comorbidities. This project aims to define the role of the micronutrient selenium in modulating redox status and inflammation for the management of obesity associated diseases.

The ageing population across the UK requires us to identify ways of supporting individuals through these transitions. The increasing prevalence of conditions that involve a gradual loss of capacity, including dementia, pose challenges for the exercise of legal rights, and the mechanisms by which ethical duties are upheld.

The project would focus on young men’s interactions with the manosphere: a coalition of online communities in which anti-feminist/ male hegemonic masculinities are constructed and affirmed via alpha and beta masculine identities.

This project seeks to promote entrepreneurship opportunities and break down systemic barriers (such as funding, networks, or education) to make entrepreneurial resources accessible to underrepresented groups.

This project aims to investigate the fundamental processes that determine the environmental fate and biological effects of emerging contaminants such as per and poly‐fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

Climate change poses two types of risk for the corporate sector: physical and transition risks.

Menopause can cause symptoms that affect work productivity and lead to workplace departure. Despite 77% of women wanting menopause support at work, less than 20% receive it. Fear of stigma often prevents disclosure which may in turn reduce support seeking. Allyship could support menopausal women, but there is a paucity of research on what women want.

The goal of this project is to develop an effective in-silico model for dynamic social networks, aimed at simulating interactions and dependencies within social groups and individuals. This model will help identify role-risk relationships and highlight key individuals and communities, particularly in the context of Netizens' security.

This research investigates the push toward standardisation in international contracts, examining the roles of the CISG, AfCFTA, and other emerging trade frameworks. It explores how these international agreements, alongside the efforts of non-governmental organisations, attempt to harmonise contract standards to improve enforceability, dispute resolution, and trust in cross-border transactions.

This research investigates the evolving role of NGOs within global governance frameworks, focusing on how digitalisation and shifting global priorities impact their influence and accountability.

This interdisciplinary project will develop dual-action nanoparticles that both deliver antimicrobial agents and disrupt biofilms to target chronic bacterial infections. Using microbiological and immunological approaches and advanced human cell models, we will assess how these nanoparticles can disrupt bacterial defences, combat biofilms, and enhance the immune response.

This project will develop a passive cooling technique to mitigate against heat stress in climate change impacted vulnerable communities through modelling and experimentation.

There are a number of documented age differences in memory. Information processing speed decreases with age, recall becomes more variable, and older adults can experience difficulty in encoding items for recall.

This project will develop a next-generation content filtering system specifically designed for children’s smart device interactions, integrating state-of-the-art federated learning, Large Language Models (LLMs), blockchain, and Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) to enhance privacy, security, and interpretability.

We welcome specific ideas from applicants for a potential research degree topic. The University offers several potential self-funded topics in each School which you could consider developing your research project around.

Chronic exclusion by peers is harmful to children (Crowley et al., 2010).

The study would use a mixed-methods approach of content and discourse analysis of Scottish local, regional and national newspapers and interviews with journalists, Gender-Based Violence service providers, and organisations such as Zero Tolerance.

Children are future urban managers. Sustainability inevitably means fair resource allocation so that the future generation would not encounter resource depletion due to improper urban management and decisions.

The transition to university can be an anxious time for students, the aftermath of remote working has exacerbated these feelings of uncertainty and unhappiness (Watermeyer et al. 2021).

Vehicle pollution is a growing environmental threat. Most research has focused on exhaust emissions. However, emissions form tyres have largely been overlooked and now pose the greatest pollution burden from vehicles. Therefore, there is an urgent need to address the impacts of tyre pollution to protect the environment.

Cancer is a common cause of death around the world. Chemotherapy with cytotoxic drugs remains to be the most frequently used treatment approach.

Research evaluation is not peculiar to the UK Higher Education Institution (HEI) climate. There are similar assessment frameworks to the UK Research Excellence Framework (REF), including but not limited to Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA), Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) in New Zealand, and Research quality evaluation in Sweden – FOKUS.

Eating a well-balanced diet, with adequate nutrients is a fundamental requirement for continued health. However, despite the clear connections between nutrition and health, worldwide, more than one third of adult population is obese or overweight.

The physical preparation of athletes has become increasingly data driven with daily monitoring of athletes' wellness and physical capacity.

This project will focus on enhancing threat correlation, response, and mitigation workflows in Security Operations Management by introducing a novel knowledge graph-based solution aimed at optimizing decision-making processes.

The food and drink manufacturing and processing industry has an important part to play in reducing food waste and transitioning to a circular economy paradigm where by-products are processed in an effective and sustainable way; generating greater socio-economic value, and tackling climate change.

The fashion industry is facing increasing pressure to implement practices to improve sustainability performance. The global nature of fashion supply chains makes transparency difficult to achieve, however, due to practices including outsourcing and limited disclosure of information. The proposed research will examine sustainability in the context of fashion supply chains.

Young caregivers (YCs) contribute towards the health and wellbeing of a dependent family member. The role can place burdens upon the YCs that can result in negative outcomes such as stress, anxiety and social isolation.