{"id":18136,"date":"2025-06-16T16:18:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T08:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/nuscities\/?page_id=18136"},"modified":"2025-11-13T17:14:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T09:14:43","slug":"phdscholarship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/nuscities\/phdscholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD Scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\tPhD Scholarships\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<strong>PhD Scholarship Opportunity at NUS Cities<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Exploring the Intersection of Social Science and City Planning<\/strong>\n<p>NUS Cities, a university-wide, interdisciplinary initiative hosted within the College of Design and Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS), is pleased to announce a fully funded <strong>PhD scholarship<\/strong> opportunity for exceptional candidates interested in research at the <strong>intersection of social science and city planning<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This PhD will be <strong>co-supervised by Dr. Prateek Bansal<\/strong> (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, NUS) and <strong>Professor Leonard Lee<\/strong> (Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk, NUS), combining cutting-edge insights from engineering, behavioural science, and urban studies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Supervisor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr Prateek Bansal (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prateekbansal.org\/\">Webpage<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=H7mK4S8AAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Google Scholar<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Prof Leonard Lee (<a href=\"https:\/\/ipur.nus.edu.sg\/team\/leonard-lee\/\">Webpage<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com.sg\/citations?user=9DIHqhEAAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;inst=3212728378801010220\">Google Scholar<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Email ID: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:prateekb@nus.edu.sg\">prateekb@nus.edu.sg<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:leonard.lee@nus.edu.sg\">leonard.lee@nus.edu.sg<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Host institute: <\/strong>College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected Start date for PhD Position: <\/strong>August 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Eligibility Requirements<\/h5>\n\t\t\t<p>The candidate must<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>hold a bachelor&#8217;s\/master&#8217;s degree in City Planning, Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or any relevant Engineering discipline<\/li>\n<li>have a strong interest in developing new data-driven approaches from the social sciences for city planning<\/li>\n<li>have interest in developing new methods and inter-disciplinary research.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Application Details<\/h5>\n\t\t\t<p>Reach out to the supervisors for more information and to apply by 15 January 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Kindly note that the start date for PhD position applicable for this scholarship shall be no later than August 2026.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/graduate\/graduate-programmes-by-research\/application-period-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Click here to apply\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClick here to apply\n\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PhD Scholarships PhD Scholarship Opportunity at NUS Cities Exploring the Intersection of Social Science and City Planning NUS Cities, a university-wide, interdisciplinary initiative hosted within the College of Design and Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS), is pleased to announce a fully funded PhD scholarship opportunity for exceptional candidates interested in research at 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