We are a vibrant and supportive community of academic staff, researchers and doctoral students who have a shared interest in applying psychological theories, research and methods to understand and optimally support the development, learning and wellbeing of children and young people. Scottish Graduate School of Social Science Studentship Opportunity From Message to Movement: Scaling Behaviour Change with the Physical Activity Messaging Framework and The Daily MileA unique and exciting opportunity for a PhD studentship is available at the University of Edinburgh. This project will aim to understand, develop and evaluate key messages to increase the fidelity and effectiveness of The Daily Mile™ (TDM), driving sustainable and scalable behaviour change that could impact children across the globe. Supervisory Team:First Supervisor: Dr Josie Booth, josie.booth@ed.ac.ukSecond Supervisor: Dr Chloë Williamson, chloe.williamson@ed.ac.uk Third Supervisor: Dr Colin Moran, colin.moran@stir.ac.uk More information and apply on the SGSS website Follow us Find us on X @DPIE_UoE Journal Club Our journal club is held on the last Monday of every month (1pm – 2pm) in Levels Cafe, Holyrood Road. If you are a member of academic staff or a research student associated with the DPiE group, please join us. Each month we discuss and reflect on recent research and discuss shared research interests. If you’d like to join us, please contact Dr Josie Booth.Email Josie Booth Teaching and supervision Information about our undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes, as well as postgraduate research (PhD) studies with us. Members and networks Details of our academic staff and the external organisations we work with can be found here. Research, policy and practice Learn more about our latest research projects, and engagement and impact activities with policy and practice. This article was published on 2024-10-07
