The University of Brighton hosts a diverse, multidisciplinary community of researchers across architecture and urban studies, research into the built environment, town planning, spatial design and architectural history and theory including cultural interactions with designed space.From investigating the energy efficiency and performance of buildings, to examining the interrelationships between people, natural resources and the built environment, sustainable urban living to architectural humanities, our staff and PhD students are at the leading edge of empirical and theoretical research into architecture, building design and construction and the shaping and interaction with space. Research supervisors for your PhD research programmeYou will benefit from research supervision comprising two or maximum three members of academic staff. Depending on your research specialism one of those supervisors may be from another school, another research institution, or an external partner.You will identify your potential supervisor from the early stages of application and they will usually then support you throughout your programme of study, helping you carry out your research interests, guiding your learning of rigorous research methods and preparing you for the next stage of your career.Our wide-reaching specialisms include:Architectural designHousing, community, people and planningProject managementSustainability of the built environmentSustainable architecture and constructionDesigning sustainable urban livingAdaptive re-useInterior architecture and urban planningArchitectural humanities, theory, and ethicsDesign methods, processes and ethicsArchitectural psychology and wellbeingEducation in architecture and the built environmentPractice-based architectureUrban agricultureLandscape and urbanismAdvanced technologies in the built environment, architecture and constructionConstruction managementEnergy efficiency and building performanceEnvironmental impact of buildings and constructionAI, Digital Twinning, Internet of Things (IoT), BIM, and eXtended Reality (XR)Circular economy in architecture, the built environment and constructionOff-site manufacturing and modern methods of construction (MMC)