Postgraduate studies
The Centre for Living Sustainability (CLS) supports a lively student environment for postgraduate studies in the social sciences and humanities. The postgraduate student experience at UHI has been consistently rated as the best in Scotland.
At CLS, we have many community partnerships in the Highlands and Islands and internationally. What’s unique about studying with us is the bespoke opportunities we create for applied research on real-world social problems. Students benefit from many networking opportunities, across disciplines and with community organisations.
Postgraduate programmes
MRes Community Engagement
Develop expertise in socially engaged research.
MRes Psychology
For full information, simply click on the link above and scroll down to the section headed Psychology.
PhD Sustainability Studies
Studentship opportunities available through UHI Inverness, SGSSS and SGSAH
Student experiences
Laura Graham, MSc student at UHI Inverness, completed a funded research placement with CLS, working hands-on at a care home to improve residents’ place attachment through Virtual Reality and other digital tech.
“I’m so grateful for the student research placement. The opportunity for personal growth and upskilling my research techniques under the supervision of accomplished personnel made the whole experience unparallel to what I could have hoped for. The best part: I’m taking away some great memories of working with some wonderful people.”
Postgraduate research projects
After attention: The act of reading as community building and environmental activism
PhD Sustainability
Snow roads, snowlessness and snowstalgia – investigating the impact of climate change on communities connected to Scotland’s skiing industry
MRes Foresty
Ecotourism and freshwater biodiversity conservation in Scottish lochs
PhD Sustainability (completed 2023)
The governance of rewilding in Scotland: Discourse, process and practice
PhD Sustainability (completed 2023)
A changing landscape of practices in the context of sustainable forest management
PhD Sustainability (completed 2022)