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All Queen’s Postgraduate Research students are required to upload an electronic copy of their final thesis to  Pure . This is a requirement to successfully graduate 

• Please note that as a Postgraduate Research student your Pure profile exists only for a set period
• Often, access to Pure may expire before you graduate
• It is imperative therefore that you upload the copy of your thesis to  Pure  as soon as possible and before your Pure account expires
• If you no longer have access to Pure and have yet to upload, you can email at the address below and your e-thesis will be uploaded on your behalf
• Further details about the dates of your Pure access will be found in your  Pure  record
• Once an electronic copy of the final thesis has been uploaded to  Pure , it will become Open Access i.e. visible on  Queen's Research Portal . The full text of the thesis will only be available if you have not applied any embargoes
• If you have any questions, please contact the electronic thesis email:

            E:  [email protected]  

            T: 02890 976163

There are a number of major advantages to uploading your thesis into Pure: 

Increased visibility for your thesis 

Increased visibility for you as a researcher 

Increased use of your research. It is opened up to the entire world.

Theses are searchable via Queen's Research Portal, EThOS and online search engines such as Google

Greater citation for your work

Potential for increased recognition of your work 

Potential for greater collaboration opportunities and possible spin-off projects 

Digital preservation of your work electronically

Lowering the cost of submitting and handling, saving space, time, money and paper

It may be fulfil the requirement of your funder e.g. UKRI funded students 

It helps make your research FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable)

For Postgraduate Research students who are funded by the UK Research Councils, there are particular terms and conditions regarding their funding:

The thesis should be deposited as soon as possible and available no later than 12 months following award of the doctorate. This means applying for an embargo for a period  not exceeding 12 months  following the award.

The research ought also to acknowledge receipt of Research Council funding.

Note that UKRI funding is covered by the following councils: AHRC, BBSRC, EPSRC, MRC, NERC & STFC.

Please see  Research Council Training Grant Guide  (nos. 91-92) for further information.

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International Theses: Search Tools

Proquest dissertations and theses.

A comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world from 1861-present. Full text  since 1997. Abstracts  since 1980 for doctoral dissertations and 1988 for masters' theses. Citations  since 1861.

Citations are indexed in Web of Science in the  ProQuest ™ Dissertations & Theses Citation Index  collection. 

Center for Research Libraries

CRL holds more than 800,000 doctoral dissertations outside of the U.S. and Canada. Search dissertations in the dissertations section of the CRL catalogue. Digitized dissertations can be searched in the catalogue's e-resources section.

Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations

A collection of more than 800,000 international full text theses and dissertations.

Google Scholar

Try searching Google Scholar for theses posted on institutional digital repositories or on personal web pages.

ScienceDirect

A web search engine devoted to Science and Technology.

Search for dissertations, theses and published material based on theses catalogued in WorldCat by OCLC member libraries worldwide. In Advanced Search, you can search by author, title, subject, year, and keyword. Under Subtype Limits, select Theses/Dissertation from the Any Content menu

International Theses: By Country

Österreichische Dissertationsdatenbank

The Austrian dissertation database contains the bibliographical data of dissertations approved in Austria from 1990 on, and in most cases the relevant abstracts. (This website is hosted by the National Library of Austria).

National Library of Australia’s Trove Service

Search for full text digital theses from Australian universities.  On the Advanced search screen under Format, select Thesis.

DART-Europe :  Access to full text theses and dissertations from many countries in Europe.

Europeana : Additional electronic dissertations from other European libraries.

Système universitaire de documentation  (Sudoc): Provides access to records and some electronic theses and dissertations published at French research institutions.

Fichier central des thèses

DissOnline provides information on the subject of electronic university publications. It can be used to find out directly all about online dissertations and post-doctoral theses. Sample documents can be downloaded to provide help in the creation of electronic university publications. For more information about the portal, please go to  German National Library  website  (DNB) .

México

TESIUNAM: Tesis del Sistema Bibliotecario de la Unam

(Theses from the National University of Mexico / Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México). To search for electronic theses, click on “tesis electrónicas (REDUNAM).”

Middle East

The Center for Research Libraries and the British Library have made available online 400 UK doctoral theses focusing on the Middle East, Islamic studies, and related subjects.  More information .

The Netherlands

Some Dutch e-theses are available through NARCIS.

South America 

• Some electronic theses from Bolivia, Brasil, Chile and Peru can be found at  Cybertesis.NET , a portal created by the University of Chile (Information Services & Library System) that provides an easily accessible tool to full text electronic theses published in different universities of the world.

For more university/national library catalogues, search for the word University/Universidad and the country (Argentina, Peru, etc.) in Google. Find the link to the library ( biblioteca ) and search the catalogue for theses ( tesis ). You may need to click on the advanced search function ( búsqueda guíada  or  búsqueda avanzada ) and select tesis as a format or type. ​

There are several portals/catalogues in Spain for theses and dissertations. Here are some examples listed on Spain’s  National Library  website:

Spain’s Ministry of Education thesis database (TESEO)

Biblioteca Virtual del Español (on the Biblioteca Virtual, Miguel de Cervantes website)

Universidad Complutense de Madrid’s catalogue

TDX (Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa)

This is a cooperative repository of digital theses from the University of Cataluña and other autonomous communities (such as Murcia, Cantabria, Barcelona, and Oviedo)

Switzerland

For print and electronic dissertations, please consult the  Swiss National Library  website.

• NDLTD: National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan is an open full-text permanent archive of scholarly research in Taiwan.

EThOS : Access to doctoral dissertations (paper and electronic) from UK institutions of higher education.

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PSYC501 Honours Thesis

Please review all information and steps below to ensure that your application goes smoothly.

Application Dates and Deadlines 2024

Application window: Monday, February 26 to Monday, March 4, 2024, 4:00pm

Interview phase: Thursday, March 7 to Thursday, March 28, 2024

Rankings due: Monday, April 1 to Friday, April 5, 2024, 4:00pm

Minimum Criteria

The completion of PSYC 302/3.0 by April 2024 with a minimum grade of C+ (unless on approved Exchange in Winter 2024 term);

A minimum GPA of 2.60 between PSYC 202/3.0, PSYC 203/3.0, PSYC 301/3.0, and PSYC 302/3.0;

A minimum PSYC GPA (not including Supporting Science or PSYC_Subs credits) of 3.30 (equivalent to a B+), following submission of winter term grades.

NOTE: Students must have a minimum PSYC GPA of 3.00 ("B" average) at the time of application. Students with a GPA below this threshold who apply will be advised of their ineligibility.

Please make use of the ASC " GPA Calculator " to see if it is likely that you will meet the GPA requirements by the end of the winter term.

Please note that all students who meet the minimum criteria may apply for PSYC 501/9.0. However, not all students who meet the minimum criteria will be accepted into the thesis option.  Because PSYC 501/9.0 is an intensive course of study, involving a significant amount of commitment from both the student and their Faculty supervisor, we can only accept a limited number of students. Acceptance is based primarily on (1) academic performance in Psychology courses, and (2) match in research interests with a potential supervisor.

Application Steps

Download and review the PSYC_501 Student Application Form (MS Word doc) so you know what is needed to complete the form.

Identify Faculty members with whom you would like to work. Please see the PSYC501 Supervisor List 2024-25 below for a list of Faculty accepting students for PSYC501 next year. Only Faculty members listed here can serve as a Thesis supervisor. Look at their websites. Download and skim their papers to find out more about their research area. We ask you to identify at least 6-8 potential supervisors whose research you are interested in. That might seem like a lot, but see point 5.

Between Monday, February 26 and Monday March 4, 2024, 4:00pm (EDT) , complete the 2024/25 PSYC501 (Thesis) - Application and Supervisor Selection form . You are asked to upload your completed PSYC_501 Student Application Form (see Step 1) and select the supervisors you wish to apply for on this form. NOTE: Do NOT send your application to individual Faculty – We will do that for you. You are, however, encouraged to send an email of interest to Faculty you are applying to, between February 26-March 4. This should be a short personal statement of intent for your research interest in a particular lab. Do not send emails of interest prior to the start of the application window (ie before February 26). Students should not contact potential supervisors to discuss PSYC501 projects prior to the start of the application period. The time to discuss potential projects is during the interview phase.

Over the next weeks, Faculty members to whom you applied may contact you for an interview.

By  Monday, April 1, 2024 , you should have a list of potential supervisors, and be comfortable listing them in order of preference with the one you would most like to work with numbered 1. To increase your chances of matching, we encourage you to rank several (4-6) potential supervisors. Do NOT rank faculty whom you do not want to work with.  Also, do NOT rank faculty you have not interviewed with unless they explicitly told you that they do not schedule interviews.

Complete the  PSYC 501 Supervisor Ranking Form after you have met with potential supervisors; between April 1 - 5, 2024, 4:00pm (EDT) .

Once final grades for Winter term are in and academic eligibility is confirmed, matches between students and supervisors will be generated. This will happen late May/early June . Your preference ranking (i.e. the order in which you ranked potential supervisors on the supervisor ranking form) and the faculty’s preference ranking are the primary considerations in assigning students to supervisors. We will do the best we can to match you with a thesis supervisor as far up your list as possible. Some research areas are much more popular than others, however, and faculty typically only supervise 2 thesis students per year. It is in your interest to check out potential supervisors from a few different areas and rank multiple potential supervisors. We will never assign you to someone that you haven’t listed on your application. If a match isn’t possible given the list you’ve submitted, you will be invited to participate in a second round of matching students and supervisors, pending spots available for the Thesis after round 1.

Late May/early June , you will be informed via email who your thesis supervisor will be. If you did not get matched but meet the academic criteria you will be invited for the second round of matching, pending spots available for the Thesis after round 1.

In the event that you are not matched with a faculty supervisor in the second round, you will not be able to enroll in PSYC501. Please consult with the Undergraduate Office for alternative options for gaining research experience in the Department (e.g., PSYC570/575).

If you have any questions, please contact either the Undergraduate Office at  [email protected]  or a PSYC 501 Coordinator.

PSYC 501 Supervisor List 2024-2025

Contact our Undergraduate office for more information

Faculty Project Profiles

Here are some of the exciting research areas for Honours Thesis Projects. If something catches your interest, the next step is to contact individual faculty members to see what projects are available this year, then fill in the BIOL537 Application Form 2024-25 .  The application deadline is March 18, 2024.

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Adaptation to rural transformation: a place-based investigation into post-earthquake permanent housing projects in eastern turkey.

Supervisor: Kacmaz Erk, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis : Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

A decision support system for affordable and sustainable housing design and delivery in least developed countries (LDCs)

Supervisor: Taylor, S. (Supervisor) & Spillane, J. (Supervisor)

A geotechnical study of cohesive tills in the Belfast area

Supervisor: Bell, A. L. (External person) (Supervisor)

All that is solid melts into air: exploring alternative approaches to wind rights drawing on lessons from the Republic of Ireland and the Netherlands

Supervisor: Barry, J. (Supervisor) & Ellis, G. (Supervisor)

American apocalyptic conspiracism as a way of knowing about global geopolitical crises: climate change and Covid-19

Supervisor: Sturm, T. (Supervisor) & Livingstone, D. (Supervisor)

An analysis of power relations in flood disaster resilience in Rivers State, Nigeria

Supervisor: Flannery, W. (Supervisor)

An Analytical Field and Model Study of M-beam Bridge Decks

Supervisor: A.E., L. (External person) (Supervisor)

An elastic-viscoplastic constitutive model for soil

Supervisor: Hughes, D. (Supervisor) & Sharma, J. (External person) (Supervisor)

An environmental history of the Navan area of Co. Armagh

Supervisor: Mallory, J. (Supervisor)

Animal exploitation in medieval Ireland

Supervisor: McCormick, F. (Supervisor)

An investigation into emerging social relations among rural young people : the relationship between social networking and individual, family and community social capital

Supervisor: McAreavey, R. (Supervisor) & Stockdale, A. (Supervisor)

An investigation into the relationship between technical design, fabrication process and material development for the production of thin, lightweight, high-performance concrete cladding components for the construction of beautiful, durable and resilient building envelopes.

Supervisor: McGarry, M. (Supervisor) & Nanukuttan, S. (Supervisor)

Applying a person-environment fit to examine the role of urban nature on physical activity in older adults: a case study in Belfast, Northern Ireland

Supervisor: Ellis, G. (Supervisor), Silva, C. (Supervisor) & Adlakha, D. (Supervisor)

Archaeology of early Christianity in the North of Ireland

Supervisor: Jope, E. M. (Supervisor)

Archaeo-politics in the making of a Palestinian National Spatial Plan

Supervisor: Horning, A. (Supervisor) & Bourne, M. (Supervisor)

Arching action and the ultimate capacity of reinforced concrete beams

Supervisor: Long, A. (Supervisor)

Architecture, planning and the colonial city: using biographical methodologies to explore the life and works of Sir Charles Lanyon (1813-1889)

Supervisor: Kumar, M. (Supervisor) & Boland, P. (Supervisor)

Architecture in Ulster, 1972-1997.

Supervisor: Larmour, P. (Supervisor)

A reinterpretation of the archaeology of the Nine Years' War in Ulster from a cultural perspective

Supervisor: Horning, A. (Supervisor)

Associations between physical activity of older adults and built environment features in and around parks: A Belfast case study

Supervisor: Ellis, G. (Supervisor) & Hunter, R. (Supervisor)

A study of air entrainment using plunging water jets

Supervisor: Elsawy, E. M. (External person) (Supervisor)

Badgers as a proxy for environmental exposure to potentially toxic elements and ecosystem level interactions in soils

Supervisor: Doherty, R. (Supervisor), Scantlebury, D. (Supervisor) & Marks, N. (Supervisor)

Bayesian improvements to 210Pb age-depth models

Supervisor: Blaauw, M. (Supervisor) & Christen, J. A. (External person) (Supervisor)

Behaviour and analysis of a flexible concrete arch

Supervisor: Robinson, D. (Supervisor) & Taylor, S. (Supervisor)

Behaviour of multi-storey cross-laminated timber buildings under lateral loading

Supervisor: McPolin, D. (Supervisor) & McGetrick, P. (Supervisor)