Phd Studentship: Hybrid Microsimulation and Agent-Based Modelling of Healthy Ageing in Place in England

England’s population is ageing rapidly and those who need support most often live in communities already stretched by pressures on housing, transport, and care services. This fully funded PhD is your opportunity to tackle one of the defining challenges of our time: how do we help more people to age well in the places they call home?

Working with supervisors in ageing and health data science research, you will build a new hybrid simulation framework that combines individual-level microsimulation with agent-based modelling (ABM). Drawing on national datasets you will model how older people, families, local services, and neighbourhoods interact and evolve over time. You will work with the team to produce scenario analyses to inform policy.

This is an interdisciplinary project that sits at the intersection of ageing, health, and social simulation research. You will be embedded in the School of Health Sciences with support from three pan-university research centres, and will have dedicated funding for training, conference presentations, and stakeholder engagement.

Please contact richard.green@surrey.ac.uk for an informal discussion before applying.