Understanding preferences for increasing uptake of successful technologies in social care

A full-time PhD scholarship in the School of Healthcare at the University of Leeds focusing on digital technologies in social care, specifically as part of the SENSITISE project. The research explores stakeholder preferences for technology attributes in social care to inform technology design, procurement, commissioning, and policy. The programme uses mixed-methods studies including qualitative research and stated-preference methods such as discrete choice experiments. The successful applicant will conduct research relevant to adult social care practice in England, examining what different stakeholders value in technologies - including people who use, deliver, commission, and design care. The PhD studentship will contribute directly to the SENSITISE programme's empirical and methodological development and generate a cumulative, open-access evidence base on stakeholder preferences for technology attributes in social care.