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PhD Studentship: Beyond Pilots: De-Risking the Scale-Up of Artificial Intelligence…

Deadline: 8 Dec 2026 · 26 days left

Institution: University of Exeter
Country: United Kingdom
Field: Social sciences, economics and law
Type: PhD position
Pay: £21,805 The studentship will provide funding of fees and a stipend of £21,805 per annum for 2026/7.
Deadline: 8 Dec 2026 · 26 days left

About this position

Most organisations can demonstrate that AI works in a pilot; far fewer can sustain its value when it is embedded in complex, high-throughput operations. In supply chains, this matters not only commercially but environmentally. When AI-enabled forecasting, inventory and decision-support systems lose reliability or user trust, organisations may revert to inefficient practices, contributing to over-ordering, excess inventory, product waste and unnecessary resource use. This project investigates why AI scaling fails in operational settings and how this failure can be anticipated and mitigated. Its

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Applications close on 8 Dec 2026 (26 days from today). Apply on the official page; PhD Atlas does not collect applications.

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Official call: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTK939/phd-studentship-beyond-pilots-de-risking-the-scale-up-of-artificial-intelligence-in-digitally-enabled-circular-supply-chains

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