Recent PhD research
| Name | Awarding University | Thesis Title | Date |
| Bishop, R. | Durham University | Mesolithic-Neolithic plant use in Scotland | 2013 |
| Best, J. | Cardiff University | Living in liminality: an osteoarchaeological investigation into the use of avian resources in North Atlantic Island environments. | 2013 |
| Copper, M. | University of Bradford | The same but better: understanding ceramic variation in the Hebridean Neolithic | 2015 |
| Grant, K. | University of Glasgow | ‘Mo Rùn am Fearann’ – ‘My Love is the Land’: Gaelic landscapes of the 18th and 19th centuries | 2016 |
| Piper, S. | Durham University | Lithic and Raw Material Variability in the Mesolithic of the Western Isles: Contextualising The Hybrid Industries of the Western Seaboard | 2016 |
| Thacker, M | University of Edinburgh | Constructing lordship in North Atlantic Europe: the archaeology of masonry mortars in the medieval and later buildings of the Scottish North Atlantic | 2017 |
| Law, M. | Cardiff University | Archaeology In The Western Isles: The Molluscan Evidence | 2017 |
| Blankshein, S. | University of Southampton | Transient trajectories: Modelling movement and connectivity in the Neolithic of the Outer Hebrides. | 2019 |
| Geddes, G. | University of Edinburgh | Landscape archaeology of St Kilda | 2019 |
| Evans, M. | University of Durham | Exploitation and Localised Environmental Change in the Mesolithic of Atlantic Europe. | 2021 |
| Barrowman, R. | University of Glasgow | Loyalty, ‘localness’ and local identity in the archaeological record, with reference to work in the Isle of Lewis | 2022 |
| Maclean, M. | University of Glasgow | The Heart of Beyond: Prehistoric Mobility in the Hebrides. | In progress |
| Manavian, S. | University of Glasgow | A Comparative Analysis of Viking Age Settlement in the Northern and Western Isles of Scotland. | In progress |
| Bockute, A. | University of Glasgow | Arran and the Anthropocene: the value of a deep time perspective on landscape for new environmental futures | In progress |
| Graham, E. | University of Aberdeen | Mitigating the impacts of environmental change on cultural heritage using drone-based survey techniques | In progress |
| Ferrier, M. | University of the Highlands and Islands | Home, Hearth And Heritage – Exploring inter-disciplinary approaches for engaging with fragile, living heritage | In progress |
| McCoy, H. | University of Glasgow | Thàine ‘s gun tàine feamainn (Come and come is seaweed): The Archaeology, history and heritage of Scotland’s Seaweed Industry, 1621-1932 | In progress |
| Taylor, C. | University of the Highlands and Islands | Neolithic Narratives: examining storytelling methodologies, tools, and technologies for enriching visitor engagement with prehistory. | In progress |
| Page, K. | University of the Highlands and Islands | The Deer Turn: reimagining nature and culture duality through human-red deer relations in Scotland’s archaeological past | In progress |