Selecting the right PhD topic is the foundation of your dissertation journey.
Start by listing your academic interests and mapping them to current research gaps in recent journal articles. A topic is strong when it is specific enough to be researched deeply, relevant to your discipline, and feasible within your timeline and resources.
Before finalizing, validate your idea using three checks:
1) Problem clarity: Can you define the exact problem in one paragraph?
2) Data feasibility: Do you know what data you need and how to access it?
3) Contribution value: Does your study add something useful to current literature?
A focused topic reduces confusion during methodology selection, data collection, and writing.
