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  Web archives and cities: mining the web to learn our cities
University of Birmingham Alan Turing Institute Doctoral Scholarship
  Dr E Tranos, Prof J Grieve
Application Deadline: 22 January 2019
This project will explore how the dynamics of cities are reflected in and, therefore, can be sensed by mining online content. Not only cities change, but they also change faster than the secondary data update pace.
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  How will the urban heat island in growing cities behave under climate change? (GOODESSUENV19ARIES)
University of East Anglia School of Environmental Sciences
  Dr C Goodess, Prof C Le Quere
Application Deadline: 8 January 2019
Scientific background. It is well known that most cities are warmer than their surrounding environment. This Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect is caused by changes in the way heat is exchanged in the built environment.
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  A taxonomy of cities - using urban typologies to understand the infrastructural dynamics of the UK heat supply
University of Reading School of the Built Environment
  Dr E Mohareb, Dr P Coker, Dr D Perrotti
Applications accepted all year round
The School of the Built Environment is currently increasing its research capacity associated with urban scale sustainability.
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  Fully Funded International Doctoral Programme with Kobe University (Japan) - Making Resilient Cities: Learning from the experience in Japan
University of Sheffield Management School
  Dr N Komori
Application Deadline: 14 December 2018
Sheffield University Management School is seeking applications for its fully funded International Doctoral Programme with Kobe University (Japan) from exceptional UK/EU/International students with an outstanding academic record (distinction/high merit or equivalent), as well as a proven record in research training.
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  Intelligent product-service systems in smart cities: Advancing co-design and systems engineering practices
Loughborough University Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
  Dr M King
Application Deadline: 28 January 2019
Reference number. WS12. Start date of studentship. 1st October 2019. Closing date of advert. 28th January 2019. Interview date. TBC.
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  Fractured cities, arts and everyday life in a post-conflict context
University of Birmingham School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
  Dr I Kutznetsova
Application Deadline: 30 December 2018
Applicants are invited to work on revealing the role of visual and/or performing arts in cities and after violent conflict through the prism of the resistance and tactics of subjugated groups and the strategies of those with power.
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  Creating Sustainable Cities: From Radical Green Infrastructure to Urban Agriculture
University of Salford School of Environment & Life Sciences
  Dr M Hardman
Applications accepted all year round
With the global population reaching 9.6 billion by 2050 and cities set to expand, there is an urgent need to explore ways of making urban areas more sustainable.
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  Detecting and interpreting dynamic changes in urban green spaces by applying big data analytics to Earth observations
University of Leicester Department of Physics and Astronomy
  Dr E Marais, Dr F Espirito-Santo
Application Deadline: 21 January 2019
More than half of the world's population lives in cities and this is expected to increase to 60% by 2030. Urbanization poses a risk to urban nature and a challenge for urban planners to provide city inhabitants with viable green spaces.
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  Green cities: how our decisions affect landscape biodiversity
Anglia Ruskin University Department of Biology
  Dr A Helden, Dr T Ings
Applications accepted all year round
Research Group. Animal and Environment Research Group (AERG). https://www.anglia.ac.uk/science-and-technology/research/our-research-institutes-and-groups/animal-and-environment-research-group.
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  Memory, oral history and environmental change in African cities
University of Birmingham School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
  Dr R Day, Dr F Pope
Application Deadline: 14 December 2018
Major African cities such as Kampala and Nairobi have undergone rapid growth and environmental transformation in recent decades.
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