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climate change PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 369 climate change PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Project 17 - Reducing chemical pollution through future farming systems: Understanding consumers' responses to underutilized crops and implications for the environment. (Eleanor Jew, University of York)

Are you passionate about solving complex environmental challenges? Interested in creating non-toxic environments that benefit society and nature alike?… Read more
 Supervisors: Dr E Jew, Prof T Webb, Dr Martha Villamizar Velez
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Exploring Low-Iridium-Loading Ink Formulations for PEM Water Electrolyser Manufacturing (S3.5-CMB-Johnstone-Hack)

A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Hack, Prof R Smith
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Power-pool design in high-stakes transboundary water–energy-food systems

To reduce emissions, lower costs, and improve services, countries are interlinking their power networks with neighbouring countries into ‘power-pools’, and eventually into energy markets (like in Europe, USA). Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J Harou, Dr EMC Martínez Ceseña, Dr RC Chan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] What makes an invasive? Plant-soil-feedback in Rhododendron ponticum spread across the UK

Invasive species are a leading cause of ecological damage globally and are one of the five direct drivers of biodiversity loss, contributing to ~60% of documented plant and animal extinctions. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Cox, Dr J Lynn, Dr B Van Dongen
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Engineering more water-use efficient crops: functional genomics of carbon dioxide fixation during Crassulacean acid metabolism

Study for a PhD that will contribute to the development of novel approaches for engineering more climate-resilient crops that can help with the global food security crisis. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Hartwell, Dr P Walley
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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The investigation of coastal cliff instability due to extreme weather conditions

Supervisory team. Dr Tiago Gaspar, Prof. Jamie Standing, Prof. Lidija Zdravković (Imperial College London). Project description. With increasingly evident impacts of climate change, there is a growing focus on safeguarding the resilience of geo-infrastructure under extreme weather conditions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Gaspar
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Controls on primary productivity in tropical dry forests

What nutrients limit primary production in tropical dry forest (TDF)? Without answering this question, we cannot predict how 40% of the world’s tropical forest will respond to elevated CO. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Waring
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Investigating Supply Chain Resilience to Support the Transition from Fragility to Flexibility

All our projects, as well as the PhD itself at Nyenrode, are self-funded. Globalization has encouraged firms to offshore production, resulting in extensive supply networks that deliver notable economic advantages. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof T Ahmadi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD in Archaeology at Aberdeen

Considering a PhD in Archaeology? The Department of Archaeology at the University of Aberdeen is ranked No. 1 for Archaeology in The Times’ UK University Rankings 2026 and offers an exceptional, research-led environment to undertake your doctorate. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  PhD Research Programme
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Life’s a Beach - Tropical Beach Microbiomes in a Changing World

Tropical beaches are among the world’s most heavily used and impacted coastal environments and underpin a major tourism industry across Southeast Asia. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Pointing
 15 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Synergies between thermal and optical properties of the Urban Green Infrastructure - urban surfaces system

The combined effects of urbanization and global warming intensify urban overheating and increase both the frequency and severity of climate change–driven extreme heat events with detrimental consequences to public health and infrastructure. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C.H. Halios
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“Atomic layer deposition of transparent conducting electrodes for silicon-based tandem photovoltaics”

The capacity of photovoltaic (PV) installations now exceeds 1.5 TW peak worldwide due to the success of silicon-based solar cell technologies which account for >95% of production. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Pain, Prof JD Murphy
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Plant-insect interactions in a changing world

Project Overview: . Insects associated with plants comprise one of the most diverse groups of species on earth. Their impact on the ecology and evolution of their host plants is widely recognised, as is their contribution to multiple important ecosystem services. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Gripenberg
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Heat mitigation and management for females

Global warming is causing a sustained increase in temperatures each decade, and an increase in the frequency and intensity of heat waves, which collectively is harming human health. . Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Mee, Dr BD Duncan
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Woodland management, invertebrates and the rewilding-management debate

Proposed supervisory team. Dr Alvin Helden. Dr Steve Allain. Summary of the research project. In this project you will work collaboratively with the Wilderness Foundation to assess the invertebrate biodiversity of Mann Wood, an ancient semi-natural woodland with a history of coppicing with standards management. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Helden
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only