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climate change PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 369 climate change PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Development of Shape-stabilised PCMs from Agricultural Waste for Clean Energy Applications

Agriculture contributes to the world's economic growth by accounting for 4 % of the global gross domestic product (The World Bank, 2023). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr CCP Costa Pereira, Dr D Sun
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Seismology for the Stone Age: Nodal Seismic Imaging of Archaeological Mounds

Ancient mounds are common features in the British landscape, however their function – whether as burial sites, ritual monuments or territorial markers – is only ascertained from invasive excavation. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Booth, Dr A Nowacki, Dr J Leary, Prof J Hammond
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[FSE PhD President's Doctoral Scholarship] Sensing Soil Health: Linking Biological Indicators and Human Perceptions

Healthy soils underpin food production, biodiversity, climate resilience and ecosystem restoration[1]. Yet the biological processes that maintain soil health occur largely out of sight, making them difficult to monitor, interpret and communicate. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Zytynska, Dr IT Thornhill
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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CENTA 2027-B07 Biodiversity Digital Twin: Leveraging Environmental DNA and Artificial Intelligence for Monitoring Biodiversity Loss

Biodiversity is declining at an alarming rate, affecting the delivery of ecosystem services on which we all rely for our well-being and the economy. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Zhou
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: Resilient crops for a sustainable future: Unravelling the interaction between fungal pathogens and mycorrhizal symbionts in barley

  Research Group: Institute of Ecology and Evolution
The global climate crisis is driving a step change in approaches to agriculture. Sustainable and regenerative crop management is an essential component of our drive to net zero Carbon. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof T Helgason, Dr BO Orosa
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Project 11 - Beyond the horizon: Regulating for a non-toxic future (Stuart Walker, University of Sheffield)

Are you passionate about solving complex environmental challenges? Interested in creating non-toxic environments that benefit society and nature alike?… Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Stuart Walker, Dr S Lofts, Prof JS Snape
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Reframing Urban Nature: How Can Stakeholder Collaboration Enable Public Acceptance of Biodiversity Transitions in Local Places

  Research Group: Collaboratory Research Hub
Urban nature-based solutions, such as reduced mowing, wildflower verges and edible plots like foraging walls, are increasingly seen as essential for creating climate-adaptive, nature-positive places. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Fona, Dr C Walpole
 29 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Multi-Radar Remote Sensing for Surface–Subsurface Characterisation of Antarctic Ice Sheets

Introduction. The Antarctic Ice Sheet is undergoing rapid change in response to climate warming, yet the physical mechanisms linking subsurface ice properties to observed variations in ice flow remain poorly understood. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Zou
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Assessing In-Orbit Servicing Adoption in Low Earth Orbit: AI-Assisted Decision Support for Space Sustainability

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) is now a commercially dominated and increasingly congested regime, and current assessments indicate that mitigation alone no longer stabilises its debris population. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Tan
 22 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Earth’s Great Oxidation: Redox and nutrient controls on the transition to a permanently oxygenated atmosphere

The rise of oxygen has been recognised as one of the most significant episodes in the history of our planet, and the initial rise set in motion a chain of events that ultimately resulted in the habitable conditions we now enjoy. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Poulton, Prof B J W Mills
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Hydrological connectivity as a control on carbon, nutrient and sediment transfer in deglaciating cold-region landscapes (Ref: CENTA2027-LU11)

Climate warming is rapidly reshaping Arctic and Alpine landscapes as glaciers retreat and permafrost thaws. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof D Ryves, Dr M Van Soest
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The impact of a household level food and nutrition intervention on household diet quality and diversity and nutritional intake and status

  Research Group: Biomedical Sciences
OPEN TO UK AND REPUBLIC OF IRELAND STUDENTS ONLY. Transformation of the global food system towards more sustainable and equitable outcomes is urgently needed, requiring an evidence-based food systems approach. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Ward, Dr C Hughes, Dr MC Clements, Dr K Pourshahidi
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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CENTA 2027-B24 Reconstructing Plio-Pleistocene Ice-Sheet Evolution in the North Sea Basin Using Paleomagnetism and Magnetic Fabric

IODP Expedition 507 (GLACE-NS) running in June-July 2027 will recover a unique Plio-Pleistocene sedimentary archive from the North Sea Basin (NSB), providing an unprecedented opportunity to investigate the onset, evolution, and variability of Northern Hemisphere glaciation and its links to environmental and oceanographic change. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C T Stevenson
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Probabilistic AI for Trustworthy Decision-Making from Heterogeneous Socio-Ecological Evidence

AI_CDT_DecisionMaking. How should AI support decisions based on incomplete, unreliable, partly unobservable or unfamiliar evidence?. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Sampaio, Dr AK Krishnan, Dr O Rivasplata
 4 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio - Outer Limits – how plants make their skin

Plants face challenging conditions on land from dehydration, pests, UV exposure and temperature extremes. To survive and thrive, land plants evolved a specialised surface, sealed by a waxy ‘cuticle’ and distinctive epidermal cells such as gas pores and defensive barbs. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S McKim, Dr C Campoli
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)