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climate change PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 369 climate change PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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In situ cryo-electron tomography to map plant structural responses to chemical inhibitors

Project Description. This project aims to uncover how plant cells respond to inhibitors, including herbicides, by combining plant biology, pharmacology and in situ structural biology. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Y Benitez-Alfonso, Dr TO Ochi, Prof A Paradkar
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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FIRE Safety Modular Timber in Modern Method Construction

  Research Group: Architecture, Built Environment and Planning
The construction industry is one of the largest global contributors to greenhouse gases, accounting for an estimated 39% of emissions. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Nadjai, Dr N Alam, Dr J Zhang
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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CENTA 2027-B29 Hot or not? Modelling river temperature dynamics to support restoration interventions along iconic chalk watercourses

Climate change is exacerbating high river water temperature extremes by increasing energy (heat) inputs and drought (low flow) severities (1), which has significant implications for nature and people (2,3). Read more
 Supervisor: Prof D M Hannah
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Macroevolution of seastars

Supervisory team. Your will be supervised by Dr Guadalupe Bribiesca Contreras (lead supervisor) and Dr Tammy Horton from the National Oceanography Centre, alongside Dr Jeff Thompson from the University of Southampton and Dr Hugh Carter. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G Bribiesca-Contreras, Dr . Thompson, Dr T Horton
 15 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Bath Engineering & Design Studentships: Enabling organisations to identify hotspots of embodied supply chain risk by leveraging carbon accounting

This project is one of a number in competition for a studentship from the Faculty of Engineering and Design at the University of Bath. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr s Cooper
 29 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO: It’s getting hot in here: uncovering the molecular mechanisms underlying changes in social behaviour at increased temperatures

Background. Global climate change is arguably the greatest threat to biodiversity in the 21st century. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Pilakouta, Prof M Ritchie
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding photosynthetic thermotolerance: from temperature sensing to heat resilience

Photosynthesis underpins almost all ecosystems on Earth. It represents the largest flux of CO₂ between the atmosphere and biosphere, providing a major carbon sink that helps mitigate anthropogenic CO₂ emissions while also being central to crop productivity and food security. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Dickinson, Prof K Franklin
 20 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Understanding photosynthetic thermotolerance: from temperature sensing to heat resilience

Photosynthesis underpins almost all ecosystems on Earth. It represents the largest flux of CO₂ between the atmosphere and biosphere, providing a major carbon sink that helps mitigate anthropogenic CO₂ emissions while also being central to crop productivity and food security. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Dickinson, Prof K Franklin
 20 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Birmingham Business School - Postgraduate Research Opportunities

At Birmingham Business School, our academic staff are global experts in their field, whose work pushes forward the frontiers of their subject. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Business Research Programme
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Resilient Interdependent Multilayer Critical Infrastructure Networks (2026)

How can we prevent cascading failures that leave millions without power, water, or communication?. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr SSK Skarvelis-Kazakos
 1 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Integrated Platform for Geostatistical and Physics-based Modelling and AI Machine Learning for Environmental Contamination Assessment

Environmental contamination is a broad topical issue in the concern of sustainable development and climate change. Economic development of human society has resulted in global large destruction and contamination on soil, water, air, and general natural resources. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Wang
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Anticipating the impacts of extreme weather on biodiversity

Project Overview. To date, efforts to address the impacts of climate change on biodiversity have focused on gradual shifts in species’ abundance and distribution. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr V Boult
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Towards sustainable desalination by minimizing greenhouse gas emissions

  Research Group: Advanced Materials Engineering
Climate change and population growth pose a threat to water security worldwide. Sea water desalination is traditionally a promising technology to provide fresh water. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Rahmanian, Prof I Mujtaba
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Exploring Weather Events Affecting The Health and Emergency intensive care admissions of children using Routine data: the WEATHER study

Background. Climate change and air pollution pose a significant global challenge, disproportionately affecting the health and lives of children.1 Despite lifelong exposure, little is known about how weather impacts children, even though air pollution, which is closely linked with weather, harms every organ in the body. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S.E. Seaton, Prof J Manning, Dr TL Lucas
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Engineering plant cell walls and cell-to-cell communication

We are facing global concerns on food security, climate change and sustainability that require innovations to improve crop environmental resilience. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Benitez-Alfonso
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only