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We have 115 environmental history PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
environmental history PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
We have 115 environmental history PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
History - Postgraduate Research Opportunities
History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning). Delve into British, European and world history from c.500 to the present day. Read more
Re-storying the Sussex Weald Garden: Exotics, Empire and Ecobiography. AHRC/CHASE Collaborative Doctoral Award PhD studentship in collaboration with University of Sussex and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Applications are invited for a funded collaborative PhD between the University of Sussex and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew), investigating the plants and people of three estates in the Sussex High Weald. Read more
The Environmental Impact of Changes to Religious Practices in Roman Britain
The Leverhulme PhD Programme for Interdisciplinary Resilience Studies is administered by the Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences. Read more
An Energy History of Hygiene and Cleanliness in Modern Britain (RDF25/ADSS/HIST/WRIGHT)
This fully funded PhD is affiliated with the Wellcome Trust funded project “Carbon Bodies. Warmth and Fuelling Health in Britain, 1918 to 2022” led by Dr Rebecca Wright [https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/people-and-projects/grants-awarded/carbon-bodies-warmth-and-fuelling-health-britain]. Read more
Exploring vernacular environmental narratives in the Irish Folklore Collection
Drawing on the National Folklore Collection (NFC) in Dublin you will investigate the ways Irish rural communities understood ecological pasts and futures and how these were shaped, in particular, by the catastrophe of the Irish famine (1845-52). Read more
Pro-Environmental Behaviour and Life History Theory
In order to tackle the impacts of climate change, it is important that all individuals behave and act in pro-environmental and sustainable ways in all aspects of their lives. Read more
PhD Opportunities in English, History and Performance
We warmly invite applications for full-time or part-time self-funded PhD study. About the PhD programme. The Humanities Research Centre (HRC) at Sheffield Hallam University was founded in 1996. Read more
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CR2025_08: AI in the Museum – quantifying over a century of change in the geographical ranges of the birds of Madagascar
*Please note that this PhD will be hosted at the Natural History Museum, London*. We are witnessing unprecedented loss of biodiversity due to human activities. Read more
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CR2025_08: AI in the Museum – quantifying over a century of change in the geographical ranges of the birds of Madagascar
*Please note that this PhD will be hosted at the Natural History Museum, London*. We are witnessing unprecedented loss of biodiversity due to human activities. Read more
Detection of speciation, adaptation and connectivity in Porbeagle Shark (Lamna nasus) populations: A role for mitogenomics in conservation of large marine predators
Funding. This PhD project is part of a competition funded by SRUC. This opportunity is open to UK and International students and provides funding to cover tuition fees at the UK rate plus a stipend to support living costs. Read more
PhD in Geographical and Earth Sciences - Meteorite impact mass extinctions: Alkali feldspars as a record of impact energy, and an agent of environmental change
Start Date. 01 October 2025. Background and aims. The impact of a ~12 km diameter asteroid sixty-six million years ago caused one of the most devastating mass extinctions in Earth history. Read more
PhD in Geographical and Earth Sciences - The shocking role of alkali feldspars in the death of the dinosaurs
Start date. October 2025. Aims. The impact of a ~12 km diameter asteroid sixty-six million years ago caused one of the most devastating mass extinctions in Earth history. Read more
How do environmental cues affect reproduction?
This project is available to self funded candidates only. The School of Biology invites applications from prospective postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in the academic year 2024/25. Read more
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CR2025_41: The diversity and evolutionary history of the shrimp plants (Acanthaceae: Justiciinae) in the palaeotropics.
*Please note that this PhD will be hosted at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew*. Read more
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CR2025_41: The diversity and evolutionary history of the shrimp plants (Acanthaceae: Justiciinae) in the palaeotropics.
*Please note that this PhD will be hosted at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew*. Read more