We have 798 events PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Climatic conditions in Antarctica range from the relatively mild maritime northern section of the Antarctic Peninsula to the frigid high plateau of East Antarctica. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Hua Lu, Prof CRS Stokes

5 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Impacts of Climate Extremes on European Forest Ecosystems

University of Southampton School of Ocean and Earth Sciences

Project Overview. The frequency, intensity, and extent of extreme climatic events are expected to increase but their impact on forest ecosystem functioning, and adaptive capacity is less understood. Read more

Supervisors: Dr B Ogutu, Prof J Dash

3 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Forest Resilience and Compound Events (FoRCE) in a changing climate PhD

Cranfield University School of Water, Energy and Environment (SWEE)

This is an exciting PhD opportunity in collaboration with Forest Research, UK’s largest forestry and tree-related research agency, to assess the impact of compound climate and weather events on forests using remote sensing data, climate models, field surveys, data science and machine learning approaches. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Abdou Khouakhi, Dr P Burgess

10 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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PhDs in Hospitality, Tourism, Events, Food & Nutrition

Sheffield Hallam University Sheffield Business School

PhDs in Hospitality, Tourism, Events, Food & Nutrition. The subject groups of Hospitality, Tourism, Events, Food & Nutrition are in the Department of Service Sector Management in the Sheffield Business School (SBS). Read more

Self-Funded PhD Students Only Business Research Programme

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Towards a world atlas of weather events to stress-test buildings

University of Edinburgh School of Engineering

Summary. Buildings are assessed using typical conditions, a questionable approach for a heating climate. This project will exploit novel datasets to develop a world atlas of weather events to stress-test buildings to enhance mitigation of and adaptation to climate change based on known and likely impacts. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Fosas, Dr A Angeloudis

4 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Fingerprinting storm and tsunami sediment signatures: Assessing future coastal resilience challenges from extreme events

University of Dundee School of Social Sciences

The number of deaths attributed to natural hazards continues to rise, despite progress in implementing disaster risk reduction strategies. Read more

Supervisors: Prof S Dawson, Dr A Cuthbertson

28 February 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Providing early warning of the impact of extreme weather events on health service demand in the UK and India

British Antarctic Survey Polar Science for a Sustainable Planet

Extreme weather events are increasingly being observed around the globe. For example, England issued its first ever Red extreme heat warning in 2022, with temperatures exceeding 40°C. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Hua Lu, Dr M Herzog

4 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Preparing for bigger floods: Advancing modelling and risk assessment for extreme flood events

University of Birmingham Department of Civil Engineering

Description of the project. The world has seen devastating flood events in the last two years, for example, in Central Europe in 2021 and in Pakistan in 2022. Read more

Supervisors: Prof N Wright, Dr X Xia

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Global lahar model

University of Leeds Faculty of Environment

Summary. This project seeks to improve our understanding of the controls on the initiation, propagation, and impacts of lahars and other volcano-hydrologic hazards. Read more

Supervisors: Dr V Manville, Prof N Mountney, Dr J Carrivick

Open Day(s) 5 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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ACCE DTP Studentship - Improving detection and predictions of extreme climatic events in Arctic ecosystems

University of Sheffield Department of Geography

The ACCE DTP is committed to recruiting extraordinary future scientists regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, faith or religious belief, pregnancy or maternity, parental or caring responsibilities or career pathway to date. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Jones, Dr M Memon, Prof G Phoenix, Dr RG Bryant

8 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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SCENARIO: European weather and climate extremes in a net-zero world

University of Reading Department of Meteorology

Research Group: SCENARIO NERC DTP

Co-supervisor. Erich Fischer, ETH Zurich, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science. The Paris Agreement, adopted by 196 parties at COP21 in 2015, sets out the goal to limit global warming to no more than 2°C, and pursue efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Dittus, Dr E Hawkins, Dr R Schiemann

12 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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School of Events Tourism and Hospitality Management

Leeds Beckett University School of Events, Tourism and Hospitality Management

As a PhD student you will join a team of over forty academics conducting applied and fundamental research, aiming to advance knowledge and influence policy and practice in the events, tourism and hospitality sectors. Read more

Self-Funded PhD Students Only Social Sciences Research Programme

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Can Radar data be used to estimate changes in the intensity of extreme precipitation events?

University of Edinburgh School of Geosciences

Summary. The aim of the project is to use about 20 years of UK radar data to test if extreme hourly-precipitation is increasing at rates predicted by convective permitting models. Read more

Supervisors: Prof S Tett, Prof F Lindgren, Prof H Fowler

4 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Understanding the role of complexity and diversity in riparian woodland resilience to extreme events.

University of Stirling School of Biological & Environmental Sciences

Maintaining the quality of freshwater habitats is essential for the health and wellbeing of people and wildlife. Native woodlands within the riparian zone (riparian woodlands) play multiple roles in the functioning of freshwater ecosystems. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Greenwood, Dr M Pfeifer, Dr Z Pattison, Dr S Engstrom

5 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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OP2473 Quantifying the impacts and consequences of future super-storm events

Newcastle University Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering

There is a lot of anecdotal evidence that some storms are particularly damaging. For example, for Storm Arwen it has been said that it was particularly bad because the wind came from the North and for Storm Eunice because the storm contained a sting-jet. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Wilkinson

11 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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