We have 542 global change PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

The ocean plays a key role in controlling atmospheric greenhouse-gas levels. It removes a significant fraction of anthropogenic carbon-dioxide from the atmosphere, and also emits nitrous-oxide and methane, important greenhouse-gases formed by marine ecosystems. Read more

Supervisors: Prof P Suntharalingam, Dr E Buitenhuis

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

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Going to extremes – impacts of global change on river ecology (CENTA 2024-B31)

University of Birmingham School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Across the globe, extreme events such as droughts and heatwaves have increased dramatically in frequency and intensity over the past 30 years, with potentially profound consequences for freshwater ecosystems. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M E Ledger

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

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NERC E4 Extinction and survival at the dawn of plant life on land

University of Edinburgh School of Biological Sciences

Research Group: Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences

Summary. Establishing why certain groups go extinct while others prevail remains a key question in evolutionary biology. Here you will establish why the lycopsids survived while the zosterophylls went extinct. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Hetherington, Dr P Kenrick

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

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Leveraging species’ geography to predict and mitigate biodiversity loss with global change

The University of Manchester Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

This studentship will investigate how species’ geography can be used to predict and mitigate the negative effects of ongoing global changes, including climate and land use change. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Lynn, Prof S Shulltz

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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ACCE DTP Studenthship - Resolving interactions between global change and soil microbiome function using metaproteomics

University of Sheffield School of Biosciences

About the Project. 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 I Lidbury, Prof G Phoenix, Dr AH Hodge

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

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(BBSRC DTP) Plant-microbe interaction reshuffling and its contributions to plant stress toleration and biogeochemical cycling

The University of Manchester Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Global changes like climate and land use change pose a significant threat to biodiversity and ecosystem function, requiring multidisciplinary approaches to predict and mitigate the potential loss of the services they provide. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Lynn, Prof R Bardgett, Prof G Johnson

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

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The response of trees to CO2 and climate inferred from new tree ring isotopes approaches

University of Leeds Faculty of Environment

Are you passionate about trees and climate change? Are you interested in solving important and relevant questions regarding forest responses to global change?… Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Brienen, Prof E Gloor, Prof W B Turnbull, Dr A Boom

Open Day(s) Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Understanding climate change in African rainfall via a new generation of high-resolution models

University of Leeds School of Earth & Environment

Africa is home to some of the populations most vulnerable to climate change. Regional climate projections of rainfall for Africa, and in fact elsewhere in the tropics, are highly uncertain and in many regions we do not know if it will get wetter or drier. Read more

Supervisors: Prof J Marsham, Prof D Parker, Prof CA Senior

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

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Disentangling Responses of boreal ecosystems to climate change

University of Leeds School of Geography

Disentangling Responses of boreal ecosystems to climate change. Supervisors Prof. Manuel Gloor (ULeeds), Prof. Roel Brienen (ULeeds), Partners Dr. Read more

Supervisors: Prof E Gloor, Dr R Brienen, Dr LD Duchesne, Dr A Lenzi, Dr S King

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

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The fingerprint of environmental change in the fluvial-aeolian sedimentary record

University of Leeds School of Earth & Environment

Full details, including eligibility and application procedure are here. https://panorama-dtp.ac.uk/research/the-fingerprint-of-environmental-change-in-the-fluvial-aeolian-sedimentary-record/. Read more

Supervisors: Prof N Mountney, Dr A McArthur, Dr G Cosgrove, Dr N Yan, Dr V Manville, Dr L Colombera

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

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QUADRAT DTP: Animal behaviour in a changing world: Investigating the effects of multiple stressors

Queen’s University Belfast School of Biological Sciences

This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. Global environmental changes such as climate warming and pollution are major threats to biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and wellbeing. Read more

Supervisors: Dr G Arnott, Dr D Fisher

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

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PhD positions in Evolution and Ecology, Ageing and Genetics at University College London – starting October 2024

University College London Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment

The Department for Genetics, Evolution and Environment (GEE) at UCL welcomes applicants who are passionate about ecology and evolutionary biology to apply to our fully funded London NERC and BBSRC LIDo Doctoral Training Partnerships, to start in October 2023. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) NERC Doctoral Training Partnership

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Climate change politics in authoritarian states: how to talk about climate change under political constraints

Nottingham Trent University School of Social Sciences

Project ID. S28. The science of climate change is largely agreed, as is the need to reducing global warming. Yet the ongoing international negotiations at the Conference of the Parties (COP) continue to fall short of the means and action necessary to secure these targets. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Poberezhskaya

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

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Fully Funded NERC ACCE DTP BIOLOGY project: Genetic consequences of climate change-induced range shifts in Aricia butterflies

University of York Adapting to the Challenges of a Changing Environment (ACCE)

Lead supervisor. Prof K Dasmahapatra (University of York Department of Biology). Co-supervisors: Dr Rachel Pateman (University of York Department of Environment and Geography), Dr David Roy (CEH), Prof Chris Thomas (University of York Department of Biology) Dr Simon Duffield (Natural England). Read more

Supervisor: Prof K Dasmahapatra

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

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Impacts of environmental climate change on plant and ecosystem carbon and nutrient cycling, and biodiversity

University of Sheffield School of Biosciences

Climate change is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Read more

Supervisor: Prof G Phoenix

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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