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pollution PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
We have 196 pollution PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
Communicating the air: identifying better methods to support public engagement with air pollution to help minimise air pollution exposures
Air pollution is a public health emergency (Holgate, 2022), responsible for an estimated 8.1 million global premature deaths every year (Health Effects Institute, 2024). Read more
(Bicentenary) Studies on the impacts of traffic-related air pollution on cardiovascular health of motorbike-taxi drivers in Indonesia
Air pollution is a major problem worldwide. Recent report suggested that around ~7 million deaths in 2019 were associated with air pollution, and almost 70% of them were due to cardiovascular diseases (World Heart Report, 2024). Read more
CENTA funded - Multigenerational epigenetic consequences of pollution exposure in wild fish populations
Project highlights. Fieldwork to sample wild/semi-wild populations of freshwater fish . State-of-the-art epigenetic sequencing using Nanopore technology . Read more
CR2025_26: Impacts of light pollution, and other drivers, on UK moth communities and associated plant pollination
Moths are under-researched organisms within the wider pollinator community and their role as crop and wildflower pollinators has recently been revealed to be much greater than previously thought (Potts et al. Read more
(Bicentenary) Understanding links between inequalities in air pollution exposures and adverse pregnancy outcomes; a data-exploration within the RESPIRE-I cohort.
This exciting project addresses key (inter)national and local governmental and healthcare priorities in understanding why Black and Asian UK mothers and their babies disproportionately experience adverse outcomes in pregnancy including higher mortality rates. Read more
Resilience of Urban Socio-ecological System to Air Pollution (RUSSAP) in the UK
The Leverhulme PhD Programme for Interdisciplinary Resilience Studies is administered by the Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences. Read more
Transgenerational epigenetic consequences of pollution exposure.
Additional supervisor: Dr Yolanda Markaki, The Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Leicester. Environmental insults such as pollution can cause transgenerational negative health outcomes in both wild animal populations and humans. Read more
NERC RED-ALERT CDT: Tire Particles and River Health: Investigating Ecological Risks in the Cam and Wellow Catchments.
This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the Red-ALERT CDT for entry in September 2025. Overview of the Research. Read more
ACCE+ DLA programme: Ecological and evolutionary consequences of nanoplastic pollution in the water flea, Daphnia magna
Background. Plastic pollution is one of the most urgent global environmental challenges, with 60% of all plastic ever produced ending up in the environment. Read more
Anthropogenic stressors and freshwater ecosystems; the impact of plastic pollution, climate change and invasive alien species on invertebrate behaviour and community structure
Freshwater makes up less than 2% of water on the planet, but supports a disproportionate amount of biodiversity. Furthermore, they provide vital ecosystem services. However, freshwater ecosystems are threatened globally by anthropogenic pressures including pollution, climate change and the spread of Invasive Alien Species. Read more
Developing nature-based solutions for reducing microbial pollution in lakes and rivers
Aim. Develop an ecological strategy to remove microbial pathogens from aquatic systems. We are seeking a highly motivated individual to carry out PhD research in the fields of environmental science, water quality and environmental microbiology. Read more
Understanding the interaction of pollution and climate change in mangrove wetlands through field and laboratory study of a model amphipod
Research Group:
Institute of Life and Earth Sciences
This project is part of the NERC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training, ECOWILD. For more details, and for a full list of projects offered under this programme, please visit: https://ecowild.site.hw.ac.uk/. Read more
The effects of pollution on coral reef fishes
Project Overview. There are over 350,000 synthetic chemicals in production many with no environmental risk assessment for tropical fish species. Read more
Indoor air pollution and respiratory health in children and young people
In the UK, air pollution is the largest environmental risk to public health (1). Nearly 30% of preventable deaths in England are attributed to air pollution (2). Read more