Exploring the legitimacy of river health monitoring

School of Water, Energy and Environment (SWEE)

Environmental monitoring programmes are at the heart of how we understand the health of river ecosystems. This PhD research project will apply a political ecology perspective to explore the legitimacy of river monitoring programmes among different communities. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Smith, Dr R Grabowski

26 March 2025 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Socio-ecological synergies and trade-offs in river rewilding

Cranfield University

School of Water, Energy and Environment (SWEE)

This funded PhD studentship is an exciting opportunity to conduct new social-ecological research on river rewilding. River-floodplain connection via rewilding is increasingly seen as a transformative approach to reverse declines in biodiversity. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Grabowski

26 March 2025 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Mapping Hydromorphology and Hydraulic Habitat

University of Worcester

Research School

Hydromorphology is synonymous with physical habitat in rivers and describes the combination of the morphological and hydrological / hydraulic components of river channels. Read more

Supervisor: Prof I Maddock

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

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Impact of mixed vegetation of different types on river flows

Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

Design School

Vegetation is vital for protecting riverbanks, restoring ecosystems and safeguarding the water environment. Due to the complexity of flow-vegetation interaction, previous studies mainly focused on the influence of single-type vegetation on flow, which is far unrealistic. Read more

Supervisor: Dr X Tang

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

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Water Engineering: Complex Natural River Flow Modelling and Flood Analysis

University of Bradford

Faculty of Engineering & Digital Technologies

Research Group: Water Engineering and Natural Environment

The study on flooding, and identifying suitable ways to mitigate floods, have become a top priority for Government and the Environmental Agency, due to increasing flood frequency and intensity around the UK. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Pu

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

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Integrating Chemical and Hydrological Source Apportionment to Mitigate PFAS “Forever Chemical” Pollution in Rivers

Liverpool John Moores University

Faculty of Science

PROJECT DESCRIPTION. PFAS comprise a class of >7 million chemical compounds that are extremely resistant to chemical and thermal breakdown, making them pervasive in everyday products (e.g., oil- and water-repellent materials) and industry (e.g., surfactants and polymer manufacturing). Read more

Supervisors: Prof PB Byrne, Dr L Mullin, Dr JD Dick, Dr D Megson

17 April 2025 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Green Energy Production and Treatment of Industrial Wastewater using Mixed Anode Coated Membrane Performance in Microbial Fuel Cells

Kingston University

Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment

TideWay, a collaborative partner of Thames Water, has underscored the critical need to modernise London’s aging sewer infrastructure to prevent the discharge of untreated sewage into the River Thames. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Muppala

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

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Modelling drivers of growth in an endangered anadromous fish species (Salmo salar): developing new predictive feeding metrics to assist conservation efforts.

University of Stirling

Institute of Aquaculture

Atlantic salmon populations have shown declines in recent decades across their range and are now classified as endangered in the UK. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Bull

11 April 2025 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Developing a Wireless Sensor for Measuring Water Storage in Glacier Moulins

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Earth and Environmental Sciences

PROJECT OVERVIEW. An exciting opportunity to develop a new instrument to study water storage in glaciers. You should have either a background in engineering, physics or environmental science, but with a keen enthusiasm to design, build and field-test an instrument that will need to work in a harsh environment. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Prior-Jones, Dr A Mason-Jones, Dr L Bagshaw

31 March 2025 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Augmenting storm surge forecasting with machine learning

University of Southampton

School of Ocean and Earth Sciences

This PhD is being advertised as part of the Centre for Doctoral Training for Resilient Flood Futures (FLOOD-CDT). Further details about FLOOD-CDT can be seen here https://flood-cdt.ac.uk/. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Polton, Dr I Haigh, Dr ES Steele, Ms J Hornsby

30 April 2025 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Leverhulme Doctoral Programme for Regenerative Innovation (Regnr8-i): THINk Climate - Transformative responses for Health Inequalities & Climate resilience, a placemaking approach

University of Dundee

UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy & Science

THINk Climate regenerative innovation involves the interdisciplinary integration of health inequalities, community climate resilience, inclusive decision-making from policy and practice to facilitate and assess collaborative decision-making. Read more

Supervisors: Prof S Dawson, Dr R Wade

11 April 2025 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Does peatland restoration mitigate or liberate metal contamination from historic tin mining sites? Karen

University of Exeter

Department of Geography

Quantifying the aquatic and terrestrial impacts of historic metal mining sites is crucial, as surface waters from these protected historic environment features are commonly used for drinking water, despite failing water quality standards for metals (manganese, nickel, cadmium, lead) and metalloids (arsenic). Read more

Supervisors: Dr N Gatis, Prof K Hudson-Edwards, Dr J Ashe

31 March 2025 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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We have 21 river PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

river PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 21 river PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Exploring the legitimacy of river health monitoring

Socio-ecological synergies and trade-offs in river rewilding

Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Mapping Hydromorphology and Hydraulic Habitat

Impact of mixed vegetation of different types on river flows

Water Engineering: Complex Natural River Flow Modelling and Flood Analysis

Integrating Chemical and Hydrological Source Apportionment to Mitigate PFAS “Forever Chemical” Pollution in Rivers

Green Energy Production and Treatment of Industrial Wastewater using Mixed Anode Coated Membrane Performance in Microbial Fuel Cells

Green Energy and Wastewater Treatment Using Single-chamber Microbial Fuel Cells

Physical Processes driving Estuarine Heat Waves in New Zealand

Design and Optimization of piezoelectric MEMS microphone

Modelling drivers of growth in an endangered anadromous fish species (Salmo salar): developing new predictive feeding metrics to assist conservation efforts.

Developing a Wireless Sensor for Measuring Water Storage in Glacier Moulins

Augmenting storm surge forecasting with machine learning

Leverhulme Doctoral Programme for Regenerative Innovation (Regnr8-i): THINk Climate - Transformative responses for Health Inequalities & Climate resilience, a placemaking approach

Does peatland restoration mitigate or liberate metal contamination from historic tin mining sites? Karen

We have 21 river PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

river PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 21 river PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Exploring the legitimacy of river health monitoring

Socio-ecological synergies and trade-offs in river rewilding

Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Mapping Hydromorphology and Hydraulic Habitat

Impact of mixed vegetation of different types on river flows

Water Engineering: Complex Natural River Flow Modelling and Flood Analysis

Integrating Chemical and Hydrological Source Apportionment to Mitigate PFAS “Forever Chemical” Pollution in Rivers

Green Energy Production and Treatment of Industrial Wastewater using Mixed Anode Coated Membrane Performance in Microbial Fuel Cells

Green Energy and Wastewater Treatment Using Single-chamber Microbial Fuel Cells

Physical Processes driving Estuarine Heat Waves in New Zealand

Design and Optimization of piezoelectric MEMS microphone

Modelling drivers of growth in an endangered anadromous fish species (Salmo salar): developing new predictive feeding metrics to assist conservation efforts.

Developing a Wireless Sensor for Measuring Water Storage in Glacier Moulins

Augmenting storm surge forecasting with machine learning

Leverhulme Doctoral Programme for Regenerative Innovation (Regnr8-i): THINk Climate - Transformative responses for Health Inequalities & Climate resilience, a placemaking approach

Does peatland restoration mitigate or liberate metal contamination from historic tin mining sites? Karen

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