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waste management PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 36 waste management PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Fully Funded PhD Positions in Circular Economy & Sustainable Waste Management

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Centre for International Programs

Are you passionate about designing sustainable systems, reducing environmental impact, and creating circular solutions for communities?. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) India PhD Programme

Developing Socially Inclusive Business Models for Circular Economy Adoption in the Construction Supply Chain

Edinburgh Napier University

School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

The transition to a circular economy in the construction industry is often framed as a technical or environmental challenge, focusing on material innovation, waste management protocols, and economic viability. Read more

Supervisors: Dr TO Olawumi, Dr CM Moobela

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

Sustainability Ph.D.

Rochester Institute of Technology USA

RIT’s Ph.D. in sustainability solves real-world challenges and optimizes sustainable systems across tech, business, energy, and more. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) PhD Research Programme

Open uncontrolled burning of plastic waste – measuring / modelling prevalence, emissions and impacts on climate change and human health exposure

Imperial College London

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Solid waste management remains a major sustainability challenge globally, and especially in the Global South, where substantial quantities of (uncollected) waste are often set in fire as a means of disposal or resource recovery. Read more

Supervisor: Dr CV Velis

1 December 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Optimising Biochar for microbial electrochemical applications using machine learning approaches

University of Leeds

Yorkshire Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership

Project Description. The UK generates significant quantities of biodegradable waste, with an estimated 10.7 million tonnes of food waste produced annually [1] and around 5.3 million tonnes of biodegradable municipal waste still sent to landfill in 2023 [2]. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Pandey, Prof T Cockerill

6 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Developing advanced cementitious sealing materials for deep borehole disposal of high-level nuclear waste (S3.5-CMB-Travis)

University of Sheffield

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more

Supervisors: Dr K P Travis, Prof B Walkley

13 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Renewable Hydrogen Production from Agricultural Waste Streams: Organic-Assisted Water Electrolysis for Circular Resource Recovery

Ulster University - Belfast Campus

Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment

Research Group: Architecture, Built Environment and Planning

he transition to a low-carbon economy requires innovative technologies that produce renewable hydrogen while addressing challenges in agricultural waste management. Read more

Supervisors: Dr B Brandoni, Dr Y Huang, Dr S Tretsiakova-McNally

8 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

From Catchment to Coast: Mapping Plastic Material Accumulation and its Impact on Northern Ireland's Coastal Environment.

Ulster University - Coleraine Campus

Faculty of Life and Health Sciences

Plastic pollution is increasingly visible along coastlines worldwide, but we still know relatively little about where larger plastic items come from, how they move through river and coastal systems, and where they ultimately accumulate. Read more

Supervisors: Dr EG Grottoli, Prof S Benetti

8 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

A framework for construction waste minimisation in lean projects – a life cycle approach

Kingston University

Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment

Construction waste can take many forms including holding excess inventory of materials, unnecessary movements of construction operatives and vehicles to/from/within a site, idle time between operations, defective work etc. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Papadopoulou, Dr S Ahmed

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

ESG and Corporate Environmental Management in the Built Environment: From Disclosure to Measurable Sustainability Performance (Ref: FS-ES-04-2027-16)

University of Greenwich

Faculty of Engineering and Science

The built environment generates significant environmental, social and economic impacts and is increasingly expected to demonstrate credible Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance. Read more

Supervisors: Dr K Evangelinos, Dr A Balaban

30 November 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Overcoming enzymatic inhibition in anaerobic digestion of cereal straw to produce biomethane fuel

University of York

Department of Biology

The global anaerobic digestion market is expanding rapidly, driven by urgent commercial demand for biomethane to replace fossil natural gas in transport, industrial heating, and national energy grids. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Reilly, Prof J Chong

6 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

PhD in an Integrated Intelligent Safe Environment (IISE) in the Nuclear Industry

University of Birmingham

Department of Mechanical Engineering

The nuclear industry is increasingly seeking to deploy robotic and autonomous systems were possible to reduce worker exposure to hazardous environments, improve productivity and enhance operational resilience. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Davis

15 November 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Modelling actinide speciation in solution with multiconfigurational quantum chemistry techniques

The University of Manchester

Department of Chemistry

Research Group: Computational and Theoretical chemistry

Nuclear power is a central part of the UK’s plans for energy security and net zero, but the legacy of the nuclear fuel cycle remains a major challenge, with waste management alone estimated to cost over £120bn. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Oakley

18 December 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Modelling Battery Behaviour During Periods of Disuse

University of Birmingham

School of Metallurgy & Materials

This project offers an opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge modelling research with real-world impact on battery safety, sustainability, and environmental protection. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J E Edge

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

Circular hybrid manufacturing involving metal binder jetting process

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Engineering

This PhD project will ignite an exciting new research area for the sustainable production, consumption and recycling of metallic materials for use in Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes, in particular binder jetting process. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Bhaduri

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

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