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wildlife PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 12 wildlife PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Improving estimates of uncertainty in wildlife population assessments

  Research Group: Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling
Reliable estimates of wildlife population size are fundamental to effective management and conservation. One important component of reliability is the precision (or, conversely, variance) of the estimate. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof L Thomas
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Opportunities in Physics, Earth & Climate Sciences, and Astrophysics

The Department of Physics at the University of Otago invites applications for its 2027 PhD programme. We are looking for motivated students to join our research groups in physics, astrophysics and space sciences, and Earth and climate sciences. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  New Zealand PhD Programme
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Understanding Benthic Marine Cyanobacterial Blooms and Toxin Production

  Research Group: Waterways Centre
Benthic marine cyanobacterial blooms are an emerging and increasingly prominent issue in coastal environments worldwide, including Aotearoa New Zealand. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Wood, Dr L Biessy, Dr T Smith
 14 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Unplugging the Destination: Participatory action research in digital-free tourism development

Digital technologies are now deeply embedded in tourism, shaping how people plan, navigate, book, share and remember their journeys. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr WC Cai
 10 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Breaking the Forever Cycle: New Technologies for PFAS Removal

Per‑ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and their emerging alternatives have become some of the most challenging contaminants of the 21st century. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Fletcher, Dr G Craig
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Domestication and environmental adaptation in livestock

  Research Group: Organisms and Environment
Project Description. Livestock species have an incredible history, having been recently domesticated from wildlife species such as the aurochs, mouflon, wild buffalo etc, and since then having been changed by early and modern farmers to fulfil an economic role supporting human societies. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Orozco Ter Wengel, Dr F Hailer, Dr BWZ Zhang
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Of plastics and plastic responses: the transgenerational implications of microplastic toxicity

Plastic pollution is one of the most widespread and enduring human alterations to all environmental niches across our planet’s surface. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Firman
 30 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding the role of rodent niche in dissemination of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance

Project Overview. Rats and mice are one of the most prolific and widespread wildlife species. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Gweon, Dr A Buckle
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Non-tuberculous mycobacteria in agrifood and the environment at the human-animal-ecosystems interface: resistance, persistence and longevity

Second Supervisor. Dr Marie Kirby, Agriculture and Environment, Harper Adams University. Project Outline. Environmentally resident mycobacteria are important animal pathogens known to infect cattle, pigs, fowl, sheep and most other commercially valuable livestock. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Pearl
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Towards a Cleaner Industrial Environment

Industrial manufacturing has long been associated with environmental pollution, particularly in the form of airborne particulate matter generated during machining and processing activities. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof I Shyha, Dr LK Khaddour
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Virtual Reality-based Decision Support System For Change Detection in Forest Environment Using Mobile & Drone-based Digital Twin

Ref. 2531ad1496. UCL Department / Division. Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering. Location of position. Bloomsbury, London. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr RN Nueville
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Movement through space and time; realistic movement for species abundance methods

Evidence-based conservation and ecology are reliant on wildlife surveys. As a result, there exists a range of methods that have been developed specifically with the aim of estimating animal abundance and animal distribution. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr H Worthington, Dr M Papathomas
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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