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Environmental Sciences PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 193 Environmental Sciences PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Fully Funded PhD in sustainability in cooling in memory of Dr Gareth Davies

This is an exciting PhD opportunity within the College of Technology and Environment (CTE) at London South Bank University (LSBU). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr H Lagoeiro
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Mood and Reward and Mental Health

We investigate a broad range of topics related to youth mental health, with a particular focus on depression, anhedonia, and reward processing. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C McCabe
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Evaluating the feasibility of social, economic, and environmental sustainability strategies for explosive waste management in small manufacturing facilities - PhD

Sustainability in explosive waste management remains a critical yet understudied challenge, particularly for small-scale, remote manufacturing facilities that often lack the resources and infrastructure of larger defence or industrial operations. . Read more
 Supervisors: Ms T Temple, Dr F Persico, Prof F Coulon
 2 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Life’s a Beach - Tropical Beach Microbiomes in a Changing World

Tropical beaches are among the world’s most heavily used and impacted coastal environments and underpin a major tourism industry across Southeast Asia. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Pointing
 15 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Environmentally sustainable creel fisheries (based at Heriot Watt Orkney campus)

  Research Group: Institute of Life and Earth Sciences
Marine regions around the world encounter similar ecological challenges linked to fishing activities, including those arising from fisheries that use passive or static gear such as traps. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Cerbule
 5 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Airborne Intelligent Monitoring and Quantification of Greenhouse Gases (Ref: AAE-CL-2521)

Methane (CH₄) is the second most significant greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide (CO₂), with over 30 times the global warming potential over a 100-year period. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Liu
 30 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Utilisation of textile waste for enhanced biogas production (Ref: ABCE-SECC-TR)

Large amounts of textile waste are generated worldwide during their manufacture and as post-consumer waste. Textile recycling is difficult as a variety of fabric materials are used in production, and most of it ends up in landfills or get incinerated. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Radu, Dr H Bandulasena
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Risk Transfer, Homeowner Resilience, and Sustainable Urban Development in the UK (Ref: ABCE-ISBE-MDP)

The United Kingdom faces a critical, dual imperative. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Del Pinto, Prof K Chmutina
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Creep and Durability of Weakly Stabilised Clays (Ref: ABCE-ICM-MF)

Traditionally stabilised materials in infrastructure are used near the top of earthworks to create increased performance of the overlying pavement or railway track structures. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Frost, Dr A El-Hamalawi
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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High dimensional panel data analysis

High dimensional data arises from monitoring pollution, meteorological indicators and other features that characterizes a complex system. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Barrios
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Aptamer-based biosensing platform for monitoring of nanoplastic and biotoxin co-exposure as human exposome surveillance platform

The quantifications of humans exposure to biotic and abiotic contaminants remains as one of the most significant technical gaps in human exposome studies. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr MY Khai Khun
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Dual-omics profiling and ensemble machine learning for mapping cell state dynamics and exposure thresholds in response to nanoplastic–biotoxin co-exposures

The human exposome is defined by the totality of environmental exposures across a lifetime, which represents one of the most complex determinants of human health (IHEN). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr MY Khai Khun
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Living with Floods Across Generations: Memory, imagination, and young people’s place-based understandings of risk

Floods leave more than watermarks on walls; they become embedded in the social memory of communities, shaping how risk is understood and acted upon over time. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof H Cloke
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Modelling the Impact of Air Conditioning Demand on the Future UK Electricity System

The UK electricity system is currently undergoing significant transformation as the country moves towards a low-carbon and more sustainable energy future. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Jones
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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The Role of Cities in Decarbonised Biobased Food Systems

As the world transitions to low carbon systems across all sectors, dramatic changes will be required across our society to reach our net zero targets. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Mohareb
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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