We have 28 Forensic and Archaeological Sciences PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

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QUADRAT DTP: Biocultural baselines, measuring the emergence of socioecological systems in medieval Scotland and Gaelic Ireland.

Queen’s University Belfast School of Biological Sciences

This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. The environment in general, and climate in particular, are at times a catalyst for human resilience and adaptation. Read more

Supervisors: Dr B Graham, Dr R Crozier

17 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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QUADRAT DTP: Just how hot have peatlands burnt over decadal, centennial and millennial timescales?

Aberdeen University School of Geosciences

This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Mauquoy, Dr M Blaauw

17 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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QUADRAT DTP: Sustainable management of fresh groundwater resources in coastal East Africa – Using lessons from the past to build future resilience to climate and environmental change

Aberdeen University School of Geosciences

This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. High coastal population growth rates, with associated water demand and environmental changes including climate change are putting enormous pressure on coastal groundwater resources. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J C Comte

17 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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QUADRAT DTP: Reconstructing the spatial ecology of cave bears: integrating geochemical, biomolecular and microwear analysis to explore the relationship between range size, sex and dietary ecology in extinct and ancestral European Late Pleistocene Ursidae

Aberdeen University School of Geosciences

This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. Although Late Pleistocene bears (especially cave bears) have the focus of a considerable body of research, the spatial ecology of these Late Pleistocene Ursids has received little attention. Read more

Supervisors: Prof K Britton, Dr M Blaauw

17 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Mobilising Palaeoecology for Local Nature Recovery: Using temporal land-use and ecological data to inform sustainable agriculture and landscape recovery schemes in the Lake District National Park

Durham University Department of Archaeology

This project investigates how palaeoecological archives can be used to inform nature recovery strategies in the Lake District National Park and UNESCO World Heritage site. Read more

Supervisors: Prof K Milek, Dr A Davies, Dr A Welch

5 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Geology is life: fingerprinting the origin of human remains using geochemical techniques.

University of Leeds Faculty of Environment

Project summary: The geochemist’s toolbox of elemental analysis, and stable and radiogenic isotopes systems has allowed scientists to track the movement of fluids, melts and rocks throughout Earth’s four and a half billion-year history. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Harvey

Open Day(s) 5 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Development of an environmental forensic toolkit to support crime investigations within Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) across the UK.

Liverpool John Moores University Faculty of Science

Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) are designated protected areas, safeguarded by the Wildlife & Countryside Act (1981). Read more

Supervisors: Dr K Scott, Dr K Ralebitso-Senior, Dr N Dawnay, Prof L Dawson

15 December 2023 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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The detection and investigation of human remains using forensic ecology and remote sensing approaches

Liverpool John Moores University Forensic Research Institute

These three projects are part of a Themed Doctoral Programme (TDP) in the newly established Forensic Research institute (FORRI) at Liverpool John Moores University. Read more

Supervisors: Dr K Ralebitso-Senior, Dr K Scott, Dr H Panter

15 December 2023 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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The evaluation of anatomical and anthropometrical standards used for craniofacial identification across diverse populations

Liverpool John Moores University Forensic Research Institute

These three projects are part of a Themed Doctoral Programme (TDP) in the newly established Forensic Research institute (FORRI) at Liverpool John Moores University. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Wilkinson, Dr JC Liu, Dr S Shrimpton

15 December 2023 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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The role of plant pathogens in climate induced societal collapse during the Bronze Age of Cyprus (Ref: RDF24/EE/GES/POUND)

Northumbria University Faculty of Engineering and Environment

Understanding past climate and environmental change is crucial to predicting the potential wider implications of anthropogenic climate change. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Pound

26 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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SCENARIO: Climate variability and societal responses in Pre-Columbian South America

University of Reading Department of Meteorology

Research Group: SCENARIO NERC DTP

Global warming is causing significant changes in rainfall, water availability, and agricultural productivity across tropical South America, increasing poverty and leading to migration out of rural areas. Read more

Supervisors: Dr JS Singarayer, Dr F Mayle, Prof N Branch

12 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Developing a forensic DNA legislative framework and policy for Africa (Ref: SF22/HLS/APP/AMANKWAA)

Northumbria University Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

The use of forensic DNA and national DNA databases (NDNAD) has gained popularity in criminal investigations globally [1]. While the technology has been embraced in Europe and other high-income countries, its use and regulation are still at an infant stage in Africa [2]. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Amankwaa

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

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Archaeogenomic investigation of stratified domestication of maize in South America

University of Warwick School of Life Sciences

Research Group: CENTA - Central England NERC Training Alliance

Project Highlights. Reconstruction of ancient maize genomes from archaeological samples. Apply state of the art plant genomics techniques. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Allaby

10 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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NERC Panorama DTP: Rooting the Northern Forest: soil and woodland dynamics across northern England

University of Hull School of Environmental Sciences

Tree-planting is an important strategy for carbon capture across the globe wherever trees can be grown. Many of these landscapes have been substantially… Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Bunting, Prof G Ferrier, Dr C Matos

5 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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We have 28 Forensic and Archaeological Sciences PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

Forensic and Archaeological Sciences PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

We have 28 Forensic and Archaeological Sciences PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

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