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We have 16 Urban Geography PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students
Urban Geography PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students
We have 16 Urban Geography PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students
Green Spaces in Healthy Ageing: Use, Environmental, Seasonal and Individual Influences on Health in Deprived Areas
Applications are invited for Interdisciplinary Doctoral research focused on developing new understanding of how and why older adults in deprived areas in Leeds are(n't) using green spaces across the climate seasons, how their experiences impact their health and ultimately propose ways to re/design green spaces to overcome barriers to use and promote health and wellbeing. Read more
Health in an Ageing Society: Geographical Inequalities in Access to Services and Amenities in Later Life
Applications are invited for full-time interdisciplinary doctoral research focused on investigating geographical inequalities in access to health and social care services and other amenities in later life using routinely available data. Read more
Valuing green and blue urban landscapes
During this prolonged period of neo-liberal development our discourse in the West has become fragmented between a growing concern for climate change/sustainability and a continued need to promote intensive growth and prioritise the needs of capital. Read more
Greening the Belt and Road Initiative
This a fully-funded 4-year PhD scholarship. The PhD candidate will join the Department of Geography at HKBU and work on a project led by Dr. Read more
Just transition of coal-mining regions
This a fully-funded 4-year PhD scholarship. The PhD candidate will join the Department of Geography at HKBU and work on a project led by Dr. Read more
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PhD in Soundscapes, Environmental or Neighbour Noise
Research Group:
Acoustics Research Centre
Noise is the second most harmful environmental pollutant according to the World Health Organisation. It is also “neglected” and in need of more research according to a 2023 House of Lords Report. Read more
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The Decarbonisation Divide: Emergent Socio-Spatial Inequalities on the Path to a Low-Carbon Future
Research Group:
School of Environment, Education and Development
This novel research project aims to explore the growing 'decarbonisation divide' within the United Kingdom’s housing sector. Read more
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The Decarbonisation Divide: Emergent Socio-Spatial Inequalities on the Path to a Low-Carbon Future
The University of Manchester
Faculty of Humanities Doctoral Academy, School of Environment, Education and Development
Research Group:
School of Environment, Education and Development
This novel research project aims to explore the growing 'decarbonisation divide' within the United Kingdom’s housing sector. Read more
Last chance to apply
Governing Housing Retrofit: The Role of Social Intermediaries
This exciting interdisciplinary project focuses on the relationships between people, places, public policy, and the environment. It will be jointly supervised by colleagues from Geography (Stefan Bouzarovski), Politics (Paul Tobin), and Sociology (Faye Wade). Read more
Last chance to apply
Governing Housing Retrofit: The Role of Social Intermediaries
The University of Manchester
Faculty of Humanities Doctoral Academy, School of Environment, Education and Development
This exciting interdisciplinary project focuses on the relationships between people, places, public policy, and the environment. It will be jointly supervised by colleagues from Geography (Stefan Bouzarovski), Politics (Paul Tobin), and Sociology (Faye Wade). Read more
Optimizing Bespoke Concrete Plant Layouts for Sustainable Offsite Construction: A Lean-BIM Integrated Framework (SF24/EE/ABE/SULIMAN)
As highlighted in the 2022 UK Guidance Note on Carbon Net Zero and sustainability in construction, the construction industry generates over 60% of the waste produced in the UK. Read more
Re-Configuring the sustainable city: an evidence-based framework for an inclusive and healthy community (SF24/EE/ABE/OZBIL TORUN)
Climate change, hybrid working, and the pandemic have triggered significant changes in cities, including inner-city shrinkage and shifts in transportation modes and lifestyles. Read more
Geographical Understandings of the Global Fitness Industry (SF24/EE/GES/LUGER)
The global fitness industry is fast-growing and hugely impactful in the way it shapes the economy, the way it produces urban environments and communities, and the way it relates to human bodies, identities, cultures and politics. Read more
Investigating perceptions and barriers to climate adaptation and mitigation strategies in urban and peri-urban environments
Throughout the history of nature conservation there has been major conflicts of interest between different stakeholders, for instance, between national governments and local communities. Read more
Urban flooding: Blue-green infrastructure as a strategy for resilience
Information on this PhD research area can be found further down this page under the details about the Widening Participation Scholarship given immediately below. Read more
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