Environmental Sciences (water resource) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

From top-down to bottom-up – enabling a new collaborative approach to agricultural abstraction management to protect river ecosystems - PhD

Cranfield University School of Water, Energy and Environment (SWEE)

Agriculture is an important user of water in many catchments in England, particularly in the East. Water is abstracted from rivers and aquifers to… Read more

Supervisor: Prof I P Holman

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Intermediate dark fermentation as a platform technology for chemical recycling and biorefineries in the water sector PhD

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

This exciting fully funded PhD, with an enhanced stipend of £20,000 per annum, will investigate resource recovery opportunities from sewage sludge with dark fermentation as core enabling technology. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Y Bajón Fernández, Dr L Alibardi

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

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Mitigating the impact of environmental stress on the quality and sustainability of malting barley

Heriot-Watt University School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society

Climate change is challenging our ability to reliably grow crops. This PhD will be focused on the impact this is having on our capacity to produce a sustainable supply of malted barley for use within the brewing and distilling industries. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Alexander

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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One Hour Region : Driving Back Overshoot at the Regional Scale

University of Stirling School of Biological & Environmental Sciences

Rationale. The drive to net zero and beyond is a widely established ambition across the UK’s policy landscape, yet a framework against which to drive change and measure progress has yet to be established. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A N Tyler, Dr E Cartmell, Dr S Mathieson, Dr M Wackernagel

6 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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A systems analysis of wetland pressures in the Cambodian Lower Mekong Delta

University of York Department of Environment and Geography

This project is part of the NERC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training, ECOWILD. For more details, and for a full list of projects offered under this programme, please visit: https://ecowild.site.hw.ac.uk/. Read more

Supervisors: Prof K Arnold, Dr J Newth, Dr R Friend, Dr E Masden

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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The hybridity of polluted freshwaters - PhD

Cranfield University School of Water, Energy and Environment (SWEE)

Freshwater pollution, a manufactured water landscape (waterscape), embedding with its flows and cycles technologies, institutions, discourses, and meanings which produce and are produced by power relations. Read more

Supervisor: Dr AO Ofori

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Recovering resources from wastewater: Supporting End-of-Waste strategies

Glasgow Caledonian University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

REFERENCE NUMBER. Please refer to SCEBE-24-Henderson in your application. BACKGROUND. Investment in the circular economy has grown rapidly in the past decade as governments and industry recognise the importance of recycling resources to ensure planetary health (Kirchherr et al., 2017). Read more

Supervisors: Dr F Henderson, Dr A Escudero

10 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Linking Oceanographical Connectivity pathways and Environmental Pollution Pressures to the Genetic Structure of Planktonic Biota in Coastal Embayments

Atlantic Technological University Research

This PhD project is part of the Postgraduate Research Training Programme COASTAL CONNECTIVITY, which offers 12 PhD research scholarships to commence in 2024. Read more

Supervisors: Dr NT Touzet, Dr rn Nash, Dr FK Kavanagh

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Liquid exfoliation of quasi-2D nanosheets for use as efficient visible-light photocatalysts

University of Birmingham Department of Mechanical Engineering

Two-dimensional (2D) materials have received significant scientific attention due to their exceptional properties. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Stafford

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

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Bioaugmentation to enhance biological phosphorus removal from wastewater

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Yongqiang Liu. Project description. Phosphorus is an indispensable element for sustaining life, yet it is finite and non-renewable. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Liu

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Going back to a peaty future: past peat losses, present restoration options and future peat gains – identifying and overcoming stressors to peat formation

University of York Department of Environment and Geography

This project is part of the NERC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training, ECOWILD. For more details, and for a full list of projects offered under this programme, please visit: https://ecowild.site.hw.ac.uk/. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Heinemeyer, Dr H McGrath, Dr N Archer, Dr RP Pereira

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Sustainability Ph.D.

Rochester Institute of Technology USA Golisano Institute for Sustainability

The Ph.D. in sustainability fosters innovation and creativity in solving real-world challenges within social, economic, technological, and business realms. Read more

Supervisor: Prof AB Batabyal

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

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We have 12 Environmental Sciences (water resource) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Environmental Sciences (water resource) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 12 Environmental Sciences (water resource) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

From top-down to bottom-up – enabling a new collaborative approach to agricultural abstraction management to protect river ecosystems - PhD

Intermediate dark fermentation as a platform technology for chemical recycling and biorefineries in the water sector PhD

Mitigating the impact of environmental stress on the quality and sustainability of malting barley

One Hour Region : Driving Back Overshoot at the Regional Scale

A systems analysis of wetland pressures in the Cambodian Lower Mekong Delta

The hybridity of polluted freshwaters - PhD

Recovering resources from wastewater: Supporting End-of-Waste strategies

Linking Oceanographical Connectivity pathways and Environmental Pollution Pressures to the Genetic Structure of Planktonic Biota in Coastal Embayments

Liquid exfoliation of quasi-2D nanosheets for use as efficient visible-light photocatalysts

Bioaugmentation to enhance biological phosphorus removal from wastewater

Going back to a peaty future: past peat losses, present restoration options and future peat gains – identifying and overcoming stressors to peat formation

Sustainability Ph.D.

We have 12 Environmental Sciences (water resource) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Environmental Sciences (water resource) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 12 Environmental Sciences (water resource) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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