behaviour change PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 104 behaviour change PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Pro-Environmental Behaviour and Life History Theory

In order to tackle the impacts of climate change, it is important that all individuals behave and act in pro-environmental and sustainable ways in all aspects of their lives. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Farrelly

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Impacts of climate change on the fate, uptake and effects of chemicals in wetland environments

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 A Boxall, Prof T Hutchinson, Prof D Spurgeon, Dr S Lofts

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

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Determining the water retention behaviour of unsaturated hydrophobic granular soils

University of Edinburgh School of Engineering

Hydrophobic granular soils are under investigation for constructing roads on frost-susceptible soils in China and the US, in preference to cementitious stabilisation. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Beckett

1 December 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Self-funded PhD - Fish, predator and collective behaviour

University of Bristol School of Biological Sciences

How do animals interact in groups? What benefits and costs can this bring? What are the ecological effects of social living? How do differences between… Read more

Supervisor: Prof C Ioannou

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Self-funded MSc R- Fish, predator and collective behaviour

University of Bristol School of Biological Sciences

How do animals interact in groups? What benefits and costs can this bring? What are the ecological effects of social living? How do differences between… Read more

Supervisor: Prof C Ioannou

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Binks Institute for Sustainability: An uncertain future for achieving eco-hydrological resilience – investigating systemic impacts of net zero-driven, land-use decisions on Scotland’s water resources

University of Dundee School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law

Context. Land use in the future will be greatly influenced by accelerating climate change, the size and timing of our net-zero ambitions, and wider disruptions due to geopolitical events. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Morel, Dr S Halliday, Dr M Glendell, Dr M Hare

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

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EPSRC DTP Studentship in ‘Assessing the kitchen ventilation strategies in the context of net zero homes. Nexus between user behaviour and indoor air quality.’

Cardiff University Welsh School of Architecture

This 3.5-year PhD studentship starting October 2024 will examine the ventilation provision (or lack of) in kitchens by extensively studying relevant ventilation strategies. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S BK, Dr S Lannon

19 July 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Pollution, plastics and plumes: understanding the behaviour of microplastics in aquatic sediments

University of Liverpool School of Engineering

Microplastic burden in aquatic environments is now recognised as a potential threat to human and environmental health. Read more

Supervisors: Prof JB Bridgeman, Dr AO Ockelford

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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PhD in Food Web Networks and Environmental Change: Exploring how natural and anthropogenic stress influence the structure and dynamics of communities.

University of Sheffield School of Biosciences

The interactions among species define a food web network. In these networks, species have dynamics (e.g. numbers and biomass), the community has structure (e.g. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Beckerman

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Crystal engineering new, more effective medicines.

Newcastle University Faculty of Medical Sciences Graduate School

RESEARCH PROJECT. To uncover pharmaceutical problems, our team collaborates with a wide range of disciplines, including pharmacists, pharmaceutical scientists, chemists and engineers at internationally renowned pharmacy departments and at multinational pharmaceutical companies. Read more

Supervisor: Dr O Kavanagh

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PhD in Business and Law at the University of Brighton

University of Brighton

For some time now, the university’s School of Business and Law’s mission and vision has been to advance, support and shape responsible enterprise for a fairer society through education, research, collaboration and thought leadership, to prepare learners for practice and to promote inclusive practices that respect diversity. Read more

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Numerical analyses of subglacial lakes dynamics by lattice Boltzmann method

The University of Manchester Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Nestled beneath the vast ice sheets of polar regions, subglacial lakes have long remained shrouded in mystery, hidden beneath kilometres of ice. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A De Rosis, Dr G Giustini

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

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Slope Instability in Tropical Soils

University of Sheffield Department of Civil and Structural Engineering

Globally, the effects of climate change and rapid urbanisation have dramatically increased the risk of landslide occurrences (Ozturk et al., 2022). Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Gaspar, Dr A Leonardi

29 September 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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PhD in Decision Neuroscience - neurocomputational mechanisms of social behaviour

University of Birmingham School of Psychology

About the project. Applications are invited for a 3.5-year funded PhD studentship in Decision Neuroscience, based at the Centre for Human Brain Health at the University of Birmingham, UK (https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/centre-for-human-brain-health). Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Lockwood

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

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Vulnerability of Coastal Energy Infrastructure to Climate and Environmental Change

University of Liverpool School of Environmental Sciences

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Net Zero Maritime Energy solutions (N0MES) has a 4-year funded PhD place available for an exceptional researcher. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Plater, Dr R Smedley, Dr C Lyddon

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

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We have 104 behaviour change PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

behaviour change PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 104 behaviour change PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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