The Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) invites applications for a PhD position focused on 'Climate-related health impacts on children.' This opportunity is part of the EU-funded CLIMES project and is hosted by the bclimate research group within the Department of Water & Climate. The project aims to improve the attribution and projection of climate-related child health risks, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, where children are highly vulnerable to extreme heat and climate variability. The resear...

The University of Basel invites applications for a PhD fellowship in Environmental Geosciences, focusing on the quantification of soil erosion's role in phosphorus loads and eutrophication in European freshwaters. This position is part of the PhD Program in Environmental Sciences and is available from June 2026 or later. The research addresses a critical environmental challenge: soil erosion by water is a major source of phosphorus, contributing to eutrophication in rivers and lakes across Europ...

[Funding for 3.5 years, stipend (£20,780 p.a) and international fees via Horizon Europe, Synergy grant 'Ecological Archaeologies of the Afrotropics (EcoArch)', project 101224871.] This PhD studentship at the University of Reading offers an exciting opportunity to investigate the Holocene climates of Africa using pollen-based reconstructions. The project, titled 'Pollen-based reconstruction of Holocene climates of Africa during the Holocene,' aims to apply advanced statistical approaches to polle...

[Funding for 3.5 years, stipend (£20,780 p.a) and international fees via Horizon Europe, Synergy grant 'Ecological Archaeologies of the Afrotropics (EcoArch)', project 101224871.] This PhD studentship at the University of Reading offers an exciting opportunity to investigate vegetation-fire interactions in Africa during the Holocene. The project aims to reconstruct vegetation and wildfire regimes across the African continent over the past 12,000 years, using newly available pollen and charcoal d...

This PhD position at KU Leuven focuses on the development and monitoring of soil erosion indicators using advanced remote sensing techniques. Hosted within the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, the Division of Geography and Tourism has a longstanding reputation in soil erosion research, including the quantification and modelling of erosion and sediment fluxes at various spatial scales. The research is embedded in the EUROSION project, a large European Union-funded initiative that u...

The Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) invites applications for a PhD position focused on unravelling the seasonal cycle in regional sea-level change. Based in the Estuarine and Delta Systems (EDS) department, this project is led by Dr. Aimée Slangen and Prof. Dr. Roderik van de Wal, and is funded by the NWO and NSO 'use of space infrastructure for earth observation and planetary research (GO)' call. NIOZ is the Dutch national oceanographic institute, renowned for its multidisci...

The Environmental Geosciences group at the University of Basel is offering a PhD fellowship as part of the PhD Program Environmental Sciences, in collaboration with the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC). This position, starting from June 2026 or later, focuses on leveraging artificial intelligence to support the achievement of healthy soils by 2050, particularly through the implementation of EU policies such as the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), Soil Monitoring Law, and CRCF. Th...

This fully funded PhD position at KU Leuven offers an exciting opportunity to advance research in dryland ecosystem stability and remote sensing. The successful candidate will join the Division Forest, Nature & Landscape, a renowned research group with expertise in landscape ecology, dryland systems, ecosystem resilience, and advanced Earth observation. The group has a strong presence in African drylands and collaborates with local universities, NGOs, and land management agencies. The PhD is par...

The University of Eastern Finland invites applications for a Doctoral Researcher (PhD Student) position at the Karelian Institute, Joensuu Campus, as part of the Co-Creating Sustainable and Competitive Pathways in Industrial Carbon Management for Finnish Society (CO²CREATION) project. This interdisciplinary research consortium, funded by the Strategic Research Council of Finland, brings together partners including the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), VTT Technical Research Centre of F...