Claire Walsh
7 months ago
Blue Green Infrastructure (BGI) Newcastle University in United Kingdom
Degree Level
PhD
Field of study
Ecology
Funding
Full funding availableDeadline
December 31, 2026
Country
United Kingdom
University
Newcastle University
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Keywords
Ecology
Environmental Science
Geography
Biodiversity
Civil Engineering
Earth Science
Green Infrastructure
Climate Dynamics
Flood Risk
Urban Climate
Urban Water
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Full funding including tuition fees and living expenses is available for this position. The scholarship covers all educational costs and provides a monthly stipend.
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Design and evaluation of multi-functional Blue Green Infrastructure under climate change
Blue Green Infrastructure (BGI) is one solution to help mitigate surface water flooding, and can also provide a wider range of benefits related to biodiversity, health and water quality.
This PhD will develop a flexible interactive framework that builds upon an optimisation tool to a explore wider decision space around the design of Blue Green Infrastructure, including policy levers and management strategies, climate change projections/rainfall events, broader design constraints and other multiple benefits of e.g. connectivity for ecological and biodiversity benefits or urban heat mitigation.
This PhD studentship is part of the Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water funded by the Fernhill Foundation through Community Foundation Ireland
Key details:
- Application deadline: 20 September 2025
- Start date: January 2026
- Supervisors: Professor Claire Walsh and Professor Hayley Fowler (Newcastle University), Professor Jennifer McKinley (Queens University Belfast)
- Funding: Fully funded (£24,000 annual living allowance, research grant, and fees covered)
- Eligibility: Open to UK/Irish nationals
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