Claire Walsh
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Blue Green Infrastructure (BGI) Newcastle University in United Kingdom
Degree Level
PhD
Field of study
Ecology
Funding
Fully funded studentship including £24,000 annual living allowance, research grant, and tuition fees covered.
Deadline
Expired
Country
United Kingdom
University
Newcastle University
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Funding details
Fully funded studentship including £24,000 annual living allowance, research grant, and tuition fees covered.
What's required
Applicants must be UK or Irish nationals. No specific degree requirements are listed, but a background in environmental science, civil engineering, or related fields is likely preferred. No mention of GPA, language tests, or other specific skills.
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Professors
Professor at Newcastle University
United Kingdom
Research Interests
Hydrology
Hydrogeology
Environmental Science
Water Resource Management
Biodiversity
Professor at Newcastle University
United Kingdom
Research Interests
Hydrology
Statistics
Earth Science
Environmental Science
Climate Dynamics
Professor at Queens University Belfast
United Kingdom
Research Interests
Ecology
Geography
Civil Engineering
Flood Risk
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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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