MPhil/PhD Studentship in Exploring the Impact of Wildlife Gardening for Wellbeing University of Derby in United Kingdom

PhD opportunity at the University of Sheffield within the ECOSOLUTIONS Doctoral Focal Award , focused on leveraging behavioural change to reduce urban pollution . The project is supervised by Dr Karl Evans , Prof Tom Webb , Dr Erin Corbett , and Dr John Wilkinson , and is part of a NERC-funded, transdisciplinary programme addressing sustainable chemical development and non-toxic environments. This PhD examines how residents’ domestic behaviours contribute to the release of polluting chemicals in...

PhD opportunity at Anglia Ruskin University (Cambridge, United Kingdom) in Zoo Spaces and Equitable Nature Connection . This funded PhD project examines how UK zoo education programmes and zoo spaces can strengthen public connection to nature and support behaviour change. Working with the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA), the student will use social science and mixed-methods approaches to audit conservation education interventions across multiple zoos. The project also...

University of Oxford is advertising a Postdoctoral Research Associate position in the Department of Biology , based in the SynOxys Lab . The project is part of the ARIA grant OPTIMiSE and focuses on molecular plant biology , especially chloroplast transformation , transplastomic plants , DNA delivery to chloroplasts , and improving photosynthetic performance . The successful candidate will optimise DNA delivery methods, transform leaf explants, regenerate transplastomic plants, and characterise ...

University of Warwick is advertising a Life Sciences PhD in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Warwick (Coventry, UK). This is a practical, research-based doctorate built around a single project supervised by one of Warwick’s research leaders, with dissertation and oral examination as the main assessment methods. The programme highlights a strong research environment, with the School of Life Sciences noting that much of its research was rated world-leading or internationally excell...

ECOSOLUTIONS is advertising 19 PhD projects for a doctoral programme starting in September 2027. The post invites applicants who want to make a positive difference to the planet and directs them to the programme page for the individual projects and application process. This is a PhD opportunity in environmental sustainability / ecological solutions, with likely interdisciplinary themes across environmental science, biology, and agriculture. The post does not provide detailed funding, stipend, tu...