Sustainability and resilience for island ecosystems Heriot-Watt University in United Kingdom

Funded PhD opportunity at the University of Aberdeen in quantitative verification of supply chain models , with a focus on agri-food efficiency systems , sustainability , fairness , and resilience . The project develops a formal verification framework for complex multi-agent systems where autonomous agents make decisions under uncertainty, incentives, and trade-offs. The methods combine formal methods , temporal logic , probabilistic verification , and game-theoretic reasoning to study whether s...

New postdoctoral opportunity at the University of Sussex with Professor Matthew Lockwood in political economy , focusing on the transformation of production and consumption systems in the UK . The role is advertised as a Senior Research Fellow in Political Economy of UK Energy and Materials Policy and is suitable for researchers with interests in energy policy , materials policy , political economy , and broader questions around socio-technical and policy transitions. This is a post-doctoral ope...

PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton in the School of Geography and Environmental Science . The project, “An ocean in balance: delivering a model of civic participation for just decision making in offshore energy” , examines whether existing stakeholder engagement processes are fit for purpose to support just decision making in offshore energy development within the Greater North Sea Basin . This is a funded PhD and is well suited to applicants interested in Geography , Environmental...

PhD opportunity at the University of Strathclyde within the SATURN CDT on Sustainable Nuclear Landscapes: Place, Just Transitions, and Long-Term Stewardship in UK Nuclear Communities under Decommissioning . This project explores how UK nuclear communities and landscapes change as facilities move into decommissioning. It focuses on nuclear decommissioning , place-based regeneration , just transitions , long-term stewardship , human geography , urban planning , sociology , and related social-spati...

The University of Plymouth’s Marine Institute is inviting proposals for the SERVO (Solutions for the Marine Environment) PhD Studentships. This is a student-led doctoral opportunity for aspiring marine researchers who want to design their own project in partnership with Plymouth supervisors and external co-supervisors. The research scope is broad but clearly solutions-focused, with themes including sustainable blue economy, offshore renewables, cyber-secure seas, pollution reduction, behaviour c...