Research Ireland

Bath Engineering & Design Studentships at the University of Bath are offering a PhD project in critical material recovery and regeneration across the hydrogen value chain through scaled electrochemical engineering . This project sits in the Department of Chemical Engineering and is supervised by Dr James Matthew Courtney and Prof Frank Marken . The research explores how to recover, regenerate, and recycle critical materials used in hydrogen technologies, with a focus on electrochemical technique...

PhD opportunity at the University of Waikato (Hamilton Campus, New Zealand) on Sustainable Timber Packaging for Steel Coil Transport . This funded PhD scholarship, developed with Ferrier Industrial Limited , focuses on the sustainability, performance, and compliance of timber packaging and dunnage used for steel coil transport. The project aims to develop reusable and returnable packaging systems that can replace consumable packaging and support circular-economy practices in steel manufacturing,...

Up to 3 PhD scholarships are available at the University of Vechta, Germany for a project on justice dimensions of sustainability-oriented transformation in rural areas (PK 060 + VISTRA). The topic focuses on comparative case studies of just transformations, including energy justice , spatial justice , gender , risk , bioeconomy , and trade unions . The call welcomes candidates with interests in geography , social sciences , ethics , economics , sustainability , and psychology , and it explicitl...

Cardiff University’s School of Psychology is offering several fully funded WGSSS (ESRC DTP) PhD studentships in the Psychology Pathway , starting in October 2027 . This opportunity is aimed at students interested in doctoral research in psychology within the wider social sciences environment of the Wales Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS) . The studentship is open to both home and international applicants, and up to 30% of the cohort may be international. Funding includes tuition fe...

PhD scholarships are available at the Center for Empirical Research in Economics and Behavioral Sciences (CEREB) at the University of Erfurt for candidates working in behavioral economics , psychology , and decision-making . The scholarships are designed for doctoral research connected to economics and behavioral sciences, with a strong interdisciplinary angle that may also relate to sustainability and business-model questions. Funding includes €1,400 per month plus family allowances for a perio...