PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Physics in New Zealand

PhD opportunity at The University of Auckland in Civil Engineering , with a focus on natural hazards , risk assessment , resilience , geospatial analysis , and vulnerability modelling. The project will develop vulnerability models for primary production land and assets , addressing how natural hazards can damage buildings, infrastructure, and productive land. The post notes that the supervisor’s main interests include water-related hazards such as flooding and tsunamis , while the wider supervis...

Fully funded PhD opportunity at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, in community-led natural hazard resilience in indigenous landscapes . This project sits within the Natural Hazards and Resilience Platform (Te Pae Tūroa) and is a strong fit for students interested in environmental science, geography, earth science, law, urban planning, disaster resilience, climate adaptation , and community-engaged research. Eligibility highlights: a master's degree in Law, Policy and Planning, Disaster ...

Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate in Gravitational Microlensing at the University of Canterbury (School of Physical and Chemical Sciences), Christchurch, New Zealand. This fixed-term, full-time position is for 2.25 years and is expected to start in 2027 (nominally March to September 2027, with some flexibility). The project is part of Professor Michael Albrow ’s research team and involves external collaborators working on the analysis of gravitational microlensing data from NASA’s Roman G...

Fully funded PhD opportunity at the University of Canterbury in natural hazard resilience , Indigenous landscapes , Māori-led community resilience , climate adaptation , policy and planning , and law . The project is hosted at UC Civil and Environmental Engineering and is funded by the Natural Hazards and Resilience Platform Te Pae Tūroa. The PhD topic is Holistic community-led natural hazard resilience in Indigenous landscapes . It focuses on Māori communities whose ancestral territories are ad...

PhD opportunity at the University of Waikato (Hamilton Campus, New Zealand) in high-entropy alloys , hydrogen storage , and atomic-scale modelling . The project investigates hydrogenation and dehydrogenation mechanisms in HEAs using first-principles density functional theory (DFT) simulations, with a focus on how composition and atomic-scale structure affect hydrogen absorption/desorption behaviour and the underlying thermodynamic and kinetic mechanisms. This is an international collaboration in...

PhD opportunity at the University of Waikato, New Zealand in Building Resilient Coasts: Long-Term Dynamics of Nature-Based Solutions . This project focuses on the long-term evolution of coastal nature-based solutions (NbS) for reducing hazards such as storm surge, flooding, and erosion, while also considering ecological co-benefits. The research sits at the intersection of Earth Science , Environmental Science , Civil Engineering , and modelling-based coastal research, with possible emphasis on ...