PhD opportunities Around the World

PhD Research Fellow opportunity in climate dynamics at the Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen , Norway. The project is part of NorCPMNext , a strategic collaboration with the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research and partners including NERSC and NORCE. The research focuses on AI-based downscaling of coarse-resolution climate model output to produce high-resolution, actionable climate information for regional and local scales. The project sits at the intersection of Earth science , physic...

Łukasiewicz Research Network – Krakow Institute of Technology is recruiting a PhD Student – Scholarship Holder for the FIRST TEAM FENG project in Poland. The project, titled “Innovative (Nano)Hormone-Chemotherapy: New Drug Delivery Strategies for the Treatment of Hormone-Dependent Breast Cancer” , focuses on breast cancer , nanotechnology , drug delivery systems , molecular biology , biochemistry , cell biology , and translational cancer research. The successful candidate will work on the develo...

PhD position at Empa in Switzerland on life-like polyurethane materials for soft robotics . The project sits at the interface of organic chemistry , polymer chemistry , materials science , and robotics , with a focus on designing mechanically robust, multi-responsive polyurethane elastomers that can learn, remember, and forget through engineered molecular switching. The successful candidate will synthesize and characterize semi-crystalline polyurethane elastomers containing backbone-integrated m...

Empa in St. Gallen, Switzerland is advertising a PhD position on human heat stress management across multiple application areas, including buildings , sports , and occupational safety . The project aims to build the scientific and methodological basis for innovative strategies that protect people from heat stress and improve thermal safety , thermal comfort , and performance in challenging environments. The PhD researcher will develop, adapt, and validate experimental and computational methods f...

PhD Research Fellow position at the University of Oslo in remote sensing of the cryosphere , based in the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Oslo, Norway. The project sits in a strong research environment working on glaciology , remote sensing , photogrammetry , geohazards , hydrology , and geomatics , with links to international projects such as ERC SnowShifts, SchmidtSciences MountAInWater, and ESA cryosphere missions. The successful candidate will develop ...

PhD Fellow in Pharmacoepidemiology at UiT The Arctic University of Norway (Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences) in Tromsø, Norway . This PhD project is affiliated with the IPSUM research group and the GENESIS project, focusing on pharmacoepidemiology , clinical pharmacy , pharmacy practice , medication safety , and public health . The specific topic concerns GLP-1 receptor agonist exposure around conception and pregnancy planning, using Norwegian linked health registries and advan...

Manchester Metropolitan University is advertising a three-year full-time PhD studentship in Nutrition Support through Embedded Research , focused on improving health, performance, and culture in GB Taekwondo . The project sits at the intersection of nutrition , sport and exercise science , sport and exercise nutrition , and high-performance combat sport . The successful candidate will work as an embedded researcher within GB Taekwondo and investigate current nutrition practices, the views of ath...

PhD position in the EU Doctoral Network PANDORA at the Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen, Germany . The project focuses on age-related macular degeneration (AMD) , with emphasis on factor H-related proteins (FHRs) , extracellular matrix (ECM) stability, endothelial cell homeostasis, choroidal endothelial cells, retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells, complement biology, retinal degeneration, and translational biomedical research. The successful candidate will build recomb...

An exciting PhD opportunity is available at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania . The project addresses how climate change is altering marine ecosystems and the processes that support fisheries productivity, with a focus on giant crab and southern rock lobster populations in Tasmania. The successful PhD candidate will assess climate vulnerability , model larval connectivity and recruitment , examine how future climate conditions may alter these processes...