PhD Opportunities in Geography

The DIW Berlin Graduate Center PhD Programme 2027 offers a fully funded doctoral pathway based in Berlin, Germany, at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin). The programme is designed for research in Economics , Public Policy , Climate Policy , and Energy . It may suit international students seeking high-impact doctoral research and academic development in Europe. Funding is provided through a doctoral researcher contract. The post does not specify the contract value, tuition ar...

Simon Fraser University in Canada is offering fully funded MSc and PhD positions in remote sensing through the Synthetic Aperture Radar Laboratory in the Faculty of Applied Sciences. The research focuses on synthetic aperture radar, remote sensing, satellite data, programming, and radar-sensor research. Successful students may contribute to publishable research involving radar observations, satellite-data processing, and computational methods. Applicants should have a background in remote sensin...

EdeLab at Université Laval is reopening applications for three PhD positions . The laboratory, led by Associate Professor Edel Pérez-López, conducts research in molecular ecology, insect vector invasions, emergent plant diseases, and related microbiology and plant health topics. The positions are intended for future doctoral team members working on the remaining research projects after one of four previously available positions was filled. Interested candidates should consult the complete announ...

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)–BarcelonaTech in Barcelona, Spain, is offering 23 predoctoral doctoral training grants beginning 1 April 2027. The opportunities support PhD research projects across agricultural, computer, electrical, electronic, biomedical, civil, materials and communication engineering, environmental science, physics, and related fields. The grants provide contracts of up to four years, including an optional maximum 12-month post-PhD orientation period. Funding is €2...

Leiden University is seeking a PhD candidate for the research project “Entangled with Seaweed: The Politics of Economising Nature in Scotland and South Africa.” The successful candidate will conduct ethnographic research into the impacts of seaweed economisation and blue economy strategies on coastal communities in Scotland. The project draws on political ecology, valuation studies, environmental anthropology, sustainability research, and the multispecies turn. It examines how seaweed harvesting...

AIMST University in Bedong, Kedah, Malaysia, is seeking a motivated PhD Graduate Research Assistant for a 36-month, full-time funded research project at the Centre of Excellence for Omics-Driven Computational Biodiscovery (COMBio). The project, “Genomic-Guided Bacillus Biofertilizer Consortium with Seed Coating Technology for Sustainable Rice Productivity in Malaysia,” combines microbial genomics, bioinformatics, microbiology, agricultural biotechnology, and sustainable agriculture. Research act...

Ghent University is inviting applications for a PhD position titled “Digital twins for understanding forest disturbances and recovery from space.” The project explores forest disturbances and recovery using radiative transfer modelling, 3D forest models, digital twins, and satellite remote sensing. The position is associated with Kim Calders and Niall Origo. It may suit applicants interested in environmental science, Earth science, forest monitoring, Earth observation, and advanced remote-sensin...

Fully funded PhD position in Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and One Health at Maynooth University, Ireland, in the Department of Biology and Kathleen Lonsdale Institute for Human Health Research. The project is part of the ADDRESS Project. The thesis will investigate AMR evolution across animal, environmental, and freshwater systems using microbiology, genomics, and evolutionary experiments. The research is suited to candidates interested in antimicrobial resistance, bacteriology, molecular biol...

Baylor University’s Minich Lab in the Department of Biology is recruiting 2–3 fully funded PhD students in microbial ecology and genomics. Potential thesis projects include the gut microbiome and childhood undernutrition , built environment microbiomes , and fish mucosal ecology . These projects offer opportunities to work across biology, microbial genomics, public health, environmental science, and computational science. Applicants should have a background in biology, computational science, pub...