PhD Opportunities in Spatial Analysis

ETH Zürich is offering a fully funded PhD position in glaciology and glacial hazards through the Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW) and the ICEFAL Project. The research focuses on cold hanging glaciers in the French and Swiss Alps, investigating how climate warming affects glacier stability and ice-avalanche risk. The doctoral project combines high-altitude fieldwork with glacier modelling and geospatial analysis, providing an interdisciplinary research environment at the i...

The GIS Centre at Lund University is seeking a doctoral student to join its research in Geographical Information Science, with a particular focus on Autonomous GIS and Spatial Intelligence . The project sits at the intersection of GIScience and artificial intelligence, exploring how large language models, GeoAI, and multi-agent systems can turn GIS into more intelligent systems that interpret spatial problems, reason about geographic information, and plan and execute geospatial workflows. The Ph...

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is recruiting a full-time PhD Candidate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in Trondheim, Norway. The four-year project, Impacts of Interdependent Multi-Hazards on Transport Systems , is part of the STRIDE initiative under NTNU's More Resilient Society programme. The research will examine how climate-driven hazards—including intense storms, floods, and water-induced landslides—interact with acute security threats such...

[Fees plus a stipend of £21,805 per annum for 2026/7.] University of Exeter is offering a PhD studentship on Digital twinning for post-mining environmental transitions . This project addresses the challenge of what happens to mines, quarries, and other extractive landscapes when ore bodies become exhausted or uneconomic, with a focus on building more sustainable and resilient post-mining futures. The research explores how former mine sites can be reused for a range of purposes, including resourc...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in Environmental Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Boston’s School for the Environment, associated with Dr. Shijuan Chen’s GEOSIA Lab (Geospatial and Earth Observation Science for Innovation and Application). The research focuses on multi-hazard risks and resilience, including wildfires, extreme heat, and flooding; land use and land cover change such as forest degradation, urbanization, and agriculture; and machine learning and artificial intelligence appli...

The GATOR Lab at the University of Florida is potentially recruiting a funded PhD student for Fall 2027. This four-year research assistantship is intended for a motivated researcher who wants to develop as a geospatial scientist and contribute to the growth of the lab. The main research directions include GeoAI and scalable analytics, including next-generation GeoAI, large language models for geospatial reasoning, governed agentic AI, and cloud-native geocomputation. The lab is also interested i...

The Department of Conservation Biology at the University of Göttingen is offering a PhD position in the Junior Research Group Ecological Novelty on forest dynamics in permafrost regions. The project focuses on rapidly changing boreal ecosystems and the vegetation, carbon, and climate feedbacks associated with permafrost thaw and landscape transformation. The successful candidate will join a newly established, internationally connected research group working at the intersection of process-based m...

[Fully funded studentship with fees covered, maintenance stipend of £21,805 p.a. for 2026/27, and a research training and support grant (RTSG). Limited support is available for international applicants via home/international fee waiver; relocation and living costs such as visa and health surcharge are not covered.] PhD Studentship at the University of East Anglia on From Spectra to Marine Litter: Multispectral Imaging and AI for Aerial Detection and Monitoring . This project addresses the urgent...

Waseda University is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher / Associate Research Fellow for research in development economics , environmental economics , and related data-driven fields. The position is based at the Waseda University Institute for Contemporary Politics and Economics in Tokyo, Japan , within the Takahashi Sustainable Society Design Project , a project selected under Waseda University’s program for nurturing core next-generation researchers. The project focuses on empirical research ...