PhD Positions in Earth Science in Denmark

The Department of Science Education at the University of Copenhagen is offering a three-year PhD position within the Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for University Science Education (NNF-USE). The project sits in the research work package “Disciplinary Writing Practices in the AI Era: Enhancing Learning in the Geosciences” and is part of the University Science Education research group, which works on higher education discipline-based educational research in an interdisciplinary and international ...

This PhD project at DTU Energy , Technical University of Denmark, focuses on one of the central durability challenges in green hydrogen production: understanding how solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs) degrade and how some of that degradation can be reversed during reversible operation. The student will use operando transmission electron microscopy to observe a miniaturised SOEC while it operates under gas atmospheres and temperatures up to 900 °C. The goal is to watch nanoscale changes as el...

Research focus: This three-year PhD project at DTU Energy investigates why solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs) gradually lose performance and how switching between electrolysis and fuel-cell modes can eliminate or reverse degradation. The research addresses a major challenge in producing hydrogen and other fuels from renewable electricity. The doctoral researcher will use operando transmission electron microscopy to observe degradation and recovery inside a working, miniaturised SOEC. Experim...

PhD scholarship: Physics-Informed Machine Learning for Greenland’s Firn Tipping Point DTU Space, part of the National Space Institute at the Technical University of Denmark, is recruiting a PhD student for a three-year research project on Greenland’s firn and its role in future sea-level rise. Greenland’s firn—the porous, compacted snow layer on the ice sheet—can currently refreeze a substantial amount of summer meltwater. This storage capacity is finite, however, and the project will investigat...

The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) Space invites applications for a three-year, full-time PhD scholarship on physics-informed machine learning for Greenland’s firn tipping point. The position is based at the Cryosphere Research Group, Geodesy and Earth Observation Division, DTU Space, in Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark. The project will investigate when Greenland’s porous near-surface firn layer may lose its capacity to store meltwater and what this could mean for sea-level rise. The PhD researcher ...

PhD position in Geoscience Education Research at the University of Copenhagen , within the Department of Science Education and the Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for University Science Education (NNF-USE) . The project is part of the work package “Disciplinary Writing Practices in the AI Era: Enhancing Learning in the Geosciences” and focuses on how disciplinary writing supports learning, teaching, and knowledge production in university geoscience education. The research examines how students an...

PhD scholarship at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU Aqua) on Arctic fjord food webs under glacial retreat . The project is jointly hosted with the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR) and the Greenland Climate Research Centre (GCRC), and it examines how glacier retreat changes the structure, functioning, and stability of coastal Arctic ecosystems. The research is centered on two fjord systems near Nuuk, Greenland, with contrasting levels of glacial influence. The successful ca...

PhD opportunity at Aalborg University, Denmark in climate change, Arctic ecosystems, terrestrial ecology, biogeochemistry, and ecosystem modeling . The Department of Chemistry and Bioscience at Aalborg University is advertising a 3-year PhD stipend in the project “From Catchment to Coast” , titled “Predicting terrestrial ecosystem responses to changing Arctic catchments.” The project investigates how climate warming alters terrestrial ecosystem structure and biogeochemical processes, and how the...

PhD opportunity in Environmental & Resource Economics at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Esbjerg , within the Biodiversa+ BRAVE project: Biological Invasions Resolved through Adaptable, Versatile, and Engaging Nature-Based Solutions . The PhD will contribute to the Danish BRAVE case study on the invasive Pacific oyster in the Wadden Sea. Research topics include invasive species management , stakeholder preferences, economic values, and management trade-offs, with methods such as non-ma...