PhD Opportunities in Environmental Sustainability in France

PhD opportunity at the University of Caen Normandy, France in the ABTE laboratory, EcoTEA team, on foam-flow cleaning in milking systems . The project, called FOAMAT , focuses on improving cleaning performance while reducing water, energy, and detergent use. The research combines foam physical chemistry , fluid mechanics , process engineering , rheology , and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to understand how foam formulation, structure, and flow conditions affect the removal of dairy residues...

Applications are open for the 2026 John G. Bene Fellowship from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) . This student award supports master’s and doctoral students conducting field research in the Global South for their thesis work. It is designed for students whose academic background combines an interest in forests with social sciences , and whose research examines the relationship between forest resources and the social, economic, cultural, and environmental welfare of people in...

PhD position at the University of Caen Normandy in Caen, France on experimental investigation and modelling of foam flow cleaning in milking systems (FOAMAT Project, with ACTALIA and Idele). The project is hosted by ABTE UR 4651, EcoTEA Team and focuses on research at the intersection of process engineering , fluid mechanics , physical chemistry , and CFD/modelling . The topic is especially relevant for students interested in experimental work, quantitative analysis, and applied flow/cleaning pr...

PhD position at Mines Paris – PSL in Versailles, France, within the Transport, Efficiency and Decarbonization (TED) Team at the Center of Energy, Environment and Processes (CEEP) for the EVEREST Project . The project focuses on advanced 3D thermo-physiological modeling and AI-driven control for personalized thermal comfort in electric vehicles . This is a strong fit for candidates interested in heat transfer , thermal comfort , mechanical engineering , energy engineering , automotive engineering...

PhD opportunity at Mines Saint-Étienne (Institut Mines-Télécom) in Saint-Étienne, France , focused on the development and characterization of a multi-sensor platform for monitoring onshore CO2 storage sites . The doctoral project is hosted at the SPIN – LGF center (Georges Friedel Laboratory, UMR CNRS 5307) and is part of the CO2MET consortium with IFPEN, BRGM, Mines Saint-Étienne, and Cerema . The research combines instrumentation , sensor development , metrology , data acquisition and processi...

Fully funded PhD position in Geotechnical Engineering focused on soil erosion and dike resistance . The opportunity is associated with ESTP and Université Gustave Eiffel in France , within the BONSAI Project (Interreg North-West Europe) and its erosion research theme. Applicants should hold a Master's degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Geotechnical Engineering, or a related field. A background in soil mechanics is required, and experience with soil erosion an...

Fully funded PhD opportunity on Social Reinforcement Learning to Support the Agroecological Transition within the MSCA COFUND BEST programme. The project is jointly supervised by INRAE Toulouse (France) and IIIA-CSIC (Barcelona, Spain) , offering an international research environment at the intersection of reinforcement learning , multi-agent systems , computer science , and agroecological transition . Eligibility: applicants must hold a master’s degree or equivalent by the deadline and must not...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in France/Spain within the European TERRA-MED programme . The Université de Montpellier (France) and the University of the Balearic Islands (Spain) are offering a three-year PhD project on plant–mosquito–microbe interactions and their implications for pathogen transmission . The research combines field-based ecological investigations with controlled laboratory experiments , making it a strong fit for candidates interested in biology , ecology , medical entomology , v...

Fully funded PhD position in plant epigenetics and periderm formation under stress at the University of Perpignan Via Domitia in France, within the Plant Genome and Development Laboratory (LGDP) and co-hosted by the University of Girona's Cork Laboratory . This opportunity is a strong fit for students interested in plant biology , molecular biology , biochemistry , genomics , plant physiology , and stress-related developmental processes. The project focuses on how plants form periderm under stre...