PhD Opportunities in Geography in Germany

This PhD project is part of the University of Cologne’s interdisciplinary initiative “The Rhine Floodplain – a Biogeochemically Coupled System under Stress” , which examines how altered hydrology reshapes floodplain sediment dynamics, biodiversity, food webs, microbial processes, and greenhouse gas emissions. The advertised doctorate focuses on soil microbial nutrient stoichiometry and soil-atmosphere exchange in river floodplains. The successful candidate will investigate how nutrient constrain...

The University of Cologne’s Institute of Geography is offering an interdisciplinary PhD project on the Rhine floodplain as a biogeochemically coupled system under stress. The project examines how altered hydrology shapes floodplain sediment dynamics and the wider ecosystem response, linking physical and geochemical processes with biodiversity, food webs, microbial activity, and greenhouse gas emissions. The doctoral researcher will contribute to a collaborative project with other PhD students an...

The Chair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology at the University of Freiburg is offering a PhD opportunity in ecology focused on independent, student-designed research. The position is open to candidates interested in fundamental or applied questions in pollination ecology, wild pollinator conservation, and plant-insect interactions. The chair welcomes original project ideas rather than a predefined thesis topic. Suggested directions include pollination ecology in forest ecosystems, the ...

Bayer Foundation Scientific Fellowships 2027 support outstanding Master’s, PhD and medical students who want to broaden their scientific experience internationally. Fellows may undertake research projects, internships or academic exchange opportunities, gaining exposure to international researchers and scientific environments. The fellowship welcomes applications in Drug Discovery Sciences , Medical Sciences , Agricultural Sciences , and Climate & Health . The programme is designed for students ...

Hamburg University of Technology is recruiting a fully funded PhD researcher at the Institute of Geo-Hydroinformatics to investigate groundwater–land–climate interactions. The doctoral project will combine artificial intelligence, satellite Earth observation, global datasets, and environmental modeling. The research will examine these interconnected environmental processes across regional to global scales, with a strong emphasis on computational analysis and Earth-system understanding. The posit...

Doctoral Researcher (m/f/d) in the Collaborative Project SiProtect at the Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut. This opening is for a PhD student working within a collaborative project, with the advertised research area tied to biological sciences and an entomological institute context. The position is hosted by the Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, a research institute focused on entomology and biological research. The advert identifies the role as a doctoral researcher ...

The yDiv Graduate School & Postdoc Programme is based at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig and is linked to Friedrich Schiller University Jena, with cooperation across Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and Leipzig University. It brings together a large international research community of more than 300 researchers from around 30 nations. The programme is designed for doctoral researchers working in integrative biodiversity research and offer...

The Graduate School of Integrated Climate and Earth System Sciences (SICSS) at the University of Hamburg offers a structured PhD programme focused on basic research into climate system interactions and climate effects. The programme is designed to support doctoral researchers in building strong disciplinary expertise while also developing interdisciplinary thinking and international networking. Doctoral researchers follow a curriculum with compulsory introduction courses in climate system scienc...

The Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology in Jena offers a PhD position within the Carl Zeiss Stiftung Independent Research Group on High-End Climate Risks (CZS-HECR) . The group studies worst-case climate outcomes, from unprecedented and compounding extremes to their societal impacts, combining climate physics, Earth system analyses, targeted climate model experiments, advanced statistics, and machine-learning-based approaches to produce usable climate risk estimates for sectors such as healt...