PhD Opportunities in Environmental Sustainability in Italy

University of Basilicata (UniBas) has announced the PhD Call 2026/2027 for admission to its doctoral programs (XLII Cycle) in Italy. The call covers several research areas, including Architecture , Archaeology , Cultural Heritage , History , Engineering , Sustainable Development , Science , Agricultural , Forest and Food Sciences , Health Sciences , and Mediterranean studies . Available PhD programs include: Cities and Landscapes: Architecture, Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, History and Resourc...

The University of Pisa is recruiting a doctoral candidate for MSCA Doctoral Network IDEAS, position DC14: 4D Biopharmaceuticals with electromagnetically activated functionalities . This PhD is part of a larger European network, IDEAS, focused on improving drug efficacy with next-generation amorphous materials and training early-stage researchers in cutting-edge, interdisciplinary pharmaceutical materials science. The project is hosted by the DICI – Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering ...

PhD opportunity in Wheat ATI diversity for sustainable food chains at Università Politecnica delle Marche in Ancona, Italy . The doctoral project, titled SUS-ATI – Sustainable use of wheat ATI diversity for healthier, low-impact food supply chains , focuses on the genetic and functional diversity of alpha-amylase/trypsin inhibitors (ATIs) in wheat. The research combines genomic characterization , analysis of variation at ATI loci, integration of genomic and phenotypic data, and evaluation of low...

PhD opportunity at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa, Italy focused on legume ecosystem services and weed flora in agricultural systems. The project is linked to the VALERECO and SOILRES projects and examines how including legume crops in a cereal-based rotation affects ecosystem services, soil biological quality, and spontaneous flora/weed communities. The research combines field sampling , soil and crop measurements , weed flora data analysis , and work across project partners. The selected P...

Università Politecnica delle Marche in Ancona, Italy is advertising a PhD position in Microbial Populations in Food and Agro-Environmental Matrices . The project sits within Agricultural Sciences and combines classical microbiology with molecular methods to study microbial communities in food and agro-environmental samples. The research includes culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches: quantifying main microbial groups with conventional microbiological techniques and selective/diffe...

PhD opportunity in the DIViNE Doctoral Network (Democratic Institutions and Violence Network in Europe) at the University of Milan, with research mobility and training also at Uppsala University. This fully funded doctoral position, DC6: Security Externalities and Post-Conflict Democratization, is part of a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network under Horizon Europe. The project examines how security provision, development pathways, and institutional reform interact in post-conflict set...

The Accademia di Belle Arti “Pietro Vannucci” di Perugia is opening a public selection for admission to its PhD programme in Identity Design. Methodologies, actions and tools for the regeneration of communities and territories (code DOT24EE582) for the 42nd cycle, Academic Year 2026/2027. This is a doctoral opportunity in the arts and design field, centered on research into identity design, community regeneration, and territorial regeneration. The programme is scheduled to last 36 months and sta...

Upcoming postdoctoral and predoctoral opportunities are being prepared by the Colombi and Leonzino labs in a collaborative project based at IGM-CNR in Pavia and IN-CNR at Humanitas Research Hospital in Rozzano, Italy . The research focuses on organelle communication , especially membrane contact sites between organelles, and how these processes control organelle dynamics and function. The project also investigates how disruption of these mechanisms contributes to neurodegenerative disease , incl...

New PhD opportunity at the University of Perugia (CIRIAF) in Energy and Sustainable Development , XLII Cycle, in Perugia, Italy . This call announces 2 open PhD positions with a competitive PhD scholarship in a highly multidisciplinary and international research environment. The programme connects energy , sustainability , environmental wellbeing , environmental sustainability , and energy transitions , with research activities, workshops, scientific exchanges, and links to European and internat...