PhD Opportunities in Environmental Science in Norway

This PhD opportunity is based at the Department of Technology Systems at the University of Oslo and is part of a collaborative project on energy transitions under changing climate conditions. The project brings together the UiO Energy-Climate and Energy Systems Modeling groups with the Climate Physics Group at ETH Zurich , creating a research setting that combines energy-system analysis with climate science. The two available PhD projects focus on complementary questions: one addresses iterative...

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Ålesund is offering a PhD project in multi-robot informative planning for coastal monitoring . The research is part of NTNU Ålesund’s ocean-intelligence activities, which use autonomous systems to collect data for applications including fish-spawning-ground monitoring, microplastic and suspended-contamination mapping, and water-quality assessment. The project will develop methods for teams of heterogeneous unmanned surface vehicles (US...

The University of Oslo invites applications for two PhD Research Fellowships in Climate Risk and Energy Systems at the Department of Technology Systems in Kjeller, near Oslo, with a planned move to the Blindern campus in spring 2027. The fellowships are part of the project “Energy system transitions under evolving climate conditions: drivers, impacts, and solutions” , funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Norwegian Research Council. The research aims to build the knowledge base...

PhD project on hydrogen and industrial decarbonization The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) invites applications for a three-year PhD Candidate position investigating the future role of hydrogen and hydrogen products in industrial decarbonization. The project is based at the Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management at NTNU's Trondheim campus. The research examines how alternative pathways toward a zero-emission industrial sector could reshape industrial p...

NTNU is offering a PhD project in machine learning for the conservation of historic buildings. The position is part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action CHARM Doctoral Network, which develops resilient, sustainable and climate-adapted methods for conserving architectural heritage. The project, titled “Understanding conservation condition and rehabilitation needs at district scale in time of energy saving and climate change via machine learning driven method,” focuses on using artificial intellig...

Western Norway University of Applied Sciences invites applications for a three-year PhD Research Fellowship in Early Childhood Education and Care, based at Campus Bergen and affiliated with the KINDknow – Kindergarten Knowledge Centre for Systemic Research on Diversity and Sustainable Futures. The doctoral project will investigate children, childhood and early childhood education from the perspective of sustainable futures. It will connect research on water and waterscapes with ecological or wat...

This PhD project is based in the Department of Geography and Social Anthropology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and is embedded in the research group Geographies of Just and Sustainable Transitions . The successful candidate will work within NTNU’s strategic energy area, Beyond the Fossil Fuel Era , in a multidisciplinary and international research environment. The project examines how democratic states in petroleum-producing nations negotiate the uncertainties of m...

NTNU is offering a PhD Candidate position in Sustainable and Cement-Free Marine Materials at the Department of Manufacturing and Civil Engineering in Gjøvik. The project is positioned within an international and interdisciplinary research environment focused on sustainable blue economy innovation and low-carbon material solutions for marine applications. The PhD project, HAPMarine , addresses the need for alternatives to carbon-intensive, concrete-based marine infrastructure. The research aims t...

This PhD Research Fellow position is based in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture (KULT) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. The project sits at the intersection of science and technology studies (STS), infrastructure studies, security, and resilience, and is part of NTNU’s broader More Resilient Society initiative. The successful candidate will join the multidisciplinary STRIDE project, which develops a dynamic, multi-risk modeling framework fo...