PhD Opportunities in Archaeology in United Kingdom

[Annual stipend at the UKRI minimum rate currently £21,805 per year, plus £1,000 per annum enhancement, and a research training support grant of up to £20,000 for the full 4-year programme.] Sub-cool is a 4-year PhD studentship at The University of Manchester that explores how urban aquifers could be used as reliable, sustainable resources for geothermal cooling in a changing climate. The project brings together hydrogeology , climate change , and social science perspectives to study both the ph...

[Competition-funded dual award scheme; applicants are instructed to enter “Dual award funding” in the application form. The advert notes that not all advertised projects will necessarily offer a place on the programme.] This PhD project explores mineral–fluid–rock interactions in subsurface geological formations and how these coupled processes shape the performance and integrity of technologies central to the energy transition. The research is set against applications such as geothermal energy e...

This funded PhD project investigates what happens on land when temperatures exceed 1.5°C and examines the long-term consequences of climate “overshoot.” The research will combine geochemical datasets with climate model simulations to determine how land systems respond to past, present and future warming. By connecting evidence from different climate periods with modelled future conditions, the project will contribute to improved assessments of the environmental consequences of exceeding 1.5°C of...

Heriot-Watt University is offering a fully funded PhD project on multimodal generative AI for uncertainty-aware 3D geological modelling . The research will develop AI methods that combine diverse geological and geophysical information, including geological maps, cross-sections, well logs, geophysical surveys and geological reports. The doctoral researcher will investigate how multimodal generative models can integrate these heterogeneous data sources to construct and assess three-dimensional geo...

ARIES DTP is offering fully funded PhD studentship opportunities for an October 2027 start, focused on environmental research and doctoral study of the changing planet. The programme spans five broad research themes: Ecology and Biodiversity ; Marine, Atmospheric and Climate Sciences ; Geosciences, Resources and Environmental Risk ; Environmental Genomics and Microbiology ; and Agri-environments and Water . Projects are intended for researchers interested in understanding natural systems and tac...

This fully funded PhD scholarship is based in Law and Criminology at Swansea University and sits within the ESRC Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS). The opportunity is embedded in a strong interdisciplinary environment spanning the School of Social Sciences and the School of Law , with links to research centres and initiatives across the university. The project environment is especially suited to students interested in empirical or socio-legal research. Swansea’s criminology a...

This PhD project investigates whether shrub regeneration can alleviate climate change impacts on soil biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, or whether it could intensify those impacts. Shrub regeneration is increasing across many ecosystems through management approaches such as rewilding and nature recovery, as well as climate-driven advances in shrublines. The project will examine how regeneration interacts with other global change factors, including nitrogen pollution, which may produce unpr...

Onassis Scholarships for Hellenes support Greek students and eligible applicants of Greek background to pursue a full-time Master’s or PhD programme abroad. The award is provided by the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, which has run the scheme since 1978, and this round offers up to 80 scholarships. The scholarship is designed for study in a wide range of fields, including the humanities, social sciences, engineering, natural and agricultural sciences, and medicine and health scie...

This doctoral opportunity offers a place on the DPhil programme in Sociology at the University of Oxford , within its Department of Sociology. The programme is built around independent doctoral research and a thesis supervised by one or two academic supervisors, with weekly seminars and regular supervision meetings throughout the degree. Students can work across a broad set of sociological themes, including inequality , education , health , gender , crime , political sociology , and computer-ass...