PhD Opportunities in Spatial Analysis in United Kingdom

[Fees plus a stipend of £21,805 per annum for 2026/7.] University of Exeter is offering a PhD studentship on Digital twinning for post-mining environmental transitions . This project addresses the challenge of what happens to mines, quarries, and other extractive landscapes when ore bodies become exhausted or uneconomic, with a focus on building more sustainable and resilient post-mining futures. The research explores how former mine sites can be reused for a range of purposes, including resourc...

[Fully funded studentship with fees covered, maintenance stipend of £21,805 p.a. for 2026/27, and a research training and support grant (RTSG). Limited support is available for international applicants via home/international fee waiver; relocation and living costs such as visa and health surcharge are not covered.] PhD Studentship at the University of East Anglia on From Spectra to Marine Litter: Multispectral Imaging and AI for Aerial Detection and Monitoring . This project addresses the urgent...

[Full tuition fees and a tax-free stipend of £18,000 per year.] Applications are invited for a funded PhD studentship at the University of West London focused on AI optimisation of green roofs and green facades for low-carbon, heat-resilient buildings . This project will develop an AI-enabled decision-support framework to evaluate how building-integrated green infrastructure can reduce operational carbon, lower building energy demand, and improve thermal comfort in urban settings. The research b...

PhD opportunity: Hot spots or homogeneity? This PhD project investigates whether soil CO₂ flux is released evenly across landscapes or concentrated in a small fraction of the soil and short time periods, and whether the emitted carbon is young or old. The research combines dense arrays of low-cost automated CO₂ flux analysers with radiocarbon analysis at peatland and mineral soil sites. Research areas: environmental science, soil carbon cycling, radiocarbon methods, geoscience, sensor/instrument...

PhD opportunity at Anglia Ruskin University (Cambridge, United Kingdom) in Zoo Spaces and Equitable Nature Connection . This funded PhD project examines how UK zoo education programmes and zoo spaces can strengthen public connection to nature and support behaviour change. Working with the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA), the student will use social science and mixed-methods approaches to audit conservation education interventions across multiple zoos. The project also...

PhD opportunity at The Francis Crick Institute in London, United Kingdom on computational modelling of cell morphology in the spatial organisation of cancer . This funded PhD project with Dr Josh Bull focuses on cancer biology , cell biology , biophysics , mathematics , and computer science . The project aims to develop and extend agent-based models for tumour microenvironment research, with particular interest in how cell morphology influences immune infiltration , tumour invasion , and tissue-...