There are the following PhD opportunities available.
The Net Zero Polar Science Doctoral Training Programme is now open for applications. Visit the website for the current project list.
University of Portsmouth
Title: AI–DRIVEN Soil Moisture Extended Cohesive Damage Element Method for Forecasting Landslide Initiation and Propagation under Heavy Rainfall
- Supervised by: Jiye Chen (Portsmouth), Rosemary Willatt (UCL), Bayes Ahmed (UCL)
- Deadline: 17th December 2025
- Find out more on the TREES website (external site).
UCL
Title: Nested Timescales of Antarctic Climate Change from Sedimentary Archives and Satellite Imagery
- Supervised by: Aleksandr Montelli (UCL), Rosemary Willatt (UCL)
- Deadline: 17th December 2025
- Find out more on the TREES website (external site).
UCL
Title: Simulating polarisation of EM radiation in snow and ice for climate change observations via advanced remote sensing of the cryosphere
- Supervised by: Rosemary Willatt (UCL), Kinwah Wu (UCL), Mel Sandells (Northumbria)
- Deadline: 5th January 2026
- Find out more here on the UCL-EPSRC-DTP github (external site) and apply here on the UCL website (external site).
Lancaster University
Title: Antarctic Ice Loss in High Definition: Analysing novel high-resolution satellite data streams for quantifying 21st century change
- Supervised by: Prof Mal McMillan (Lancaster University), Dr Dave McKay (University of Edinburgh), Dr Jenny Maddalena (Lancaster University) and Dr Israel Martinez Hernandez (Lancaster University)
- Deadline: 9th January 2026
- Find out more here on the Exageo website (external site).