Faculty of Environment, [SCHOOL] Funded Studentship 2024-25

Project Title 

Modelling climate risk in the Arctic 

School/Faculty 

School of Geography 

Closing Date 

31/05/2025 

Eligibility 

UK Only 

Funding 

Home Funded 

Lead Supervisor’s full name & email address 

Prof. James Ford J.Ford2@leeds.ac.uk 

Co-supervisor name(s) & email address(s) 

Dr Nick Malleson N.S.Malleson@leeds.ac.uk 

Project summary 

One full scholarship is available in the School of Geography in 2025. This scholarship will cover full home (UK) fees plus maintenance, and associated fieldwork costs.

This project is only fully funded for applicants with home (UK) fee status.

This funded PhD place provides an exciting opportunity to pursue postgraduate research in a range of fields relating to climate change, adaptation, and behavioural modelling, working with both Indigenous knowledge and science approaches in the Arctic.

The School of Geography invites applications from prospective postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in the academic year 2025. 

The Arctic is undergoing transformative climate change, with profound implications for transportation systems. The lengthening of the shipping season in the Arctic Ocean is well-documented, with warming temperatures also compromising the operating period and safety of winter roads. Less studied are the more informal transportation networks involving use of unmaintained trails on frozen lakes, rivers, ocean, and the frozen ground, which are critically important for travel between communities, to cultural sites, and for practicing traditional hunting and fishing activities which have particular importance for Indigenous communities. 

References (Optional) 

Please state your entry requirements plus any necessary or desired background 

The minimum entry requirements for PhD study is a 2.1 honours degree, or equivalent, in geography or a related subject.

Applicants who are uncertain about the requirements for a particular research degree are advised to contact the School or PGR Admissions Team prior to making an application. 

The minimum English language entry requirement for the School of Geography postgraduate research study is an IELTS of 6.0 overall with at least 5.5 in each component (reading, writing, listening and speaking) or equivalent. The test must be dated within two years of the start date of the course in order to be valid. Some schools and faculties have a higher requirement. 

Subject Area 

Geography 

Keywords

Geography, Arctic, Arctic Ocean, Climate Change

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