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Mathematical modelling of Ecosystem Resilience in a Changing Climate

Andrew Krause

@blindmath.bsky.social

We're advertising an @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD position on modelling ecosystem resilience/vegetation patterning with @ecogeo.bsky.social, Denis Patterson, Roy Sanderson, and John Wainright! Keen to chat with anyone trained in geography/maths/ecology/physics etc.

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Clostridial Cell Biology Group

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Rob Fagan

@robfagan.bsky.social

🚨 Fully funded PhD studentships 🚨

We have three fully funded PhD studentships available for Oct 26 start. Funded by the MRC DiMeN programme & the BBSRC Yorkshire Biosciences DTP. Details below as they are advertised. Contact me here or via email for more details or to discuss an application

We are the Clostridial Cell Biology Group at the University of Sheffield. We study all aspects of cell biology, including the architecture and biogenesis of surface structures on both vegetative cells...

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Ben O'Loughlin

@benoloughlin.bsky.social

Three PhD studentships available if you want to work-study with @andrewhoskins.bsky.social on his brilliant new WARSHARE project on Telegram and the Russia-Ukraine war: www.sps.ed.ac.uk/study/prospe...
#memory #trauma #participation

WARSHARE PhD Scholarships | School of Social and Political Science

Applications for the 3 PhD scholarships close at 23:59 GMT on Thursday 11th December 2025. Late applications cannot be accepted.Following a European Advanced Grant Award funded by UKRI to Professor An...

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October 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM Everybody can reply

William (Bill) Grey

@billgrey.bsky.social

🚨 We have 3 fully funded PhD studentships open!
Join the Grey Lab & collaborators at @biologyatyork.bsky.social, @universityofleeds.bky.social & @ybri-uoy.bsky.social to explore stem cells, proteomics & leukaemia biology
📍Start Oct 2026 | 💡Apply via MRC & BBSRC
👇Details in thread 👇

October 31, 2025 at 1:20 PM Everybody can reply

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Althea Davies

@palyally.bsky.social

Are you passionate about #fisheries, #livelihoods, #health and #nutrition? Then this PhD is for you! Supervised by Tania Mendo, Charlotte Hall & me.
"Small-scale fisheries’ contributions to nutrition and food security under a changing climate" iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

Small-scale fisheries' contributions to nutrition and food security under a changing climate

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PROTECTION OF SEABED CARBON IN SHELF SEDIMENT

Isobel Stanton

@istanton.bsky.social

🚨New #PhD #adverts alert🚨

I currently have two PhD studentships being advertised on environmental #AMR ⬇️

More being advertised soon 👀

@ukceh.bsky.social @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social

October 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM Everybody can reply

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Markus Diesing

@mdiesing.bsky.social

🌊 New PhD opportunity!
Protection of Seabed Carbon in Shelf Sediment

Supervised by @marijasciberras.bsky.social and @coastalcarbon.bsky.social and hosted by The Lyell Centre.

More information:
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October 31, 2025 at 10:17 AM Everybody can reply

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ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit)

@digitcentre.bsky.social

📣 PhD opportunities!

Digit is offering two PhD studentships with stipends and UK fees covered.

The application deadline for both is 9 January 2026. These studentships are part of the Management Integrated PhD programme at the @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social.

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October 31, 2025 at 9:33 AM Everybody can reply

Understanding the ecological interplay between tree planting and natural processes to create future forests

Kevin Watts

@watts-km.bsky.social

🚨PhD opportunity🚨Come and work with us & Stirling Uni to understand the role of woodland creation 🌳in nature recovery 🌺🦋

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October 31, 2025 at 8:59 AM Everybody can reply

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The Bartlett

@thebartlettucl.bsky.social

Fully-funded UCL-EPSRC studentships 🌍

Applications now open for the 2026–27 Landscape Award four year studentships, including within BSSC, BSEER & CASA.

🔗 Apply by 05 January: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epsrc-doctoral-training/prospective-students/ucl-epsrc-landscape-award-uela-studentships

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Quasicubanes versus Cubanes: Innovative Synthetic Organic Chemistry at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com

Susannah Coote

@suscoote.bsky.social

📢 TWO fully-funded 4-year PhD studentships (UK/home students only) available at University of Bath (Sept 2026 start), developing ambitious synthetic routes to novel caged molecules. Informal enquiries welcome (email [email protected]), and for more info: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

PhD Project - Quasicubanes versus Cubanes: Innovative Synthetic Organic Chemistry at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com

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October 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM Everybody can reply

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Bicentenary PhD Studentships and Fellowships in Humanities | Faculty of Humanities | The University of Manchester

Łukasz Szulc

@lukaszszulc.bsky.social

The University of Manchester is offering fully-funded Bicentenary PhD Studentships. One of the projects will be based in our Centre for Digital Humanities, Cultures and Media and is about 'Generative AI and Informational Crisis'. Spread the word! www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/study/postgr...

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October 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM Everybody can reply

Althea Davies

@palyally.bsky.social

New PhD with Helen Mackay, @erinmcclimate.bsky.social, Eileen Tisdall & Daniel Rhodes @nts-archaeology.bsky.social on the role of large herbivores in Holocene ecosystem dynamics iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

Transforming landscapes: the role of large herbivores in Holocene ecosystem dynamics

October 30, 2025 at 9:55 AM Everybody can reply

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Daniela de Angeli Dutra

@danideageli.bsky.social

Bangor University’s Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS) PhD studentships is open for applications.

If you are interested in doing a PhD on disease ecology focusing on data science, health and wellbeing, please get in contact.

I am happy to support students applications.

October 30, 2025 at 9:39 AM Everybody can reply

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UCL EPSRC PhD Studentships 2026 | Fully Funded | HigherJobz

HigherJobz

@higherjobz.bsky.social

UCL EPSRC #PhD Studentships 2026 – University College London, UK
Fully funded 4-year doctoral positions in Science & Engineering
Eligibility: UK & International students
Deadline: 5 January 2026
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#PhDPosition #AcademicJobs #UKJobs #ResearchOpportunities @ucl.ac.uk

Apply for 50 fully funded EPSRC PhD Studentships 2026 at UCL in Science & Engineering. Open to UK & international. Deadline: 5 Jan 2026

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October 30, 2025 at 5:32 AM Everybody can reply

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2026 PhD Studentships in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at The University of Edinburgh

James F. McGrath (ReligionProf)

@religionprof.bsky.social

PhD studentships at the University of Edinburgh including in divinity/theology/religions

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Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

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October 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM Everybody can reply

Matt Bailey

@mtbailey.bsky.social

PhD studentship - microbes and aquifer energy systems, located at the fantastic @bgs.ac.uk aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships...

Tools for assessing microbial risks of groundwater heating, CASE project with The Environment Agency | Aries

Dr Simon Gregory, Decarbonisation and Resource Management, British Geological Survey Dr Matt Bailey-Ross, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Plymouth Dr Mike Spence…

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October 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM Everybody can reply

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Katherine Herborn

@k-herborn.bsky.social

We have an @aries-dtp.bsky.social PhD opportunity working with the Snæfellsnes Research Centre, Iceland, on how seabird nesting decisions might shape ecosystem processes, aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships... With folk inc. @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com. If that sounds like you, get in touch :-)

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October 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM Everybody can reply

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NicolaJPatron

@nicolabiologist.bsky.social

Last week we held the 2nd @blackinplantsci.bsky.social conference in Leeds, full of 🌱science, 🌸art, African crops, careers & mentorship and talent. Highlight was seeing the impacts of our Research Excellence Awards & Studentships. So proud to honour and promote the excellence in our community 💓

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Kevin Watts

@watts-km.bsky.social

📢 PhD opportunity: ‘Understanding the ecological interplay between tree planting and natural processes to create future forests’ 🪴🌱🌳 working on space-for-time & @forestresearchuk.bsky.social large-scale experiment network (LERN)

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Understanding the ecological interplay between tree planting and natural processes to create future forests