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🎓 Ecology PhDs

Evaluating Southern Africa's Conservation Area Networks for National and Global Targets
University of Kent Prof Bob Smith 🎓 Ecology 🎓 Environmental Biology Deadline: 14 May 2026

Explore the effectiveness of southern Africa's conservation areas in meeting global biodiversity targets. Develop skills in GIS, ecology, and policy analysis to assess monitoring data and support conservation policy dev…

This research contributes vital knowledge to improving conservation strategies in a biodiversity hotspot, supporting the Global Biodiversit…

8926+ citations · h52
Conservation Biology Conservation Science
Economic Carrying Capacity and Future Conservation of Rhinos in Privately Governed OECMs
University of Kent Dr David Roberts 🎓 Ecology 🎓 Environmental Sciences Deadline: 14 May 2026

Explore how economic factors shape rhino conservation on private lands. Develop integrative bioeconomic models to address the impact of trade policies on conservation incentives and population recovery.

This research addresses urgent conservation challenges by assessing how economic incentives affect rhino populations on private lands amids…

915+ citations · h15
Political Ecology Ecological Economics Institutional Analysis Climate Change Governance
Optimising Welfare and Survival in Live Lobster Exports
University of Galway Dr Alex Wan 🎓 Biological Sciences 🎓 Ecology Deadline: 24 Apr 2026

Fully funded PhD at the University of Galway investigating lobster welfare, survival, and stress biology in live export systems using genomics and physiology.

Toxicity of Pollutant Mixtures and Heat Waves on Threatened Freshwater Taxa
Heriot-Watt University Dr Frances Orton, Dr Graeme Shaw, Dr Heidrun Feuchtmayr, Dr Ted Henry 🎓 Analytical Chemistry 🎓 Biodiversity Deadline: 05 May 2026

Competition funded PhD at Heriot-Watt University investigating how pollutant mixtures and heat waves affect threatened freshwater species using field and mesocosm approaches.

Quantifying animal movement patterns and behavioural interactions in a changing world
University of Bristol Prof Andy Radford; Prof Simon Griffith; Prof Luca Giuggioli 🎓 Data Analysis 🎓 Ecology Deadline: 19 Apr 2026

Funded PhD at the University of Bristol combining mathematical modelling and empirical data to study animal movement and behavioural interactions in changing environments.

PhD Studentship in Rapid Evolution in Communities
Biology Centre CAS Dr Jan Hrček 🎓 Ecology 🎓 Entomology Deadline: 07 May 2026

Fully funded PhD at the Biology Centre CAS investigating rapid evolution and its effects on community dynamics using experimental and genomic approaches.

Microbiome-based strategies for enhancing drought resilience in native vegetation
Western Sydney University Dr Eleonora Egidi; Prof Paul Rymer 🎓 Biological Sciences 🎓 Climate Science Deadline: 30 Apr 2026

Fully funded PhD at Western Sydney University investigating how soil and root microbiomes enhance drought resilience in native vegetation, combining laboratory, field, and applied ecological research.

Investigating the influence of particle-toxicant interactions on toxicant bioavailability and toxicity in a tropical estuarine amphipod of mangrove wetlands
Heriot-Watt University Theodore Henry 🎓 Analytical Chemistry 🎓 Ecology Deadline: 05 May 2026

Mangrove ecosystems face mounting threats from the triple planetary crises of pollution, climate change and biodiversity loss. Particle-toxicant interactions result in complex scenarios in which toxicants are transforme…

Understanding evolving wildfire risk and resilience in Scotland
The University of Edinburgh Dr Zakary Campbell-Lochrie 🎓 Civil Engineering 🎓 Climate Science Deadline: 10 Apr 2026

Funded PhD at the University of Edinburgh investigating wildfire risk and resilience in Scotland using mixed methods, modelling, and stakeholder analysis.