Climate change adaptation targets and indicators under uncertainty
Theme(s):
Primary Supervisor: Suraje Dessai <[email protected]>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
PhD projects for 2026 start
This is a list of projects starting in 2026. 36 projects are currently advertised. We anticipate advertising about 40 projects in total. Please keep returning to this page to find new projects.
Because UNRISK encourages project co-development and the shaping of projects around student interests, the supervisory teams of many projects are not yet finalised. All students will be co-supervised by at least two supervisors.
Uncertainty and Predictability of Rainfall for Agricultural Planning in Kenya
Theme(s):
Primary Supervisor: Caroline Wainwright <[email protected]>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
Forecasting the ecosystem and biogeochemical responses to sea ice change in the Southern Ocean
Theme(s):
Primary Supervisor: Dr Lavenia Ratnarajah <[email protected]>
Institution: University College London (Earth Sciences)
Quantifying risk of climate change to forest-based carbon projects
Theme(s):
Primary Supervisor: Tim Baker
Institution: University of Leeds
Testing the ability of AI-based regional models to capture changes in storm tracks using climates of the geologic past
Theme(s):
Primary Supervisor: Chris Brierley <[email protected]>
Institution: University College London (Department of Geography)
AI mapping between drivers of future climate uncertainties and weather and climate impacts in Africa
Theme(s):
Primary Supervisor: Dr John Marsham <[email protected]>
Institution: University of Leeds (Met Office joint chair) (School of Earth and Environment)
Reducing uncertainty in the effect of shipping on climate change
Theme(s):
Primary Supervisor: Daniel Grosvenor
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment and National Centre of Atmospheric Science)
Aerosols, Clouds, and Climate Projections: Tracing Uncertainty Across Scales
Theme(s):
Primary Supervisor: Leighton Regayre <[email protected]>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
Changing climates: Unlocking the past to improve predictions of the future
Theme(s):
Primary Supervisor: Dr Ruza Ivanovic <[email protected]>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
Computing Rare Event Probabilities Using Large Deviations Theory, Path Integrals, and Sampling Based Methods
Theme(s):
Primary Supervisor: Dr Nadhir Ben Rached <[email protected]>
Institution: University of Leeds (Mathematics)
