University Of Essex Invites Applications For 16 Vacant PhD Studentship Positions

University Of Essex Invites Applications For 16 Vacant PhD Studentship Positions, a public research university in Essex, England. Established by royal charter in 1965, it is one of the original plate glass universities. The university comprises three campuses in the county, in Southend-on-Sea and Loughton with its primary campus in Wivenhoe Park, Colchester.

Vacant PhD Studentships

PhD Studentship: Building Energy Commons: Law, Governance, and Community Power in African Renewable Energy Transitions
Essex Business School / Essex Law School, Colchester, Essex
Salary: £20,780 | Apply Before: 13 Apr

PhD Studentship: The role of international economic law in environmental policy
Essex Law School / Government, Colchester, Essex
Salary: £20,780 | Apply Before: 13 Apr

PhD Studentship: How do climate change-induced biodiversity targets influence the dynamics and effectiveness of international cooperation in biodiversity governance?
Government / Life Sciences, Colchester, Essex
Salary: £20,780 | Apply Before: 13 Apr

PhD Studentship: Exploring the circular economy from accounting and regulatory perspectives
Essex Business School / Government, Colchester, Essex
Salary: £20,780 | Apply Before: 13 Apr

PhD Studentship: The Relationship between Legal and Economic Interventions for effective Climate Adaptation Strategies
Essex Law School / Essex Business School, Colchester, Essex
Salary: £20,780 | Apply Before: 13 Apr

PhD Studentship: Political Economy of the Environment and Development
Government / Essex Business School, Colchester, Essex
Salary: £20,780 | Apply Before: 13 Apr

PhD Studentship: Investigating Fake News Related to Climate Change
Essex Business School / Government, Colchester, Essex
Salary: £20,780 | Apply Before: 13 Apr

PhD Studentship: Implementation of the Human Right to Water
Essex Law School / Essex Business School, Colchester, Essex
Salary: £20,780 | Apply Before: 13 Apr

PhD Studentship: Waste Management - Towards Sustainability
Essex Law School / Life Sciences, Colchester, Essex
Salary: £20,780 Living costs stipend at the UK Research and Innovation recommended level per year. The stipend for 2025-26 is £20,780. The stipend for 2026-27 is TBA. A research allowance of £10,000 (in total) to be spent on authorised research costs. | Apply Before: 13 Apr

PhD Studentship: Biodiversity Conservation. An empirical analysis of the ways that developers in England are working to achieve Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG).
Essex Law School / Essex Business School, Colchester
Salary: £20,780 for 2025-26 | Apply Before: 13 Apr

PhD Studentship: From Global Promise to Local Impact: Evaluating Climate Funding at the Local Level
Essex Business School / Essex Law School, Colchester, Essex
Salary: £20,780 Living costs stipend at the UK Research and Innovation recommended level per year. The stipend for 2025-26 is £20,780. The stipend for 2026-27 is TBA. A research allowance of £10,000 (in total) to be spent on authorised research costs | Apply Before: 13 Apr

PhD Studentship: Sanitary Waste Management – from Management to Sustainability
Essex Law School / Life Sciences, Colchester
Salary: £20,780 for 2025-26 | Apply Before: 13 Apr

PhD Studentship: Unilateralism v Multilateralism: Harnessing International Economic Policy for Sustainable Transitions
Essex Law School / Essex Business School, Colchester
Salary: £20,780 for 2025-26 | Apply Before: 13 Apr

PhD Studentship: Permissible Population Policy as a Means of Averting Harmful Climate Change
Government / School of Health and Social Care, Colchester, Essex
Salary: £20,780 | Apply Before: 13 Apr

PhD Studentship: The Role of Directors’ Duties and Their Relationship With Non-Financial Reporting in Achieving Environmental Sustainability
Essex Law School / Essex Business School, Colchester
Salary: £20,780 for 2025-26 | Apply Before: 13 Apr

PhD Studentship: Towards a Praxis of a Just Transition in Developing Economies: Beyond Counter Accounts and Regulatory Frameworks to Action
Essex Business School / Essex Law School, Colchester
Salary: £20,780 for 2025-26 | Apply Before: 13 Apr