Funded PhD studentships at the University of East Anglia (UK) on political, social and legal responses to climate change
The Leverhulme Trust’s ‘Critical Decade for Climate Change’ doctoral training programme at the University of East Anglia (Norwich, UK) is seeking applications for fully funded PhD studentships including:
Project 1: Climate mitigation through the decision of courts: a critical evaluation. https://www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-doctorate/phd-climate-mitigation-through-the-decisions-of-courts-a-critical-evaluation-kent-law22cdcc/2022
Project 2: How are publics’ climate change attitudes and behaviours influenced by politicians? https://www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-doctorate/how-are-publics-climate-change-attitudes-and-behaviours-influenced-by-politicians-lorenzoni-env22cdcc/2022
Project 3: Delivering net zero requires local political action: what will the role of local politicians be in the critical decade?
https://www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-doctorate/delivering-net-zero-requires-local-political-action-what-will-the-role-of-local-politicians-be-in-the-critical-decade-/2022
Project 4: A new climate for engagement? Analysing the role of citizens' assemblies in addressing climate change
https://www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-doctorate/a-new-climate-for-engagement-analysing-the-role-of-citizens-assemblies-in-addressing-climate-change/2022
The studentships, which will start in October 2022, offer excellent opportunities to 1) conduct cutting-edge research, 2) join a dynamic and vibrant research environment including the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and the Science, Society & Sustainability (3S) research group, and 3) work with teams of top researchers.
Each scholarship covers tuition fees (for both home and international students), a maintenance stipend (£15,285 per year in 2022/23) and a generous research and training support grant of up to £8,000 over the course of the 4 year PhD programme.
For more information about all the individual projects and the doctoral training programme, go to: https://www.uea.ac.uk/climate/show-and-tell
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