Three fully funded PhD positions at University of Leeds

[Richard Baernthaler]

Dear all, 

I would like to share three fully funded PhD positions available (unfortunately only for UK students) at the University of Leeds:

Justice implications of the UK's net zero carbon policies | Project Opportunities | PhD | University of Leeds - supervised by Milena Büchs

Advertising and Justice-Based Sustainability Transformations of Production and Consumption | Project Opportunities | PhD | University of Leeds - supervised by Diana Ivanova

Political Economy of Production and Consumption Transformations | Project Opportunities | PhD | University of Leeds - supervised by Richard Bärnthaler 

All three scholarships are part of the Production and Consumption Transformations (PACT) Centre which is funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). The PACT centre examines options for the UK to meet its carbon reduction targets through transformations of production and consumption systems.

As part of this PhD scholarship, there is an option to spend up to six months at DESNZ through a secondment.

Best,

Richard

Dr Richard Bärnthaler

Assistant Professor in Ecological Economics

Sustainability Research Institute

University of Leeds

 

Co-Lead, Research Group: Economics and Policy for Sustainability | University of Leeds

Associate Editor at Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy | Taylor & Francis

Elected board member at European Society for Ecological Economics

 

Some recent publications:

Bärnthaler, Mang & Hickel. 2025. Toward a post-growth industrial policy for Europe: navigating emerging tensions and long-term goals. Globalizations. (https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2025.2501821)

Pichler, Bärnthaler, Wiedenhofer, Roux & Gingrich. 2025. Conceptualizing supply- and demand-side climate change mitigation: a typology and new research directions. Energy Research & Social Science. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2025.104225)

Bärnthaler, Barlow, Novy & Aigner. 2025. Conceptualizing transformative climate action: insights from sufficiency research. Climate Policy. (https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2494782)