University of Manchester
Title: Joint analysis of volcanic degassing and deformation time series to understand transitions in unrest
Institution: University of Manchester
Supervisors: Dr B McCormick Kilbride, Dr S Ebmeier, Dr Benjamin Esse, Prof. M Burton
Funder: Jointly funded by the Centre for Observation and Modelling of Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Tectonics (COMET) and the University of Manchester’s School of Natural Sciences.
Proposed start date: October 2025
Application link: Joint analysis of volcanic degassing and deformation time series to understand transitions in unrest at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
Title: The origin and evolution of halogens at Mt Etna volcano, Sicily
Institution: University of Manchester
Supervisors: Dr B Mccormick Kilbride, Dr M Hartley, Prof R Burgess, Dr Michael Broadley, Dr Rosanna Corsaro
Funder: Competition funded
Proposed start date: October 2025
Application link: https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/the-origin-and-evolution-of-halogens-at-mt-etna-volcano-sicily/?p175969
University of Leeds 
Title: Imaging 3-D deformation from space, for volcanoes and earthquake-prone regions
Institution: University of Leeds
Supervisors: Andy Hooper, John Elliott
Funder: YES Doctoral Training Network
Proposed start date: October 2025
Application link: formation from space, for volcanoes and earthquake-prone regions – Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network
Title: Seismic investigation of the Earth’s mantle with fibre optic sensing
Institution: University of Leeds
Supervisors: Andy Nowacki, Sebastian Rost, Sjoerd de Ridder
Funder: YES Doctoral Training Network
Proposed start date: October 2025
Application link: https://yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/seismic-investigation-of-the-earths-mantle-with-fibre-optic-sensing/
Title: Exploring the segmented structure of igneous sheet intrusions and mineral veins
Institution: University of Leeds
Supervisors: Craig Magee, David Healy, Sandra Piazolo
Funder: YES Doctoral Training Network
Proposed start date: October 2025
Application link: https://yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/exploring-the-segmented-structure-of-igneous-sheet-intrusions-and-mineral-veins/https://yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/seismic-investigation-of-the-earths-mantle-with-fibre-optic-sensing/
Title: Strain Localisation in Continental Crust: Insights from Exhumed Lower-Crustal Rocks and Modern Geodetic Data
Institution: University of Leeds
Supervisors: Tim Wright, Sandra Piazolo, Tim Craig
Funder: YES Doctoral Training Network
Proposed start date: October 2025
Application link: Strain Localisation in Continental Crust: Insights from Exhumed Lower-Crustal Rocks and Modern Geodetic Data – Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network
Title: Unrest, Eruption and Volcanic impacts in Vanuatu from constellation satellite measurements
Institution: University of Leeds
Supervisors: Susanna Ebmeier, David Ferguson, Geoff Kilgour, Ian Hamling
Funder: YES Doctoral Training Network
Proposed start date: October 2025
Application link: Unrest, Eruption and Volcanic impacts in Vanuatu from constellation satellite measurements – Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network
Title: Probing Crustal Deformation and Active Tectonics of the Continents from Satellite Observations
Institution: University of Leeds
Supervisors: Tim Wright
Funder: Competition Funded
Proposed start date: October 2025
Application link: Probing Crustal Deformation and Active Tectonics of the Continents from Satellite Observations – Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network
Title: Seismic Alarm Bells? – The seismicity of active geophysical systems in response to non-tectonic loading
Institution: University of Leeds
Supervisors: Tim Craig, Susanna Ebmeier
Funder: YES Doctoral Training Network
Proposed start date: October 2025
Application link: Seismic Alarm Bells? – The seismicity of active geophysical systems in response to non-tectonic loading – Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network
University of Oxford
Title: Using earthquakes to constrain stress in the Earth
Institution: University of Oxford
Supervisors: Jessica Hawthorne, Tony Watts
Funder: Competition Funded
Proposed start date: October 2025
Application link: https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/using-earthquakes-to-constrain-stress-in-the-earth/?p178363
Title: Earthquake and related hazards of the South Caucasus
Institution: University of Oxford
Supervisors: Richard Walker, Robert Hilton, Neill Marshall
Funder: Competition Funded
Proposed start date: October 2025
Application link: https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/earthquake-and-related-hazards-of-the-south-caucasus/?p178120
Title: High-precision seismology to understand slow earthquakes
Institution: University of Oxford
Supervisors: Jessica Hawthorne, J M Kendall
Funder: Competition Funded
Proposed start date: October 2025
Application link: High-precision seismology to understand slow earthquakes at University of Oxford on FindAPhD.com
University of Exeter
Title: Understanding volcanic unrest at Italian volcanoes with multi-disciplinary data, machine-learning, and numerical models
Institution: University of Exeter
Supervisors: James Hickey, Elisa Trasatti, Sophie Butcher
Funder: Competition Funded
Proposed start date: October 2025
Application link: https://tinyurl.com/bdh2ut6v
Title: Tracking Plate Coupling and Strain Accumulation along the Sunda and Java Trenches using Sentinel-1 InSAR and GNSS Data
Institution: University of Exeter
Supervisors: Yasser Maghsoudi Mehrani, Ekbal Hussain, Tim Wright
Funder: Competition Funded
Proposed start date: October 2025
Application link: https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/tracking-plate-coupling-and-strain-accumulation-along-the-sunda-and-java-trenches-using-sentinel-1-insar-and-gnss-data-nerc-gw4-dtp-phd-studentship-for-september-2025-entry-ref-5424/?p177758
University of Edinburgh
Title: Cryospheric and hydrological responses to a warming High Mountain Asia
Institution: University of Edinburgh
Supervisors: Qi Ou
Funder: E5 DTP
Proposed start date: October 2025
Application link: Project | E4 DTP
Title: Forecasting Catastrophic Failure in Mining
Institution: University of Edinburgh
Supervisors: Stuart King
Funder: E5 DTP
Proposed start date: October 2025
Application link: Project | E4 DTP
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