Cryosphere and Climate Change Research Group, University of Aberdeen, Scotland.

This fully funded PhD project is part of the QUARTILES Doctoral Landscape Award, a BBSRC and NERC-funded research and training programme designed to equip PhD students with the skills, expertise, outlook, and real-world experience needed to become the next generation of scientific leaders capable of addressing pressing environmental grand challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and sustainability.

Application deadline is Wednesday, 14 January 2026.

FiRES, Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich, Switzerland.

A postdoctoral research position is available to a highly motivated social scientist. The successful candidate will contribute to a third-party funded project - FiRES, which seeks to enhance community wildfire resilience in Europe. FiRES is hosted by the Center for Security Studies (CSS) in the Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences (D-GESS) at ETH Zürich.

The application deadline is 29 January 2026.

Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.

The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL is part of the ETH Domain. Approximately 600 people work on the sustainable use and protection of the environment and on the handling of natural hazards.

Its Research Unit Economics and Social Sciences addresses social science research topics related to WSL’s research areas. For its new research group, it is seeking for 1 July 2025 (or by agreement) a Group Leader Social-Ecological Transformation 80% (f/m/d). In this role, you will set up the new research group ‘Social-Ecological Transformation’ and manage it scientifically and administratively. You will also conduct research on social-ecological transformation in relation to WSL core topics and key topics of the WSL Strategy 2035.

Durham Glaciology, Department of Geography at Durham University, UK.

Durham Glaciology is currently advertising a range of glaciology/polar-related projects (listed below) funded by the 2026/27 IAPETUS DTP studentship competition:

• • From ice to ecosystem: assessing the risk of glacier melt and legacy contamination for reindeer in Sápmi (Lapland) – primary supervisor Dr Caroline Clason

• • Holocene ice sheet-ocean interaction and glacimarine sedimentation in Greenland fjords – primary supervisor Professor Colm O’Cofaigh

• • Antarctic sea ice, circulation and ice sheet interactions in the Southeastern Weddell Sea – primary supervisor Professor Erin McClymont

• • Investigating interactions between subglacial landscape evolution and Antarctic Ice Sheet behaviour – primary supervisor Dr Guy Paxman

• • Investigating past changes in Greenland melting and its impacts on ocean circulation as a key to the future – primary supervisor Dr Paola Moffa-Sanchez

The deadline to submit applications is 5th January 2026

Primary supervisors will be happy to help if you have any questions about individual projects. Note that international (non-UK) applicants must contact potential supervisors by no later than 8th December 2025 if they would like to be considered. For more information on funding, eligibility, and how to apply, visit: https://iapetus.ac.uk/how-to-apply/

IAPETUS will also be holding an online Q&A workshop for applicants where there will be a brief presentation on the application process as well as an opportunity to ask any questions applicants may have. It will be held on 26^th November at 2pm, and the link to sign-up for the workshop will be available on this page.