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PhD Position in Multi-functional Hydropower Reservoirs

Posted on: 11 November 2024

In this PhD project, you will tackle the critical challenge of balancing hydropower energy production with competing water demands, such as irrigation and flood control, in reservoirs impacted by climate change and extreme weather events. Hydropower plays a vital role in the global energy transition, providing essential renewable energy and supporting grid balancing between supply […]

PhD position Acoustic Sensing of Underwater Plastic

Posted on: 7 October 2024

Are you interested in tackling the global plastic pollution problem through science? Do you want to develop and test new measurement methods to quantify plastic pollution in rivers? Are you motivated to work on impact-oriented research in an emerging field with high societal relevance? We are currently looking for a highly motivated PhD candidate to […]

Vacancy: Assistant Professor or Lecturer focused on geophysical fluid mechanics in the context of Earth Sciences

Posted on: 7 October 2024

Are you a talented and passionate researcher and lecturer in hydrology, environmental hydraulics, or a related field? Do you have a strong desire to contribute to cutting-edge advancements in water research focussed on catchments and deltas? Then we may have the perfect opportunity for you! The Hydrology and Environmental Hydraulics Group (HWM) at Wageningen University and Research […]

PhD position on the impact of nature-based solutions on hydrodynamic and morphodynamic processes in small rivers

Posted on: 17 July 2024

Are you interested in doing field measurements and using numerical models to better understand and predict how nature-based solutions affect small rivers? In the Marine and Fluvial Systems Group in the Civil Engineering and Management Department we are looking for a motivated PhD researcher to strengthen our team. We are an active group of researchers […]

Three PhD positions on Delta Adaptation

Posted on: 16 April 2024

Three PhD positions are offered at the Department of Physical Geography at Utrecht University. Are you passionate about contributing to research on climate change impacts, which are becoming increasingly urgent? The Department of Physical Geography seeks a team of three PhD candidates who will each work on a separate project: Global Delta Adaptation Physical Solution […]