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PhD Geography - Human Geography (Environment and Sustainability)

University of Exeter

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  • Qualification

    PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

  • Location

    Penryn Campus, Cornwall

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    21-SEP-26

  • Duration

    4 Years

Course summary

Transitioning to a just and sustainable society is one of the defining challenges of our time. The Environment and Sustainability research group undertakes cross-disciplinary and global research on the theory, methods, and policies that shape social and environmental sustainability. The research spans diverse fields such as geography, economics, psychology, environmental science, sociology, and political science. Research focuses on sustainability challenges across multiple spatial and political scales: collaborating with researchers and stakeholders from the Global South across Asia and Africa, Europe, and local communities in Devon and Cornwall. We co-create solutions with civil society and decision-makers to foster sustainability transitions, build resilience, and envision sustainable futures. We advance cutting-edge social science methods, including ethnographic, participatory, and large-scale survey approaches. The research focus includes energy transitions land use change marine and coastal resources and places deliberative democratic approaches demography, public health and migration and the core of sustainability science.

Tuition fees

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£ 23,500per year

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University information

University of Exeter

University of Exeter

  • University League Table

    11th

  • Campus address

    Streatham Campus, Exeter, Northcote House, Exeter, Devon, EX4 4QJ, United Kingdom

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Exeter is a historic cathedral city with UNESCO City of Literature status, and Cornwall has a unique ecology and strong focus on sustainability.
Students will find engaged, inclusive, and safe communities, with plenty of opportunities to make lifelong friends from all over the world.
Regular visits to international schools and education exhibitions, plus airport pick-up and international buddy schemes to help students arrive and settle in.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Geography & Environmental Science

    12th out of 70 2

  • Entry standards

    / Max 205
    148 72%

    15th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    73.0 73%

    39th

    7

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.15 79%

    40th

    5

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