PhD Studentship - Developing A Geospatial Digital Twin for Flood Risk Management and Nature-Based Interventions

Fixed Contract Fulltime Physical Scientists

Trinity is Ireland’s leading university and is ranked 75th in the world (QS World University Rankings 2026). Founded in 1592, the University is steeped in history with a reputation for excellence in education, research, and innovation, which has been inspiring generations of thinkers for over 400 years. We invite applications for a fully funded PhD studentship on developing a living lab digital twin to integrate catchment models and climate adaptation measures for catchment management in Ireland. This PhD is part of a larger interdisciplinary project, Landscape Living Lab: Catchment Monitoring, Modelling, Memory and Management, with four PhDs funded through the AIB Trinity Climate Hub Trinity Research Doctorate Award (TRDA) scheme.
Developed under the theme of Nature-based Solutions, the group of PhD students will work together to understand biophysical and socio-economic process for a case study river catchment in Ireland. Each PhD student will focus on one of four intertwined pi...