Research opportunities

Work and study with us

The environmental challenges of the future need new ideas, new collaborations and the next generation of interdisciplinary researchers. The Institute for Environmental Futures provides opportunities for researchers and students to work across disciplinary boundaries and connect their research with a diverse University-wide environmental community. If you are interested in any of the below opportunities please email us [email protected].

Postgraduate research

Our members supervise doctoral research across the breadth of IEF's four research themes. Prospective PhD researchers can use our research themes and member directory to identify potential supervisors and interdisciplinary research opportunities.

We also support externally funded doctoral programmes and studentships that connect environmental challenges with expertise from across the University.

Early-career researchers

IEF provides a community for postdoctoral and early-career researchers working on environmental questions. Through our activities, researchers can meet colleagues from other disciplines, develop new collaborations, share their work and contribute to interdisciplinary research initiatives.

Fellowships and research careers

We welcome researchers interested in developing fellowship applications and research careers at Leicester in areas aligned with our themes. Opportunities may range from individual fellowships and research posts to participation in major interdisciplinary programmes.

Collaborate with us

We also welcome approaches from researchers, businesses, public bodies, communities and civil-society organisations interested in developing research partnerships with IEF.