Political Economy and Environmental Politics

Award Award	Duration Duration	Start dates Start dates	Application Application
PhD PhD	Full-time: 3–4 years Part-time: 6–8 years Full-time: 3–4 years Part-time: 6–8 years	February and October February and October	November to April, Mid-Jan for funded PhDs November to April, Mid-Jan for funded PhDs

Research in this area explores conceptual and practical issues at the intersection of environmental concerns, politics and justice. Research is designed to connect and extend members’ work on issues as: energy transition; financialisation and the political economy of resources; political ecology; urban nature; critiques of forestry governance; and ethical challenges associated with astrobiology. Researchers across Geography and Environmental Studies have generated collective work questioning neoliberal environmental governance, with researchers actively engaging publics through their work on widening environmental understandings.

Minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent). If you are not a UK citizen, you may need to prove your knowledge of English.

UK fee UK fee	International fee International fee
Full-time: £5,238 per year Full-time: £5,238 per year	Full-time: £13,289 per year Full-time: £13,289 per year
Part-time: £2,619 per year Part-time: £2,619 per year	Part-time: £6,645 per year Part-time: £6,645 per year

Some of our research students are funded via The Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership; others are self-funded.

For detailed information about fees and funding, visit Fees and studentships.

To see current funded studentship vacancies across all research areas, see Current studentships.

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