Funded research positions are currently available for Masters and PhD research graduate students in Sustainability Management. Professors may have specific positions or are seeking students to fit within a research grant or research program. For more information, or if you do not see your research interest listed below, please refer to individual faculty research interests.
| Research area | Information | Professor contact | Student eligibility | Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sustainable food production and technology | Life Cycle Assessment and Energy Analysis of Indoor Farming Systems (PDF) | Goretty Dias | Masters | Ongoing |
| Weight of Cities | Estimating material stocks and flows of buildings & infrastructure | Komal Habib | Masters | Ongoing |
| Phosphorus budget | Material Flow Analysis of Phosphorus | Komal Habib | Masters/PhD | Ongoing |
| Waste and Resource Management | Life cycle assessment of waste management systems | Komal Habib | Masters | Ongoing |
| Future low-carbon society | Estimating resource (abiotic) dependency of future low-carbon societies globally | Komal Habib | Masters | Ongoing |
| Climate change risk management | How do public and private institutions predict, assess, and manage climate change risk? What sources of uncertainty represent barriers to action and how do we manage them? | Jason Thistlethwaite | Masters or PhD | Ongoing |
| Socio-economic vulnerability in a changing climate | In risk assessment, how does consideration for socio-economic vulnerability influence institutional decision-making on strategy and public policy? | Jason Thistlethwaite | Masters or PhD | Ongoing |
| Circular economy | A smelter database to support materials flow analysis, business analytics and metallurgical engineering knowledge to characterize global recycling capacity. | Steven Young | Masters or PhD (chinese language desirable) | Ongoing |
| Healthcare sustainability | Including institutional and technical assessment of hospital waste, medical devices and disposables – with the aim of improving the sustainability of this large impactful industry. | Steven Young | Masters | Ongoing |
Please contact professors directly for more information.