Environmental Geography

A research degree of the Environmental Geography delivered at University of York is essential if you plan a career as an independent researcher with responsibility for your own research program, whether in academia, research institutes or industry.

Quick Facts:

• Our dedicated careers team offer specific support including a program of professional researcher development and careers workshops and 1:1 career support sessions. They will help you to build up your employability portfolio and to engage in activities that will build up your skills and experience within and outside of your research work.

• There are opportunities to gain experience of demonstrating to undergraduate and taught Masters students, and receive practical advice on career planning. We hold a series of research seminars across all disciplines which are open to all researchers. There are also opportunities to present your own work through posters and talks.

• When you start your postgraduate journey with us, you'll receive a warm welcome, a desk space, and a supervisor to guide your research.

• Progress is monitored through regular meetings with a Thesis Advisory Panel. This will be every six months for full-time students and annually for part-time students. The panel offers feedback and guidance. You'll also attend an annual two-day departmental conference with opportunities to contribute at each stage of your studies.

• Tropical ecosystem response to environmental change

• Reconstructing Quaternary environments and sea levels

• Managing consequences of climate change

• Glaciology and characterising glacial terrain

• Ecosystem modelling

• Soil systems and biogeochemical cycles

• Environmental change and sustainable societies