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

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...