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Join a world-leading, cross-continental research team
The University of Exeter and the University of Queensland are seeking exceptional students to join a world-leading, cross-continental research team tackling major challenges facing the world’s population in global sustainability and wellbeing as part of the QUEX Institute. The joint PhD programme provides a fantastic opportunity for the most talented doctoral students to work closely with world-class research groups and benefit from the combined expertise and facilities offered at the two institutions, with a lead supervisor within each university. This prestigious programme provides full tuition fees, stipend, travel funds and research training support grants to the successful applicants.
The studentship provides funding for up to 42 months (3.5 years).
Eight generous, fully-funded studentships are available for the best applicants, four offered by the University of Exeter and four by the University of Queensland. This select group will spend at least one year at each University and will graduate with a joint degree from the University of Exeter and the University of Queensland.
Find out more about the PhD studentships Queensland partnership | Working in partnership with the University of Queensland | University of Exeter
The following project in within the QUEX Institute interdisciplinary theme of: Global Environmental Futures.
Project Description
The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the single most important global driver of interannual climate variability, with large impacts on weather extremes and climate across the world through what are known as atmospheric teleconnections (remote connections via the atmosphere). Therefore, any changes to ENSO or its teleconnections under climate change have the potential for severe global impacts on economy, society and environment.
Australia is strongly affected by ENSO, experiencing typically dry conditions during warm-phase ENSO (El Niño) and wet conditions during cool-phase ENSO (La Niña) with consequences for agriculture, fires, water resources, and other sectors. In 2022, floods linked to La Niña devastated several towns across the Australian eastern seaboard. Likewise, several extreme droughts in the Australian past have been linked to El Niño. In Queensland, rainfall variability and changes associated with ENSO teleconnections have a strong impact on agriculture, water supply, ecosystem health and natural disasters.
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