PhD Opportunities
We welcome enquiries from prospective PhD students interested in exploring regeneration, systems change, consciousness, leadership and ecocentric futures.
We are particularly interested in hearing from people who already have practical or professional experience and who want to deepen their learning through research. This may include those working in areas such as food systems, leadership, business, environment, community development, facilitation or wellbeing.
We are especially interested in applicants who are open to working across disciplines, engaging with both theory and practice, and exploring new ways of knowing and acting.
Potential topics could include:
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Ecocentric practice and regenerative futures
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Systems change and transformation
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Collective action and leadership
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Consciousness shifts and transpersonal ways of knowing
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Human–nature relationships
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Regenerative leadership and organisational change
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Holistic and participatory research methods
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Food systems, business or environmental transformation
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New approaches to evaluation, learning and collective action
PhD study can be undertaken full-time or part-time, either based in York or at a distance. Please note that there is currently no funding available, so applicants would need to be self-funded.
PhD researchers would also be expected to become part of the Ecocentric Futures Research Group, which meets in person in York for 2–3 days twice per year.
If you think this could be a good fit, please send your CV and a short summary of your ideas to ioan.fazey@york.ac.uk