PhD Clusters

CALL FOR PHD THESES 2026

Find bellow the call document, including the terms of reference & the application file.

Applications should be submitted on the Call’s application platform between November 30 th 2025 (opening of the platform; the link will be made available here) and February 13 th 2026 at 12 noon (CET). To receive further updates, please subscribe to our newsletter.

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The BRIDGES challenges

Challenge n°1 – INNOVATE by developing new climate-ocean-user-resource observation capacities and strengthening existing ones to collect, store, and analyze data, and share information required to sustainably manage those complex social-ecosystems

Challenge n° 2 – MODEL dynamic social-ecological systems accounting for multi-level and multi-scale interconnections and feedback loops

Challenge n° 3 – ANTICIPATE vulnerabilities and emergent hotspots of conflict risks to support rapid and flexible responses to impacts on livelihoods and industries reliant on shifting resources

Challenge n° 4 – SOLVE by co-constructing pathways to mitigate future tensions and increase the resilience of social-ecological systems to these tensions as part of a living lab approach

Challenge n° 5 – TRANSFORM by supporting capacity building and training through research to enable the transition towards a new holistic, equitable and multi-sectoral governance of resources for more resilient societies