PhD Position: Feedbacks and Agency in Future Water Use

Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Full time
Posted June 14, 2026

Job Description

Do you want to study how humans affect the global water cycle? Check the vacancy!

Join us in exploring the complex interactions between human behaviour, water use and environmental change in a rapidly changing world.

Your job

The Department of Physical geography is looking for a highly motivated PhD candidate with a background in hydrology, water resources management, environmental sciences, agronomy or other appropriate fields. You will work on the project “Feedbacks and agency in future water use” as part of the EMBRACER project.

Rising population numbers and economic growth are the cause of increased water withdrawal from rivers, lakes and groundwater. Combined with climate change, this can cause water scarcity, groundwater depletion and ecosystem deterioration. In order to assesspast and future trends in water scarcity and explore possible solution pathways, hydrologists and environmental scientists hav...