📣 PhD position in Hydrogeology/Environmental Geoscience

👉The Section for Environmental Geoscience, Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo (UiO), invites applications for a PhD Research Fellow to investigate how climate change affects groundwater systems in cold climates.

👉The PhD candidate will have the opportunity to work with existing datasets on (ground-, soil-)water chemistry and carbon in cold climate zones (e.g. permafrost regions in Finnmark) and to expand hydrogeological observations during upcoming field campaigns. Potential methods include using noble gases as natural tracers (miniRUEDI) and/or detailed carbon speciation analyses.

👉Research directions will be adapted to the candidate’s interests and skills and to emerging opportunities for data collection. Possible topics include:

•    Regional comparative studies of climate impact on groundwater in cold climate sites (e.g. Finmark, Svalbard)

•    Local-scale permafrost–groundwater interactions

•    Large-scale source-to-sink investigations, including exploration of submarine groundwater discharge (POLHAVET 2050 project).

👉The main supervisor will be Ass. Prof. Anja Sundal, with co-supervisors from UiO and Eawag/ETH (Switzerland).

👉 More information about the position can be found here.

‼️ Deadline for application: 15 March 2026.