Available Research Projects
Take a look at the list of current Masters projects or propose your own to a potential supervisor. Our students study for a minimum of one and maximum of two years to obtain this degree. The MRes is open to any student with a Bachelors degree in a science or social science subject of the required standard (2:1 or 1st class degree). The MRes (MSc or MA) is suitable for students with a science, engineering, social science or an arts background.
Mapping and Interpretation of Fluvial Archives
Project Supervisor: David Bridgland
A Postglacial Sea-Level Database for Alaska
Project Supervisor: Dr Simon Engelhart
Reconstructing relative sea level change along the coast of East Antarctica
Project Supervisors: Dr David Small and Prof Mike Bentley
The co-evolution of landscape form and hydrological connectivity
Project Supervisors: Sim Reaney & Fionna Clubb
Communicating Flood Risk
project supervisors: Dr Jessica Lehman & Dr Sim Reaney
Reconstructing long-term impacts of climate change on Arctic reindeer herds
Lead Supervisor: Dr Helen Mackay
Diffuse pollution, land cover change and marine impacts
Project Supervisor: Sim Reaney
FinTech, Global Development and State Building
Project Supervisor: Prof Paul Langley
Evidence for postglacial faulting in lake sediments from South Greenland
Lead supervisor(s): Dr Sarah Woodroffe and Dr Pippa Whitehouse
Terrestrial response to freshwater forcing around Greenland
Lead supervisor(s): Dr Sarah Woodroffe and Dr Paola Moffa-Sanchez
Impacts of freshwater forcing on North Atlantic Circulation: Insights from the past
Lead supervisor: Dr Paola Moffa-Sanchez
Are multi-decadal sea-level oscillations augmenting modern sea-level rates?
Lead supervisor(s): Dr Luke Jackson
Quantitative reconstruction of Atlantic Water variability around the Greenland Ice Sheet
Lead supervisors: Dr Jerry Lloyd and Dr Paola Moffa-Sanchez
Debris flow erosion and sediment transport in the Cairngorms, Scottish Highlands
Lead supervisors: Dr. Fiona Clubb and Dr. Elizabeth Dingle