Doctor of Philosophy in Geography

The University of Auckland

The PhD is a globally recognised postgraduate research degree and the highest level of degree you can achieve. PhD students are critical, curious, creative thinkers who undertake original research over at least 3 years. The University of Auckland PhD is a globally recognised postgraduate research degree, available in over 100 different subjects. Candidates will undertake independent and original research, supervised by academic experts and research leaders. During your doctoral studies, you will have opportunities to expand and develop your personal, professional and academic skills. Our doctoral candidates present their work at local and international conferences, and are encouraged to network and collaborate with a wide range of experts in their research field. All of our doctoral policies and guidelines governing PhD study, including the PhD statute, are available in Doctoral policies and guidelines. If you are looking for PhD study in a subject not listed here, it may be available under a different title.We welcome PhD proposals in areas including: Emerging Economic Spaces, Land, Place and Culture, Population, Mobilities and Wellbeing, Development and New Regional Geographies, Contemporary Issues in Human Geography, Urban Worlds, Geographies of Housing and Urban Change, People, Participation and Development, Climate Change: Past, Present, and Future, Policy and Expertise, Future Food and Biological Economies, Research Topics in Geography, Applied Fluvial Geomorphology, Applied Coastal Geomorphology, Current Issues in Coastal Management, Climate and Society, GIS and Spatial Data Handling, Spatial Analysis and Geocomputation, Advanced Raster Data Analysis, Visualisation and Cartography, Advanced Spatial Data Handling, Programming, GIS Customisation and Web-mapping