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The CAST team at the 2025 Annual Assembly event in Bath.
Research Fellow at the University of Bath
- Job type: Full-time, Fixed Term
- Location: University of Bath
- Deadline: Monday, March 16th, 2026
Topic overview:
We are seeking an experienced Research Fellow to lead a programme of quantitative behavioural research to advance understanding of climate-relevant behaviour change and life choices.
The role will involve co-designing research with stakeholder partners, data collection and analysis, and disseminating findings to create impact.
This is a key role in a major new programme of social science research, funded by a philanthropic organisation, on People-Centred Climate Resilience (PCR).
CAST PhD studentship at the University of Bath
Understanding and addressing public resistance to ambitious climate policies
- Primary supervisors: Prof Lorraine Whitmarsh, CAST Director & Theme 4 Co-lead & Dr Sam Hampton, Research Fellow & CAST affiliate
- Job type: Full-time
- Location: University of Bath
- Deadline: Wednesday, March 18th, 2026
Topic overview:
This PhD will assess the prevalence of discourses of delay and waning public support for specific climate mitigation and adaptation policies. It will also investigate the factors behind these trends, and test interventions to rebuild trust and promote climate-positive attitudes and behaviours. The studentship provides a unique opportunity to spend 2 years in Brussels on a competitive salary, working at the research-policy interface.
CAST PhD studentship at the University of East Anglia
Environmental Change Agents in hybrid and remote work environments: an investigation of how digital workplaces affect coalition building and sustainability culture diffusion
- Primary supervisor: Dr Jun Hwa Cheah
- Job type: Full-time
- Location: University of East Anglia, Norwich Business School
- Deadline: Monday, April 20, 2026
Topic overview:
This studentship will examine how individuals within organisations can be developed as effective sustainability change agents. The research will explore both the external pressures and internal motivational forces that shape pro-environmental attitudes and behaviours, and the practical strategies change agents use to secure stakeholder buy-in and connect internal activities to external standards. This may include exploring how digital tools, green apps or AI-enabled interventions can support or hinder these efforts. This PhD offers an opportunity to understand how individuals drive sustainable ways of working in contemporary organisations and the implications this has for new ways of working.