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CAST PhD studentship at the University of East Anglia
Mobilising community-based climate action through co-designed sports and wellbeing interventions
- Primary supervisor: Prof Irene Lorenzoni
- Job type: Full-time
- Location: University of East Anglia, School of Environmental Sciences
- Deadline: Thursday, April 16, 2026
Topic overview:
This studentship aims to explore how group/social identities (e.g. sports fans) can be leveraged to encourage low-carbon, climate-resilient behaviours examining how cultural activities such as sport can support climate awareness and action. This project will adopt a place-based approach. Through collaboration with grassroots organisations and/or professional clubs, it will co-design and pilot interventions that embed synergistic adaptation-mitigation behaviours into sports club routines. It will examine how to foster adoption of sustainable practices that align with sport/wellbeing motivations, make climate action visible and socially rewarding, and address the ‘climate silence’ (Wise et al., 2025) identified amongst sports communities.
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.