Postgraduate Research
Below are our preferred Postgraduate (Masters and PhD) research topics for students to undertake; however if you have a specific area of interest that is not covered here, or you already have a research topic in mind, please contact the Centre Director Professor Bryan Storey to discuss developing a research topic to suit your area of interest. See here for information related specifically to PhD study.
- Antarctic/transpolar geopolitics
- Antarctic tourism
- Antarctic environmental management
- Antarctic cultural geography, including Antarctic values, means of human engagement with Antarctica and nationalism in Antarctica
Contact: Dr Daniela Liggett
- Life in extreme environments
- Ecosystem response to climate change
- Antarctic invasive species
- Meltwater ecosystems and habitats
- Iconic habitats of inland Antarctica
Contact: Professor Ian Hawes
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Remote sensing of the cryosphere related to:
- mass balance of ice shelves, ice sheets, glaciers, and sea ice
- ice dynamics
- snow accumulation
- ice thickness measurements
- validation of remotely sensed data in Antarctica
Contact: Dr Wolfgang Rack