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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Newcastle University, Newcastle Campus
Full Time
Apr 2026
3 Year
Our broad range of research areas relate to land use, natural resources and environmental change; rural planning, community governance and resilience; rural change, culture and wellbeing; and rural economy, enterprise and innovation.Join us for your MPhil or PhD in Rural Studies. You'll be supervised and supported by our research-active academic staff.Our areas of research expertise include:impact and implications of ‘local-global’ processes and relationships for rural areascharacteristics and performance of rural businesses and householdsrural governancedemographic ageing and social changeliving with environmental changeOur rural studies researchOpportunities are available for postgraduate research in the following areas:Land use, natural resources and environmental changeRural planning, community governance and resilienceRural change, culture and wellbeingRural economy, enterprise and innovation
Tuition fees (per year): £5,238-£13,188
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