PhD – Graduate School "Futures of Earth, Human and Nature" (FoEHN) at Leipzig University

The Graduate School "Futures of Earth, Human and Nature" is an interdisciplinary doctoral platform at Leipzig University focused on global challenges at the intersection of biodiversity, climate change and human behaviour. It is an umbrella structure within the university's strategic research field "Sustainable Principles for Life and Health" and is led by Jun.-Prof. Beatriz Sanchez Parra (speaker) and Jun.-Prof. Marlene Kretschmer (co-speaker).

Faculty: Faculty of Physics and Earth System Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Faculty of Economics and Management Science  |  Study mode: structured doctoral programme  |  Location: Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany

What you will study

Doctoral researchers take courses on disciplinary and interdisciplinary research in climate, biodiversity, economy and psychology, with data management and AI courses from ScaDS.AI. Courses on Good scientific practice and Research data management are mandatory, and members can choose further courses from partner programmes such as ECO-N, IRTC AC3, yDiv, CGDE and the Graduate Academy Leipzig.

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