PhD Studentship – Youth-Led Nature-Based Solutions for Groundwater Security in Madagascar

Trinity is Ireland’s leading university and is ranked 75th in the world (QS World University Rankings 2026). Founded in 1592, the University is steeped in history with a reputation for excellence in education, research, and innovation, which has been inspiring generations of thinkers for over 400 years. This fully funded PhD studentship is part of a larger interdisciplinary project, Implementing and Evaluating Nature-Based Solutions for Health in Children and Adolescents, funded through the AIB Trinity Climate Hub Trinity Research Doctorate Award (TRDA) scheme. Nature-based solutions (NBS) are increasingly used to manage drought, flooding, overheating, and environmental degradation, with potential health benefits. However, evidence for the health benefits of NBS remains limited, particularly for children and adolescents – a sensitive developmental period when diet and activity patterns consolidate, and around one-third of lifetime mental disorders begin by age 14. The wider project tre...