Work on questions that matter, in places they matter most

We take students and researchers who want to understand how place and environmental change shape health. Applications are open year-round, whether or not a position is advertised.

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What this is, both ways

What the lab offers

  • Supervision across two universities and two disciplines — health geography and public health.
  • A live project from your first term, not a training exercise.
  • Fieldwork, and the methods training to do it properly.
  • Co-authorship on what you help produce.

What the lab asks

  • A question you actually want to answer, not a topic you can tolerate.
  • Willingness to work with communities on their terms.
  • Care with data, and honesty about what it does not show.
  • Writing — early, often, and rewritten.

Currently open

0 positions

Nothing is advertised at the moment. That is not a closed door — most students who join the lab arrive by writing to us rather than through a posting.

How applying works

Four steps, about three weeks

  1. You send the form

    Your CV and a few paragraphs on what you want to work on. Fifteen minutes, not a weekend.

  2. We read it

    Both principal investigators read every application. If your interests fit a project we are running, or one we want to start, you will hear back within three weeks.

  3. We talk

    A conversation about the research, the funding, and whether the lab can support what you want to do. We would rather say so early.

  4. You apply to the programme

    A place in the lab is not a place at the university. If it fits, we will tell you which programme to apply to and what its deadlines are.

Apply to join the lab

One form: who you are, what you want to work on, and your CV. You do not need a position to be open, and you do not need to know exactly what you want to do yet.

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