CLIMES DN
Doctoral network for understanding and predicting impacts of climate extremes under global change
Training experts to face climate extremes
Heatwaves, floods, droughts, wildfires and compound climate extreme events are becoming more frequent and more severe in many regions across the globe. Their impacts cut across health systems, infrastructure, ecosystems, and societies at large, yet expertise to understand, predict and manage these impacts remains fragmented across disciplines.
The Understanding and Predicting Impacts of Climate Extremes under Global Change Doctoral Network (CLIMES DN) addresses this gap by training a new generation of doctoral researchers who can integrate knowledge from climate science, data science, risk assessment, and the social sciences. CLIMES DN is supported by the Research Executive Agency through a Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action.
The project combines interdisciplinary research with structured doctoral training to form experts capable of working across academia and the public, private, and third sectors, with a focus on:
- Improved compilation and use of climate impact data
- Innovative approaches to risk assessment
- Pushing the frontier of impact forecasting
The aim is to translate climate information into actionable knowledge for adaptation and resilience, thus strengthening Europe’s capacity to respond to climate risks.
The project starts 1st March 2026.
Funded by the European Union
Research and training approach
CLIMES DN brings together expertise from climate science, hydrology, urban sociology, electrical engineering, data science, epidemiology and more. Doctoral candidates work on research projects that cut across these fields, supported by an internationally-leading supervisory team.
CLIMES DN further trains doctoral candidates in transferable and soft skills through tailored network-wide training events.
International consortium
CLIMES DN is implemented by an international consortium of universities, research institutes, public authorities, and private and third-sector partners. This structure ensures that doctoral candidates are embedded in a realistic research-to-application ecosystem, with access to diverse perspectives, datasets, and use cases. The network fosters mobility, secondments, and close interaction with stakeholders working directly on climate adaptation, public health, infrastructure, and risk management.
The project Beneficiaries, hiring the doctoral candidates, are:
- Uppsala University (Sweden) — Department of Earth Sciences
- Technical University of Crete (Greece) — School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- University of Cyprus (Cyprus) — Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany) — Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research
- The University of Manchester (U.K.) — School of Environment, Education and Development
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (Germany) —Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium) — Department of Water and Climate
- CNRS (France) — Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement
- Karolinska Institutet (Sweden) — Department of Global Public Health
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (Spain) — Climate, Air Pollution, Nature and Urban Health Programme
Open positions
CLIMES DN is hiring/has hired doctoral students to projects below.
Guide for applicants
This document provides essential information for those willing to apply to our open positions.
Click here to view the CLIMES DN Guide for Applicants (PDF)
Click here to view the European Commission’s Information note for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellows in Doctoral Networks
Hiring in process or finished
Doctoral Position in Compound Climate Exposures and Health
Doctoral position at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). The project investigates synergistic health effects of compound environmental exposures and multi-hazard early warning systems using epidemiological and quantitative data analysis approaches.
Doctoral Position in Hydrology and Climate Risk with a Focus on African flood impacts
Doctoral position at the Technical University of Crete, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering. The project focuses on flood impacts and climate risk in Africa, combining hydrological analysis, large-scale datasets, and quantitative modelling approaches.
Doctoral Position in Wildfires and Climate Risk with a focus on Europe and Africa
Doctoral position at the Technical University of Crete, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering. The project examines extreme wildfires and climate risk in Europe and Africa using dynamic vegetation models, AI techniques, and large-scale environmental datasets.
Doctoral Position in Urban Data Justice and Climate Extremes
Doctoral position at The University of Manchester. The project explores data justice in urban climate adaptation, examining how climate information is produced, represented, and used in policy. Using case studies in Lagos and Harare, the research applies qualitative or mixed methods to assess how data-driven governance shapes climate impacts and whose knowledge is included or excluded.
Doctoral Position in Health Data Science
Doctoral position at Karolinska Institutet within the Department of Global Public Health. The project examines links between climate extremes and vector-borne diseases in Africa and Europe, using large datasets and quantitative methods. The position is part of the MSCA Doctoral Network CLIMES and affiliated with the PRIME group.
Doctoral Position in Climate and Environmental Data Science
Doctoral position at the University of Cyprus, KIOS Research & Innovation Center of Excellence. The project focuses on climate impacts using large-scale datasets and quantitative methods, with applications to environmental and infrastructure systems.
Doctoral Position in Climate Impact Modelling
Doctoral position at Uppsala University, Department of Earth Sciences. The project examines climate impacts using quantitative modelling and interdisciplinary approaches within environmental analysis and meteorology.
Doctoral Position in Climate Impact Storylines
Doctoral position at Uppsala University, Department of Earth Sciences. The project develops interdisciplinary climate impact storylines, combining meteorology, hydrology, and environmental data analysis.
Doctoral Position in Flood Impact Forecasting
Doctoral position at Uppsala University, Department of Earth Sciences. The project focuses on forecasting the impacts of floods using environmental data and quantitative modelling methods.
Doctoral Position in Climate Extremes and Risk Assessment
Doctoral position at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research. The project investigates windstorm dynamics and associated risks under climate variability and change using quantitative modelling approaches.
Doctoral Position in Climate Extremes and Predictability
Doctoral position at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research. The project focuses on the mechanisms and predictability of climate extremes using advanced statistical and modelling techniques.
Doctoral Position in Socioeconomic Impacts of Climate Extremes
Doctoral position focused on analysing socioeconomic impacts of climate extremes using multilingual textual data extraction and large-scale data analytics. The project combines natural language processing and climate impact research to improve understanding of risk and vulnerability across regions.
Doctoral Position in Climate Extremes and Societal Impacts
Doctoral position at CNRS, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement. The project investigates climate extremes and their societal impacts using quantitative analysis and modelling of environmental and risk data.
Doctoral Position in Climate Impacts on Child Health
Doctoral position at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Department of Water and Climate. The project investigates climate-related child health risks in Sub-Saharan Africa using epidemiological data analysis and Earth system modelling.
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