World-leading research

We are well-known for our work in fields such as Geohazards & Tectonics, Future Energy, Deep Earth, Oceans & Climate, Ecosystem Dynamics, Power Space and Cultural Change, Planning and Environmental Impact Assessment, Geographic Data Science, Environmental Change, and Sustainable Cities Coasts and Oceans.

Our ethos is to undertake research to understand better the physical and human processes shaping our environment and communities, the cognition and utilisation of these processes to support decision-making, and to predict the trajectories and causes of future change.

Research in the School of Environmental Sciences sits within the two Departments and seven mature, inclusive, vibrant, and cognate Research Groups that drive our research excellence. Our interdisciplinary ambition is reflected in our leading roles in University Strategy 2026 Research Themes: Climate Futures, Infectious Diseases, and Digital, and the Faculty of Science and Engineering’s Priority Research Challenges of Risk and Uncertainty, Coasts and Oceans, Autonomy, Simulation and Networks and Energy.

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Earth Sciences

Earth Science research aims to understand the Earth from the core to surface. We employ field, laboratory and numerical techniques to provide an integrated approach to some of the most fundamental questions in our science.s

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Oceans and Climate

The Ocean Sciences group at Liverpool has an international reputation for its work on climate change, including how the ocean is warming and sea level is rising, and how ocean physics and biogeochemistry interact together, including the cycling of nutrients, trace metals and carbon, and their effects on the ocean ecosystem.

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Ecology and Marine Biology

We are a small but diverse research group, carrying out internationally-renowned research on land and in the sea. We aim to understand how terrestrial and marine ecosystems are structured, how they function and how to manage them.

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Environmental Change

Our research aims to advance understanding and application in Mechanisms and dynamics of Earth surface and atmospheric processes operating in fluvial, hillslope, lacustrine, estuarine, coastal, and glacial environments and systems

Planning, Environmental Assessment and Management

Planning, Environmental Assessment and Management

Planning, Environmental Assessment and Management is an international research group addressing key planning challenges, from how oceans are managed through to the role of evidence in understanding development impacts.

Geographic Data Science

As a focused group, we are interested in making sense of how our world works, turning new forms of spatial data into information that we can use to make intelligent decisions. Collectively, we span the disciplines of econometrics, spatial analysis, spatial statistics, demography, population geography and computer science.
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Power, Space & Cultural Change

We are a vibrant, collaborative and collegial group of social, cultural, political, economic and historical geographers engaged in theoretically- and methodologically-rigorous, socially meaningful, and empirically grounded work.

If you want to work at the forefront of your field in environmental sciences, as an ambitious researcher or talented academic, this is the place to develop your skills and make a difference to the world. Join us and you'd be part of a body routinely consulted by Government, industry and policy groups on key environmental and ecological questions. This diversity creates an exciting atmosphere for inspiring research and teaching, and a valuable source of expertise for government and industry.