Conservation is researched from the genetic to global scales, with a strong emphasis on new approaches to biodiversity assessment, disturbance impacts, invasive species, restoration of degraded habitats and human perceptions and values.

Research Areas

Biodiversity Conservation with specialisations in:

• Impact and management of invasive species
• Biodiversity
• Conservation Science
• Threatened species ecology
• Predator-prey interactions
• Reintroduction biology

For more information on our staff interests see the Conservation at Bangor webpage.

Research Opportunities

Please read the guidance notes and select your topic from the directory of PhD research opportunities. Topics are listed by academic School and are based on the research interests of academic staff.

Programme Length

PhD: 3 years full-time or 5 years part-time; MPhil: 2 years full-time or 3 years part-time

Study Overseas

We offer 'split' PhD/MPhil programmes for international students with part of the study taking place in the student's own country or a third country. Many of our British and other European students also carry out fieldwork overseas for their research.

A first degree or MSc in a relevant subject is required.

Conservation at Bangor University spans the breadth of the discipline from the ecology of threatened species to the institutional and economic aspects of conservation. We have strong research links with many conservation organisations locally, nationally and internationally.