For more than 12 years, the Grantham Institute has been training PhD students at the forefront of climate and environmental research. The Institute provides doctoral researchers with interdisciplinary training, cutting-edge research opportunities, cohort networking and the skills needed to translate science into real-world impact.

Here’s a snapshot of what our PhD students have been up to recently:

Impact

Watch: Day 4 at IPBES 12

Grantham PhD researcher Rhys Preston-Allen reports on the fourth day of the twelfth session of the IPBES Plenary 2026. Watch his report here.

Q&A: Rising temperatures, pesticides, water and male fertility

Read our blog about the research of two Grantham PhD students, Roseline O’Kelly and Margarita White, who form part of the innovative PREPP team at Imperial 

Award winner: National Green Impact

Congratulations to Grantham PhD researcher Agnes Szwarczynska, the winner of a national Green Impact Award for student leadership, for the green welcome boxes project that stemmed from her PhD groupwork exercise ‘Challenge Teams’.

Watch: COP30 in Brazil

Grantham PhD student Luke Hatton shares his experience at COP30 in Brazil in November 2025, as part of the Imperial delegation.