Funded MSc research position: Postglacial peatland formation, Wicklow Mountains (TCD)

MSc research position: Postglacial peatland formation and landscape

evolution in the Wicklow Mountains

We are seeking applicants for a fully-funded two-year research MSc to join the Research

Ireland-funded project ‘Improving models of future ice-sheet and sea-level change through

assessing the (in)stability of the former British-Irish Ice Sheet’. This student will be enrolled

as a Geography postgraduate in the School of Natural Sciences at Trinity College Dublin,

Ireland. The deadline for applicants for this position is 06 July 2026.

Project Background

The stability – or instability - of Earth’s large ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland is one of

the greatest sources of uncertainty in future sea-level projections. One way to address this

uncertainty is to assess the response of Earth’s ice sheets to past instances of warming.

Ireland was, during the las ice age, covered by an extensive ice sheet that receded as global

temperatures warmed. Although the ice is now gone, it left behind evidence of its decay on

the landscape. This evidence includes sedimentary landforms, moulded bedrock, and

‘erratic’ boulders which dot the Irish landscape. Through mapping and dating these glacial

features, this project will improve our understanding of past ice sheet change in Ireland and

provide key data for ice sheet modellers while yielding new insight into the history and

evolution of Ireland’s postglacial landscape.

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