The central aim of the PlasticUnderground Doctoral Network is to deliver international scientific excellence through research and training on solutions to the emerging crisis of MnP pollution in subsurface ecosystems in soils and groundwater.

The research program includes unique training opportunities in environmental and social science, ecotoxicology, soil science and aquatic ecology, analytical  chemistry, agronomy, data science and numerical modelling as well as responsible innovation, method standardization for use in regulatory decision making and risk assessment. The integrated training programme will prepare Doctoral Candidates with skill sets that are urgently required in agricultural, water, chemical, and manufacturing industries, environmental and regulatory agencies, academia, and the public sector and includes training provision by key stakeholders that will directly benefit from the training in this network.