Position Announcements
Three PhD studentships on the social and environmental outcomes of reforestation processes // 5 January 2023 Midnight (GMT)
The Sustainable Forest Transition (SFT) project is recruiting three full-time PhD students at the Global Development Institute (University of Manchester) from September 2023. These positions are fully-funded for four years. The scholarship is open to international students. The project will study the changing nature of forest cover and human development at unprecedented scale and detail in Mexico, Brazil, India and Nepal. Successful candidates will develop a collective programme of impactful and world-leading research to support communities, governments, and practitioners achieve simultaneous improvements in forest cover and human development. Candidates must have strong quantitative skills and experience of handling and analysing datasets from diverse sources (e.g., remote sensing data and/or representative household surveys), acquired through relevant postgraduate training (e.g., in political science, economics, or geography).Institution: Sustainable Forest Transition (SFT) Project at the Global Development Institute (University of Manchester), School of Environment, Education & Development (SEED)
Closing date: 5 January 2023 Midnight (GMT)
Details: https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/sftresearch/home/vacancies/
Contact: Dr. Johan Oldekop, johan.oldekop(at)manchester.ac.uk