La data di scadenza per le domande è 5:00pm 1 March 2012.
Processo di selezione
Le domande saranno prese in considerazione dal Principio del progetto, Dr Andrew McGregor, in consultazione con il panel internazionale che saranno coinvolti in questa ricerca. I candidati sono invitati a iniziare nel mese di aprile 2012 tuttavia una data successiva può essere negoziato.
richieste di applicazione
Si prega di contattare il dottor Andrew McGregor (andrew.mcgregor@vuw.ac.nz) Per richieste specifiche di progetto o l'Ufficio Graduate Recruitment (phd-applications@vuw.ac.nz) per richieste di applicazione e di borse di studio.
processo di candidatura
I nuovi candidati dottorandi dovrebbero leggere con attenzione tutte le istruzioni per l'applicazione, 'Note per i candidati' e le informazioni di accompagnamento disponibile presso http://www.victoria.ac.nz/fgr / potenziali-dottorati di ricerca / applying.aspx . Applicants should then download and complete the form ‘Application for PhD Admission and Victoria Scholarships’ and relevant accompanying forms. Clearly indicate that you wish to apply for one of the three scholarships in the political ecology of forest protection. If you have a preference for one of the three research themes, or would like to be considered for all three, please indicate this as well. Tailor your written ‘Expression of Research Interests’ accordingly.
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Three scholarships, supported by the Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund, are available for PhD study in the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington, in Wellington, New Zealand.
The aim of this research is to explore how the United Nations’ Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD ) programme is reshaping the politics and economics of forest management in Indonesia. REDD seeks to prevent the release of carbon stored in forests by developing financing mechanisms that can provide incentives to slow or stop deforestation and forest degradation, and promote sustainable forest management. The programme has attracted widespread interest from private, public and non-government sectors and is expected to eventually generate US$30 billion annually. With Indonesia having the second highest rate of deforestation in the world, and deforestation being the second highest contributor of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, there is an urgent need to better understand the impacts this new form of conservation is having upon forest politics, economies and livelihoods.
The successful candidates will be responsible for developing a proposal related to one of the following three research themes:
- The power and politics of REDD . This theme approaches REDD as a new form of power and knowledge that is reshaping forest politics. It traces the genealogy of the programme in Indonesia and focuses on the strategies the new REDD networks and institutions are adopting to implement, influence or resist the programme. The project draws from ideas in post-structural political ecology, eco-governmentality, biopower and environmental discourse analysis.
- The economic costs and benefits of REDD . Questo secondo tema si avvicina REDD e compensazioni di carbonio associate attraverso un globale di analisi della catena. It seeks to understand how carbon offsets are created, traded and consumed across global networks of actors, and what the implications are for various stakeholders, such as forest-dependent communities and purchasers of REDD offsets. The project draws from ideas in political ecology, global commodity chain analysis and ecological economics.
- Impacts and agency of forest-dependent communities. The third project focuses on the participation of forest communities, seeking to understand how they are responding to the new opportunities associated with the programme. It explores the triggers and barriers that are shaping who and how people are choosing to engage. The project draws from ideas in political ecology, participatory research methdologies, and ecological economics.
Students will be based at Victoria University of Wellington where they will receive support from a multidisciplinary international research team.
Criteria
The successful applicants should have an outstanding academic track record in a relevant discipline. The applicants will be expected to have completed a Bachelor’s and preferably a Master’s degree with academic distinction equivalent to a First Class Honours degree at a New Zealand University. The positions are open to both New Zealand and international students. Students whose first language is not English are required to meet the English language proficiency requirements for postgraduate study at Victoria University. Victoria’s English language requirements are strict and not negotiable. Applicants whose first language is not English, deve fornire la prova di conoscenza della lingua inglese prima di poter essere accettato come candidato PhD. I requisiti sono:
· TOEFL 575 con (preferibilmente) un TWE di 5, o 237 sul test computer basato; o 90 sul test basato su Internet con un minimo di 20 iscritto; o
· IELTS banda complessiva di 6.5, nessun sub-score sotto 6; o
· CAE grado B; o
· un minimo di due rating di 5 e due rating di 4 nel test di Victoria University programma padronanza della lingua inglese.
I candidati devono avere interessi di ricerca e formazione in uno o più dei seguenti settori (o loro equivalenti):
· ecologia politica
· Geografia umana
· Economia ecologica
· studi di sviluppo
· geografia ambientale / studi ambientali
I candidati dovranno inoltre:
· Sono esperto nel indonesiano o la volontà di imparare la lingua
· Siate pronti a condurre ricerche sul campo in Indonesia per periodi prolungati
· Be prepared to work with an international team and participate in regular team meetings at Victoria and internationally.
Scholarship Value
The Scholarships will provide a stipend to cover living expenses of NZ$25,000 pa, tuition fees, and research expenses directly related to the project.
Scholarship Tenure
The Scholarship will be held for up to three years.
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Associate Professor Luca Tacconi
Director, Asia Pacific Network for Environmental Governance
Crawford School of Economics and Government
Fellow, Research School of Asia and the Pacific
College of Asia and the Pacific
J.G. Crawford Building (Blg 132)
The Australian National University
Canberra 0200 ACT Australia
Ph: +61 (0)2 6125 7554
Fax: +61 (0)2 6125 8448
luca.tacconi@anu.edu.au
http://www.crawford.anu.edu.au
