Stillingstittel:
Doctoral Fellowship in International Environment and Development Studies - Agri-food systems and environmental change - Ref.no. 16/00923

Stillingsbeskrivelse:

Global challenges regarding energy and climate change, the environment, health, food safety, technology and renewable solutions, use and conservation of land and natural resources, and development of the bio-economy, requires greater effort. NMBU is well equipped to conduct further research in these fields. NMBU's expertise spans entire value chains and includes both basic and applied research.

 

On 1 January 2014, the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science and the University of Life Sciences merged and became -NMBU, the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. NMBU has 1700 employees and 5100 students, and is currently located on two campuses - Ås, about 30 km south of Oslo, and Adamstuen in Oslo. In 2019, the new research- and education-building for veterinary science will be completed and all of NMBU will then be located at Campus Ås.

 

Further information about NMBU is available on www.nmbu.no

Jobbnorge ID: 122240

The Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric) at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) invites applications for a doctoral fellowship in International Environment and Development Studies. The selected candidate is expected to start the doctoral studies in August/September 2016.

 

As a department at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the NMBU, Noragric is engaged in education, research, institutional collaboration and assignments within international environment and development studies. The Department has a PhD programme in International Environment and Development Studies, three Master's programmes and a Bachelor's programme. The Department has approximately 35 Doctoral candidates and 450 students. Research at Noragric is organised within four research clusters: Climate Change, Agriculture and Development; Conflict, Human Security and Development; Environmental Governance; and Rights and Power in Development. For further information regarding Noragric' s thematic areas and ongoing research programmes, please visit: http://www.nmbu.no/noragric/.

 

 

Research project

The Department hereby invites proposals for PhD projects that are aimed at developing new knowledge on agri-food systems within the broader field of International Environment and Development Studies. Priority will be given to creative and innovative proposals addressing "agri-food systems and environmental change" within or across the following thematic foci:

• Agri-cultures: Research on agriculture as coupled human-environment systems;
• Agri-food system transformation in the face of environmental change;
• Agrobiodiversity and seed systems.

Agriculture and food features prominently in current debates about sustainable development. Current research approaches are often framed around agri-food system research. Agricultural development research focus on joint advancement of productivity, nutrition and sustainability outcomes. Society-environment research highlights how agriculture, food and the environment is entangled with cultural, social and political factors. We are seeking proposals that address agri-food system challenges and solutions from across this disciplinary spectrum.

 

 

Main tasks

The Department's PhD programme consists of mandatory and elective courses with oral and written examinations and a major research component. The applicant is advised to visit the website for detailed information regarding PhD regulations at NMBU and information about the
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Arbeidsgiver Navn: Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige unive

Arbeidsgiver adresse: Postboks 5003 1432 ÅS

Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers

Land: Norge

Region: Akershus

Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge

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Lønn periode: Pr. år