Stillingstittel:
PhD Fellowship in nature-based tourism - Ref.no 16/00341

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: 122149

The Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) has one vacant 3-year PhD-position related to analyses of Norwegian nature-based tourism markets. The position if funded by the Research Council of Norway' s BIONÆR program.

 

Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management (INA) has about 100 employees and undertakes teaching, research and dissemination within the fields of biology and ecology, nature management, renewable energy, nature based tourism and forest sciences. Currently the department has ca. 370 students, and about 50 PhD-students. The employees of the department are very active in their areas of expertise, both nationally and internationally and have a high level of production of scientific papers. For more information: http://www.nmbu.no/ina-en/  

 

 

Research project

This position is part of the project BIOTOUR financed by the Research Council of Norway, that will analyse key conditions for development of the Norwegian nature-based tourism sector, thereby strengthening contribution to business innovation, community development and sustainable use of natural resources. The candidate will be part of a research team focusing on the current and potential demand for nature-based tourism products and services. The research will establish measures of existing markets, estimate the demand for new products, and undertake market segmentation analyses. The candidate will be co-supervised by staff at the Institute of Transport Economics (TØI) and the candidate will work in close co-operation with TØI researchers.

 

 

Main tasks

• Analyses of existing and new demand data for quantification of segments in nature-based tourism, including administration of survey designs and data collection
• Administration and analyses of surveys to measure stated preferences and choice among different product designs
• Complete a doctoral thesis in nature-based tourism at INA

 

The successful candidate is expected to start in August 2016, have a PhD plan approved by INA within the first months of appointment, and to complete the PhD by the end of the project period according to the instructions of NMBU. The candidate is also expected to plan and accomplish the PhD research in accordance with the milestones of the BIOTOUR project.

 

 

Academic qualifications

Required skills:

• The successful applicant must have a MS degree within a relevant scientific discipline
• The applicant must document expertise and interest in the research subject, including analyses of quantitative data

Desired skills

Minstelønn: 0

Maksimal lønn: 0

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

Lønn valuta: NOK

Lønn periode: Pr. år