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From: Lowe Börjeson <lo...@humangeo.su.se>
Date: Wed, May 1, 2013 at 3:33 PM
Subject: Two Early Stage Research posts (leading to a PhD) at Stockholm University
To: IP...@lsv.uky.edu
Dear all, please feel free to circulate to potential candidates, e.g. with an interest in political ecology and landscape studies.
Early Stage Research posts (leading to PhD)
Two Early Stage Research posts (leading to a PhD) in Human Geography: “Resilience in East African Landscapes” at the Department of Human Geography, reference number SU FV-1225-13.
Deadline for applications is May 30, 2013.
The department of Human Geography, Stockholm University, announces 2 Early Stage Research posts, leading to a PhD in Human Geography, within a multidisciplinary and multi-partner research project titled Resilience in East African Landscapes: Identifying critical thresholds and sustainable trajectories – past, present and future (REAL). This is an EU funded Marie Curie Initial Training Network (ITN). The project has been invited to negotiations by the European Commission (proposal 606879, REAL). To fulfil Marie Curie mobility requirements applicants must at the time of recruitment by the host organisation not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc) in the country of their host organisation for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the reference date. Compulsory national service and/or short stays such as holidays are not taken into account. Interviews with shortlisted candidates are expected to be conducted between 10-13 June, 2013, via skype or google hangout.
The project focus on the temporal, spatial and social dynamics of human-landscape interaction in East Africa over the last millennia, with particular reference to the Ewaso Basin and Eastern Rift Valley in central Kenya, and the Pangani Basin & Amboseli catchment in north-eastern Tanzania & south-eastern Kenya. These two areas cover a range of environments, social-ecological histories and probable future trajectories. In particular, the strong climatic moisture-balance gradient associated with the mixed topography between the Rift Valley and adjacent uplands creates a mosaic of landscapes covering the full range of ecological and economic carrying capacity. A core consideration of the project will be on how societies, landscapes and ecosystems have responded to climate change both currently and in the past under different conditions, so as to better understand how they may respond to future climate change.
Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) in this multi-partner project will be part of a network of ESRs and senior researchers involving several European and African universities and institutions (e.g. University of Uppsala, University of York, University of Cologne, Ghent University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, University of Dar es Salaam) as well as industry partners. A number of courses and training events will be organised within the project and a fieldwork budget will be available for the ESRs.
Each ESR will be attached to one of the research projects (A or B) described below, and are expected to commence their posts on 1 September 2013, provided that the required funding is available. Applicants must clearly state which project they are primarily interested in. Both positions will include several months of fieldwork in relatively remote rural locations in Kenya and Tanzania.
Project A: Recent dynamics and current trends in smallholder and large scale irrigation farming in the Baringo & Pangani areas
Project description: This project takes as its starting point the diverse, widespread and successful irrigation farming by smallholders in East Africa’s drylands over the last few centuries. In both study areas, smallholder irrigation systems have been affected, to varying degrees, by 20th century establishment of large-scale irrigation, i.e. the Perkerra scheme in Baringo and recent expansion of irrigation on the footslopes of Mt Killimanjaro. A striking characteristic of smallholder irrigation systems in these areas are their adaptability and long-term resilience in the face of societal, environmental and climatic changes, indicating well-functioning governance structures and forward-looking investment and management strategies. However, seen from the perspective of large-scale schemes and improved irrigation technologies, smallholder irrigation is commonly regarded as inefficient and archaic. This project will address this paradox by studying areas where small- and large-scale systems co-exist, addressing questions related to competition for resources, effectiveness of labour regimes, maintenance of landscape modifications, knowledge sharing, gender relations, emergence of local innovations and technology distribution. Methodologically, the project will build on local oral history, documentary records, participatory GIS and landscape change analyses (using aerial photographs and satellite images).
Project B: Smallholder investments in the “agro-ecological matrix”: the role of local dynamics and external forces in the Pangani and Ewaso basins
Project description: An overarching development challenge facing East African nations is the need to improve smallholder agricultural productivity. However, in addition to crop and timber production, smallholder landscapes are increasingly recognized as key areas for generation of ecosystem services (e.g., water quality, biodiversity and carbon sequestration) through either market mechanisms (e.g. for carbon offsetting) or national accounting and regulation policies. In relation to these concerns, this project will focus on the productive capacity and ecological and social values embedded in heterogeneous smallholder landscapes (the “agro-ecological matrix”). It will investigate smallholders’ labour processes, management and investments in agricultural landscapes. The project will thus, in relation to development and environmental policies and market initiatives, investigate farmers’ capacities and motivation to invest in multi-functional landscapes. Methodologically the project will build on focus groups, landscape interviews, participatory GIS and local to regional-scale landscape change analysis using remotely sensed data (aerial photographs and satellite images).
For further information see announcement at: http://www.humangeo.su.se/english/about-us/vacancies/early-stage-research-posts-leading-to-phd-1.131354
Lowe Börjeson, Dept. of Human Geography, 106 91 Stockholm. E-mail: lo...@humangeo.su.se
From: Lowe Börjeson <lo...@humangeo.su.se>
Date: Wed, May 1, 2013 at 3:33 PM
Subject: Two Early Stage Research posts (leading to a PhD) at Stockholm University
To: IP...@lsv.uky.edu
Dear all, please feel free to circulate to potential candidates, e.g. with an interest in political ecology and landscape studies.
Early Stage Research posts (leading to PhD)
Two Early Stage Research posts (leading to a PhD) in Human Geography: “Resilience in East African Landscapes” at the Department of Human Geography, reference number SU FV-1225-13.
Deadline for applications is May 30, 2013.
The department of Human Geography, Stockholm University, announces 2 Early Stage Research posts, leading to a PhD in Human Geography, within a multidisciplinary and multi-partner research project titled Resilience in East African Landscapes: Identifying critical thresholds and sustainable trajectories – past, present and future (REAL). This is an EU funded Marie Curie Initial Training Network (ITN). The project has been invited to negotiations by the European Commission (proposal 606879, REAL). To fulfil Marie Curie mobility requirements applicants must at the time of recruitment by the host organisation not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc) in the country of their host organisation for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the reference date. Compulsory national service and/or short stays such as holidays are not taken into account. Interviews with shortlisted candidates are expected to be conducted between 10-13 June, 2013, via skype or google hangout.
The project focus on the temporal, spatial and social dynamics of human-landscape interaction in East Africa over the last millennia, with particular reference to the Ewaso Basin and Eastern Rift Valley in central Kenya, and the Pangani Basin & Amboseli catchment in north-eastern Tanzania & south-eastern Kenya. These two areas cover a range of environments, social-ecological histories and probable future trajectories. In particular, the strong climatic moisture-balance gradient associated with the mixed topography between the Rift Valley and adjacent uplands creates a mosaic of landscapes covering the full range of ecological and economic carrying capacity. A core consideration of the project will be on how societies, landscapes and ecosystems have responded to climate change both currently and in the past under different conditions, so as to better understand how they may respond to future climate change.
Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) in this multi-partner project will be part of a network of ESRs and senior researchers involving several European and African universities and institutions (e.g. University of Uppsala, University of York, University of Cologne, Ghent University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, University of Dar es Salaam) as well as industry partners. A number of courses and training events will be organised within the project and a fieldwork budget will be available for the ESRs.
Each ESR will be attached to one of the research projects (A or B) described below, and are expected to commence their posts on 1 September 2013, provided that the required funding is available. Applicants must clearly state which project they are primarily interested in. Both positions will include several months of fieldwork in relatively remote rural locations in Kenya and Tanzania.
Project A: Recent dynamics and current trends in smallholder and large scale irrigation farming in the Baringo & Pangani areas
Project description: This project takes as its starting point the diverse, widespread and successful irrigation farming by smallholders in East Africa’s drylands over the last few centuries. In both study areas, smallholder irrigation systems have been affected, to varying degrees, by 20th century establishment of large-scale irrigation, i.e. the Perkerra scheme in Baringo and recent expansion of irrigation on the footslopes of Mt Killimanjaro. A striking characteristic of smallholder irrigation systems in these areas are their adaptability and long-term resilience in the face of societal, environmental and climatic changes, indicating well-functioning governance structures and forward-looking investment and management strategies. However, seen from the perspective of large-scale schemes and improved irrigation technologies, smallholder irrigation is commonly regarded as inefficient and archaic. This project will address this paradox by studying areas where small- and large-scale systems co-exist, addressing questions related to competition for resources, effectiveness of labour regimes, maintenance of landscape modifications, knowledge sharing, gender relations, emergence of local innovations and technology distribution. Methodologically, the project will build on local oral history, documentary records, participatory GIS and landscape change analyses (using aerial photographs and satellite images).
Project B: Smallholder investments in the “agro-ecological matrix”: the role of local dynamics and external forces in the Pangani and Ewaso basins
Project description: An overarching development challenge facing East African nations is the need to improve smallholder agricultural productivity. However, in addition to crop and timber production, smallholder landscapes are increasingly recognized as key areas for generation of ecosystem services (e.g., water quality, biodiversity and carbon sequestration) through either market mechanisms (e.g. for carbon offsetting) or national accounting and regulation policies. In relation to these concerns, this project will focus on the productive capacity and ecological and social values embedded in heterogeneous smallholder landscapes (the “agro-ecological matrix”). It will investigate smallholders’ labour processes, management and investments in agricultural landscapes. The project will thus, in relation to development and environmental policies and market initiatives, investigate farmers’ capacities and motivation to invest in multi-functional landscapes. Methodologically the project will build on focus groups, landscape interviews, participatory GIS and local to regional-scale landscape change analysis using remotely sensed data (aerial photographs and satellite images).
For further information see announcement at: http://www.humangeo.su.se/english/about-us/vacancies/early-stage-research-posts-leading-to-phd-1.131354
Lowe Börjeson, Dept. of Human Geography, 106 91 Stockholm. E-mail: lo...@humangeo.su.se
Giorgos Kallis,
ICREA Professor,
ICTA, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona,
ETSE, QC/3103
08193 Bellatera, Barcelona, Spain
tel: (0034) 93-581 3749
www.icrea.cat/Web/ScientificStaff/Georgios-Kallis--481
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