ESRC Wales Doctoral Training Partnership PhD Studentship: Climate Change & Livestock
Vacancy Details
Summary | |
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Salary: | Tuition Fees and Maintenance Grant |
Job Type: | Research |
Closing Date: | 03/02/2020 |
Date Posted: | 15/01/2020 |
Reference: | O145 |
Description
Environmental Planning: ESRC Wales Doctoral Training Partnership PhD Studentship
Closing
date: 3rd February 2020
(12:00 hours midday)
Key
Information
The
University of Gloucestershire’s Countryside and Community Research Institute,
supported by the ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership for Wales (Wales DTP), invites
applications for funded PhD study. These particular studentships, known as
‘collaborative studentships’, involve liaison with a non-academic organisation,
often at many key stages of the research programme. They will commence October
2020. The following collaborative studentship is available:
In the Environmental Planning Pathway:
Climate change and the meat debate: reframing livestock farming as part of the solution (in collaboration with DEFRA) Supervisors: Professor Damian Maye and Dr Julie Ingram (Countryside and Community Research Institute, University of Gloucestershire)
Recent
reports (EAT-Lancet 2019; IPCC 2019a/b) highlight the negative impacts of
livestock farming on climate change and call for radical changes to how much
meat we eat. This has attracted criticism from livestock groups, who argue that
ruminant livestock play a key role for biodiversity and carbon sequestration (NFU, 2019). This
project aims to examine how livestock producers are
responding to climate change narratives about meat/emissions, including
solutions that the livestock industry have already adopted. The student will be located within DEFRA’s Agri-Food and Farming
Evidence team and the research will inform DEFRA’s research and policy
programme linked to climate change. The PhD will undertake
research to address the following questions:
A.
How
is the climate change and livestock farming debate framed in terms of
narratives and solutions?
B.
How
are livestock farmers and the industry responding to these framings, including
changes to livestock farming practices (low and high technology solutions,
incentives, etc.)?
C.
How
effective are the solutions suggested and how do farmers / stakeholders
evaluate different options?
D.
What
are the implications for policy -makers and how can they foster and support
effective changes?
Applicants are welcomed with a background in a range of social sciences,
including: rural studies, human geography, sociology, anthropology and
environmental management. These studentships are ‘collaborative’ awards. Applicants
should take careful consideration of the working title and description of the
project, and may wish to contact the named supervisor for a discussion prior to
applying. For more information on the
project, please contact Damian Maye – dmaye@glos.ac.uk
The
successful candidate is expected to start their studentship in October 2020 and
will be based in the Countryside
and Community Research Institute, University of Gloucestershire. Students with a requirement to first undertake the Masters
research training prior to starting the PhD will be based in the School of
Social Sciences at Cardiff University initially.
Applications are invited from exceptional candidates with a
first class or strong upper second class honours degree, or appropriate
Master’s degree. Both the University and the ESRC Wales DTP value diversity and
equality at all levels and we encourage applications from all sections of the
community. We welcome applications for both full and part-time study, and
studentships are available as either ‘1+3’ (i.e. one full time year of research
training Masters followed by three years of full-time Doctoral study, or the
part-time equivalent), or ‘+3’ (i.e. three years of full-time doctoral study or
its part-time equivalent), depending on the needs of the applicant.
The
University of Gloucestershire values diversity and equality at all levels and
encourages applications from all sections of the community.
Applications
welcomed by midday 3rd February 2020.
Further details for ESRC Wales DTP
Collaborative studentships
These studentships are ‘collaborative’ awards. Applicants
should take careful consideration of the working title and description of the
project, and may wish to contact the named member of staff for a discussion
prior to applying.
WHAT THE STUDENTSHIP WILL COVER
Studentship Awards commence in October 2020 and will cover your
tuition fees as well as a maintenance grant (currently £15,009 p.a. for 2019/20
for full-time students, updated each year); this also includes access to an
additional Research Training Support Grant (RTSG). There are other
opportunities and benefits available to studentship holders, including an
overseas fieldwork allowance (if applicable), internship opportunities,
overseas institutional visits and other small grants.
Applicants should note that as a part of the training programme,
they will be required to undertake 20 days work per year on live research
projects.
ELIGIBILITY
ESRC studentships are highly competitive, candidates should have
an excellent academic background in the social sciences, holding a 1st or
strong upper 2nd class degree; applications from those also
holding a relevant research training Masters degree (or an equivalent
background in research training) will be considered for a +3 award. Full awards
(fees plus maintenance stipend) are open to UK Nationals and EU students who
can satisfy UK residency requirements.
1+3 OR +3?
With exception of studentships in the Economics pathway, awards
are available on either a 1+3 or +3 basis. A 1+3 studentship provides funding
for four years (or part-time equivalent), completing a research training Masters
in the 1st year, followed by 3 years research funding for a PhD. A +3
studentship provides funding for the three years PhD research study only (or
part-time equivalent).
ASSESSMENT
The closing deadline for applications is 12.00 noon on Friday 7th
February 2020. Short-listed applicants will be invited to interview, which
are expected to take place in late February/early March 2020. After interview,
a final short-list of applicants will be put forward to a Panel convened by the
ESRC Wales DTP Management Group at which final decisions with regard to
studentship awards will be made. Successful applicants can expect to hear by
early April 2020.
HOW TO
APPLY
A completed application form for admission to doctoral
study in the University of Gloucestershire: submitted to Dr. Matthew Reed (mreed@glos.ac.uk) by
the deadline of 12 noon on 3rd February 2020. Incomplete
applications or applications received after this specified time will not be
accepted.
The application must contain the following documents:
1.
University of Gloucestershire Studentship Application Form:
This form must be completed and all evidence requested in questions to be provided.
Part 2 (Qualifications and Experience) Where appropriate, this should also
include proof of English Language Competency (7.0 IELTS minimum).
Part 3 (Referees) All applications require two academic
references to be submitted in support. Candidates must approach referees
themselves and include the references with their application.
Part 5 (Supporting Statement) must set out your reasons and motivation for
applying to study at the University of Gloucestershire, and the Environmental
Planning Pathway; your understanding, and expectations of doctoral study; and
your academic interests generally, and particularly how these relate to the
description of the project supplied.
2.
Curriculum Vitae:
This should be no longer than two pages.
3.
Research Proposal:
For collaborative studentships, the proposal should build directly on the outline
description that has been supplied. The proposal should be up to a maximum of
1000 words, not including bibliographic references. We suggest that you use the
following five headings in your research proposal:
·
Your
reflections on the title, aims and purpose of the research;
·
An overview of some key research literature
relevant to the study;
·
Your proposals for developing the design and
methods of the study;
·
A description of potential outcomes of the
project for understanding, knowledge, policy and practice (as appropriate to
the topic);
·
Bibliographic references