PhD Studentship - Farmer-Centred Innovation
Vacancy Details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Salary: | This will cover your Tuition Fees |
| Location: | FRANCIS CLOSE HALL CAMPUS |
| Job Type: | Research |
| Closing Date: | 21/05/2021 |
| Date Posted: | 21/04/2021 |
| Reference: | O164 |
Description
PhD
Studentship – Farmer-Centred Innovation
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 in the topic “Farmer-centred
innovation: understanding and
co-designing evaluation methodologies to support sustainable agriculture”
which will be supervised by Julie Ingram and Jane Mills.
There
is increasing recognition of the importance of facilitating farmer-centred
innovation (FCI) to support the transition towards sustainable agriculture.
This model of farmer collaboration in which farmers innovate, experiment and
learn together includes: Monitor Farms, Farmer Field-Labs, Farmer Clusters and
future ELM components. Despite this growing interest in FCI, knowledge gaps
exist regarding ‘what works’. The level of interest and investment in the FCI
model, combined with the requirement for evidence-based policy, accountability
and impact, means that reliable evaluation is important. However, there is no
consensus on the best methodologies to capture FCI’s many anticipated benefits. The PhD aims is to provide a critical
analysis of FCI, examining their outputs, outcomes and processes, and how these
can be meaningfully evaluated.
The
student will work closely with the AHDB’s Research and Knowledge Exchange
(R&KE) team who coordinate significant programmes of farmer-centred
innovation (including Monitor Farms, Strategic Farms and Farmbench business
groups) and behaviour change.
Funding
is provided at UKRI standard rates.
Please
read the Information document for full details of the studentship and how to
apply.
Closing Date: Midday 21st May 2021
Interview Date: Early June
The University understands the benefits of recruiting a diverse
range of people and welcomes applications from under-represented sections of
the community.
Weare proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, guaranteeing to
offer an interview to anyone who meets the definition of disability set out in
the Equality Act 2010 and who meets all of the essential criteria contained
within the person specification.