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POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HULL
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The Department of Geography at the University of Hull
welcomes applications for the following postgraduate
research opportunities:
ESRC COMPETITION AWARD AND ESRC/NERC JOINT STUDENTSHIP
AWARDS
The Department of Geography at the University of
Hull has ESRC Mode A and B recognition for full and
part-time doctoral students. Students wanting to apply for
ESRC Competition Awards or Joint NERC/ESRC Studentship
awards in our main research areas (below) are encouraged to
contact Dr Andy Jonas (Postgraduate Training Officer) at
[log in to unmask] (TEL. 01482 465368) or the member
of staff with interests close to their proposed topic as
soon as possible. Deadline for award applications is 1st
May, 2001.
The Department's research activities are
conducted through four research groups:
Critical environmental policy & politics
Knowledges, economy and exclusion
Environmental change
Environmental monitoring and modelling
and three research centres:
Centre for City and Regional Studies
Centre for Waste and Pollution Research
Centre for Wetlands Archaeology
Further details of the Department's research activities can
be found at http://www.hull.ac.uk/geog/research/index.html
ESRC CASE AWARD
The Department has a strong track record in obtaining ESRC
Case Awards and encourages applications for the following
recently advertised opportunity:
ESRC CASE Studentship at the University of Hull in
partnership with Yorkshire Forward (Regional Development
Agency). Closing date for applications 27 April 2001.
Interviews will be held in May. Informal enquires to
Professor David Gibbs ([log in to unmask], 01482
465330) or Dr. Sally Eden ([log in to unmask], 01482
466067). The studentship comprises the standard ESRC grant
plus an additional £1450 per annum. Details of the project
outlined below.
The Potential Contribution of Eco-Industrial Parks to Local
and Regional Development
This project will examine the development of a recent
policy initiative that has attempted to integrate economic,
social and environmental aims - the eco-industrial park
(EIP). EIPs aim to increase business performance while
reducing pollution and waste. Research on EIPs shows close
parallels with work on inter-firm networking and untraded
interdependencies where emphasis has been placed upon the
success of particular localities in developing networks of
interlinked firms which rely on trust and reciprocity in
their daily relations. Without such trust and reciprocity,
an EIP does not exist, save as a thematic collection of
environmentally-related firms. However, most EIP policy
initiatives are concerned with creating physical
infrastructure and assume that such 'relational assets' can
be created or will emerge with time. The project aims:
1. To examine critically the notion that the creation of
EIPs enables combining environmental improvement with
increased business competitiveness, 2. To investigate the
role of trust and co-operation between firms in
establishing EIPs. 3. To examine the role played by the
development of local collaboration, partnership and policy
makers in the formation of EIPs. 4. To investigate whether
EIPs can be created through public policy initiatives. 5.
To examine barriers to the implementation of EIPs and the
potential for public policy intervention to overcome
these. 6. To explore the feasibility, cost and benefits of
developing EIPs as part of economic development in the
Yorkshire & Humber region.
The research will be conducted through email and internet
surveys of EIPs in Europe and the USA, followed by case
study in-depth interviews within Europe (probable
interviews in: Turin; Emscher Park, Germany; Styria,
Austria; Rijnmond, Rotterdam; Kalundborg, Denmark) as well
as in the Yorkshire and Humber area (e.g. Symbiosis Park).
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Dr. Andy Jonas
Department of Geography
Cohen Building
Cottingham Road
University of Hull
Hull HU6 7RX
United Kingdom
Tel. 01482 465368
Fax. 01482 466340
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
You can visit my home page @
http://www.hull.ac.uk/geog/html/ajhome.html
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