Department of Geography University of Dundee ESRC CASE Studentship in
collaboration with The Forestry Commission Scotland
Nature and well-being: building social and emotional capital through
environmental volunteering
(+3 or 1+3 years funding)
Applications are invited for a full-time (3 or 1+3 years) ESRC
studentship entitled Nature and well-being: building social and
emotional capital through environmental volunteering in collaboration
with The Forestry Commission Scotland and associated with the joint
Scottish Executive and ESRC PhD programme. The student will be based in
the Geography Department with Dr Hester Parr and Dr Nick Fyfe and will
have close links with the Forestry Commission, Forest Research and the
Scottish Executive.
The aim of this PhD project is to examine the links between well-being,
nature and environmental volunteering, with a focus on how, why, for
whom and in what ways social and emotional capital is engendered through
active nature work. There is limited research on environmental
volunteering and its impact on health and well-being and this project
will fill that gap. While this research is sensitive to current
theoretical interests in emotional and embodied geographies and
contributes to emerging conceptual agendas about human-nature relations,
the project will also provide policy relevant research that actively
contributes to a volunteering strategy for the Forestry Commission and
the Scottish Executive. The study will involve the use of different
research methods, but predominantly semi-structured interviewing,
ethnography and focus group work. For full details see:
http://www.dundee.ac.uk/geography/prospective/postgrad/ or contact Nick
Fyfe on [log in to unmask]
2 routes are possible:
Applications are welcome from candidates with at least a 2.1
undergraduate degree (or equivalent) for a 1+3 studentship starting in
October 2006
or
from candidates with a Masters degree from an ESRC-recognised
postgraduate research training programme (or equivalent) in a relevant
social science discipline for + 3 studentship starting in January 2007.
Informal enquiries about this studentship to Dr Nick Fyfe
([log in to unmask] telephone: 01382 344434). Applicants should
submit a CV and a covering letter containing the contact details for two
referees to: Dr N. Fyfe, Department of Geography, University of Dundee,
Dundee, DD1 4HN. Short-listed applicants will be invited for interview.
Closing date for applications is 5pm 1st May, 2006.
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