Please see below for a PhD that may be of interest to someone with experience of historical source material.

Best wishes,

Althea



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Date: Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 10:49 AM

Subject: Funded PhD in marine historical ecology - please forward to interested candidates

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Dear colleagues,



 With apologies for any cross-posting of this re-advertised position… Prof Callum Roberts and I are advertising a funded marine historical ecology PhD courtesy of the ERC Synergy SEACHANGE project, which is open to international candidates. The successful applicant will be based at the University of Exeter’s Cornwall campus. The closing date is 1 November 2021, with the ideal start date January 2022 (negotiable). Would you be so kind as to forward the below advert to past or present students who could be interested in applying? Prospective applicants can contact me with any questions, further details below. 



 



With best wishes and thanks,



 Ruth Thurstan 



 



Using marine historical ecology  approaches to understand past ecosystem responses across major cultural transitions – PhD (Funded) Ref: 4162



 



Deadline: 1st November 2021. Weblink: http://www.exeter.ac.uk/studying/funding/award/?id=4162 <https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.exeter.ac.uk%2Fstudying%2Ffunding%2Faward%2F%3Fid%3D4162&data=04%7C01%7CR.Thurstan%40exeter.ac.uk%7C21b19ea9b9774986ac5e08d98d8ad572%7C912a5d77fb984eeeaf321334d8f04a53%7C0%7C0%7C637696449680520037%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=BWkgg6ErFnmQWTrroNQeFDvmGv8jfuU8w4PuU2tp1gE%3D&reserved=0>   



We are looking for a student with a strong interest and experience in the collation and analysis of written and material historical sources for understanding historical dynamics in coastal marine ecosystems, and analysing how changes to these systems responded to, or potentially drove, major cultural transitions in human history.



The SEACHANGE project will reconstruct marine ecosystem baselines and quantify the impact of important cultural transitions on marine ecosystems. You will work alongside a team of academic staff, postdoctoral researchers and PhD students who will combine a series of well-established and emerging techniques to answer research questions on the impact of anthropogenic cultural transitions on marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. The wider team will examine archaeological, paleoenvironmental, and ecosystem data from cultural transitions across North West Europe, Iceland, and Australia spanning the last few centuries to several thousand years. You will form a part of this team, focusing upon written and material collections documenting change in coastal and marine ecosystems over the last few hundred years, with an initial focus upon the North Sea region and with the opportunity  to expand your studies to other sites in line with SEACHANGE objectives.



Within SEACHANGE you will be working alongside experts and students from the UK, Europe, Australia and beyond, with opportunities to travel to develop these collaborations. We anticipate that you will learn in a hands on way about the techniques other areas of the project will be applying, while at sea. You will be expected to present your findings at international workshops and conferences, and publish your discoveries in scientific journals.



This position will report to Dr Ruth Thurstan and Professor Callum Roberts and will be responsible for reconstructing past marine functioning and biodiversity in key sites across the coasts of the UK and wider regions, using a wide variety of historical  documentary and material sources. Ideally, you will have demonstrated skills or a good level of awareness of the historical ecology literature, historical source interrogation and a strong interest in quantitative data analysis, data-poor and mixed methods approaches (quantitative and qualitative) to ecology and biodiversity datasets.



If you have questions about the PhD , please contact Dr Ruth Thurstan ([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> ).



 



 



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