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-----Original Message----- From: On Behalf Of Kate Sherren Dear colleagues and friends, the Stockholm Resilience Centre is seeking PhD students for interdisciplinary ecosystem service work. This will suit students in a range of disciplines and interdisciplines. Please forward as appropriate. http://www.pecs-science.org/research/news/news/twophdpositionsforthepecsseen project.5.5a50a14e13b817f0388d03.html ____ We're looking for two PhD students to work on a Resilience Assessment and social-ecological bundles of ecosystem services in the Stockholm region These two positions are part of the PECS-SEEN <http://www.pecs-science.org/research/projects/seen.4.5a50a14e13b817f038824a .html> project. The first of the PhD projectsexternal link <http://www.stockholmresilience.org/21/about-us/vacancies/doctoral-studentsh ip-analyzing-ecosystem-services-in-the-norrstrom-basin.html> will assess whether social-ecological interactions produce reasonably coherent sets of ecosystem services or bundles in the Norrström drainage basin surrounding Stockholm, Sweden. The student will: i) develop methods to identify and analyze bundles of ecosystem services across socially relevant units in Sweden, based on publically available data such as census and GIS data, across the Stockholm region within local municipalities (kommuner) ii) analyse drivers of social, ecological and geographic drivers of ecosystem service change across the region iii) develop scenarios of possible future ecosystem services for this region iv) compare these methods and results to those developed by other regional social-ecological assessments of ecosystem services The second PhD projectexternal link <http://www.stockholmresilience.org/21/about-us/vacancies/doctoral-studentsh ip-resilience-assessment-in-the-norrstrom-basin.html> will generate policy-and-practice relevant knowledge on the resilience of ecosystem services in the Norrström drainage basin surrounding Stockholm, Sweden, by: i) establishing how historical and current policy arrangements affect the provision of, access to, and resilience of ecosystem services across the region ii) preparing a regional Resilience Assessment of ecosystem services across the Norrström region through participatory engagement with relevant stakeholders and in connection to existing strategic planning processes at the local government and Stockholm regional government levels. The application deadline is 2nd May 2013. For more information, see <http://www.stockholmresilience.org/21/about-us/vacancies.html> Please pass this around in your networks. All the best, Albert Albert Norström, PhD Stockholm Resilience Centre <http://www.stockholmresilience.org/> Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society (website - PECS <http://www.pecs-science.org> ) SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden Visiting address: Kräftriket 2B Stockholm University Phone: +46 (0)734 60 70 68 Email: [log in to unmask] Blog: www.sdupdate.org Stockholm Resilience Centre advances transdisciplinary research for governance of social-ecological systems with a special emphasis on resilience – the ability to deal with change and continue to develop. The centre is a collaboration between Stockholm University, Stockholm Environment Institute and the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The centre is funded by the Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research, Mistra