Dear list members
UWE Bristol is offering one or more full-time PhD scholarships researching 'Human Dimensions of Urban Water Security' in the Faculty of Environment and Technology (FET) starting in Autumn 2013. The faculty has an active water research community with an interdisciplinary outlook on water security issues, from individual behaviour to hydropolitics.
These scholarships are funded by the Lloyds Register Foundation International Water Security Network and is part of an interdisciplinary research project involving three universities - UWE Bristol, Monash South Africa and the University of Arizona, USA, as well as a global network of partner institutions.
The student(s) appointed will have the opportunity to play a significant role in interacting with the wider project and contributing to the overall programme of work.
Possible topics for studentships that would fit within the broader global research network include:
· Determinants of water consumption behaviour in cities
· Understanding and managing water-energy relations (the ‘water-energy nexus’) in port cities
· Socio-legal foundations of the near-inshore marine and estuarine environment
· Engineering cities for surface water management (water sensitive cities)
· Factors influencing water security in developing areas
Further particulars can be found at http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/research/postgraduateresearchstudy/studentshipopportunities/watersecurityscholarship.aspx
Closing date for applications is 17:00, Monday 26 August 2013.
Dr Kerry Burton
Senior Lecturer in Human Geography
Geography and Environmental Management
Room 4Q20
University of the West of England
Coldharbour Lane
Bristol BS16 1QY
0117 3283504
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