Thanks for drawing my attention towards this. The mail was sent mistakenly. I apologize for any inconvenience caused by it.

Best regards

Iram
Postgraduate Researcher
Bournemouth University
P104, Fern Barrow, Poole BH12 5BB
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From: Tim Dornan <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 11 January 2017 17:13
To: Realist and Meta-narrative Evidence Synthesis: Evolving Standards; Iram Bibi
Subject: Re: Application for the vacancy of short term research assistant needed for literature review

PLEASE DON'T POST PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE ON A MAILING LIST. TD

On 11 January 2017 at 16:48, Iram Bibi <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
Hello there
with reference to the email quoted below regarding short term research assistant for literature review I am forwarding my CV for consideration as I am interested in working for the said ?post. Looking forward for your feedback.
Best Regards

Iram
Postgraduate Researcher
Bournemouth University
P104, Fern Barrow, Poole BH12 5BB


"From: Realist and Meta-narrative Evidence Synthesis: Evolving Standards [mailto:[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>] On Behalf Of Xavier Font
Sent: 06 January 2017 09:58
To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]><mailto:[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Subject: short term research assistant needed for literature review

Do any of you know of a graduate or phd student that might be interested in doing a short literature review in the next couple of months, on evidence-based policy decisions?

I have £3,000 of internal funding to pay for a Research Assistant to conduct a literature review (18 days of PDRA time at 4.2 grade, January-March 2017). The RA will gather both academic and grey literature to write 5,000 words on:
1.       The ability of governments to acquire knowledge on sustainability issues for decision-making;
2.       The ability of governments to assimilate such knowledge within their organisational structures, transform it to modify their policy making processes, and apply it to gain competitiveness and meet sustainable development objectives.
3.       Tangible data on the process of change management, as well as explanatory value for why change has occurred differently under different contexts.

This funding will be used to conduct a literature review on the experiences of developing countries in using evidence from sustainable tourism data/indicators in order to take policy decisions.  Our research scope so far has been the European Sustainable Tourism Indicators (ETIS), a Europe-wide system to inform tourism planning, developed by Prof. Miller (Surrey) for the European Commission. The proposed literature review will contribute to broadening such scope to consider the potential for researchers to support policy-makers with appropriate evidence to take Overseas Development Aid informed developmental decisions in development countries. We will aim to critically understand how the interface between research, policy making and implementation is politically-contested, and what implications this has in the feasibility of adapting ETIS in developing countries.  This literature review will contribute to our plans to conduct a realistic evaluation of the ability of governments to take evidence-based policy decisions in sustainable tourism through the concept of absorptive capacity.

Xavier

Prof. Xavier Font
Professor of Sustainability Marketing
School of Hospitality and Tourism Management
University of Surrey, UK
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/shtm/people/xavier_font/
Head of Impact at www.travindy.com<http://www.travindy.com><http://www.travindy.com/>
Visiting Professor, Hospitality Academy, NHTV Breda"




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