The School of Geography at the University of Leeds has a fully funded PhD studentship from 1st October 2014 which covers all UK/EU fees and a maintenance stipend of £14,863 year for 3 years. The studentship also provides some funding for additional research expenses (e.g fieldwork and conference attendance). UK applicants are eligible to apply as well as EU applicants where residency has been establish for more than 3 years prior to the start of the course.
This is a Collaboration White Rose ESRC Studentship jointly supervised by Dr. Guy Ziv, Prof. John Barrett and ARUP Group, a large engineering company with offices in Leeds and London (and many other cities). The project will develop new and integrate existing ecosystem services models (initially focused on water related services) within a state-of-the-art Multi-Regional Input-Output model, and demonstrate the new methodology with ARUP clients (the student will hot-desk in ARUP offices in Leeds/London as part of his dissertation project). This is a great opportunity for someone interested in the emerging nexus between ecological sciences and private sector sustainability! More details about the project and application procedures: http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/study/phd/funding/white-rose-esrc-collaborative-studentship-ziv/ . Current deadline for applications is March 3rd, 2014. However, if the link above still works, the position has not yet been filled. Kind Regards, Dr. Guy Ziv School of Geography University of Leeds Leeds, LS2 9JT United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0 in UK)113 3433300 Fax: +44 (0 in UK)113 3433308
