FUNDED MA AND PHD
RESEARCH POSITIONS IN POLITICAL ECOLOGY OF RESOURCE GOVERNANCE OF
FORESTS/PLANTATIONS, FISHERIES/AQUACUTURE IN MAINLAND SOUTHEAST
ASIA
Drs. Peter Vandergeest,
Robin Roth (Department of Geography, York University), and Melissa Marschke
(School of International Development and
Global Studies, University of Ottawa) are
recruiting several MA and up to two PhD students beginning September 2015 as
part of the SSHRC-funded project "New Directions in Environmental Governance:
Remaking Public and Private Authority in Southeast Asian Resource Frontiers
Students will be provided
with fieldwork funding, guidance, and opportunities for both in-depth fieldwork
and research dissemination on a multi-sited research project in Southeast Asia.
The study will examine the emerging relationships
between private, public, and local authorities in forestry and fisheries,
defined to include plantations and aquaculture. The focus will be on how
emerging governance arrangements for forestry and fisheries remake the ways that
farmers, fishers, and workers access land and natural resources in the Southeast
Asia uplands and coastal zones.
Applicants must have an
appropriate background in a relevant field, including Human Geography;
Development Studies, Political Ecology; Environmental Studies; Anthropology; or
Southeast Asian Studies. Applicants with previous research or applied experience
will be particularly competitive.
Interested applicants
should send a letter of interest and current CV to Peter Vandergeest
(pvander@yorku.ca),
Robin Roth (rothr@yorku.ca) and/or Melissa Marschke (melissa.marschke@uottawa.ca) by
November 5, 2014.
The deadline for
admission to York's Graduate Program in Geography is January 14, 2015. More
information on the department can be found at:http://www.yorku.ca/gradgeog/. The deadline for admission to U Ottawa’s Graduate Program in
International Development and Global Studies is January 15, 2015. More
information can be found at: http://socialsciences.uottawa.ca/dvm/graduate-studies
