[EmergingEthnoNetwork] Ecology/Conservation PhD studentships at MMU

PhD: Population viability and conservation of African Grey Parrots on the island of Príncipe, Gulf of Guinea (post number SE/008)

The PhD studentship, to be supervised by Stuart Marsden, Ed Harris (MMU) and Nigel Collar (BirdLife International) will be awarded on a competitive basis and is only available to Home and EU candidates. The project will involve long periods spent in the field in Principe, collecting a wide range of ecological and interview data on nest distribution, success, capture histories, bird abundance etc. The studentship will include full-time tuition fees and a subsistence bursary (£12,000 p.a.) for 36 months. Candidates should submit their application using the Manchester Metropolitan University's application form to study for a postgraduate research degree, found at http://www.red.mmu.ac.uk/?pageparent=4&page_id=147. Closing date for applications: 28 October 2011. Please contact Stuart Marsden (s.marsden@mmu.ac.uk) for further details.

 

PhD: Biodiversity, livelihoods and carbon in reforested and other human-dominated lands of West Africa

 

This full-time PhD project, supervised by Stuart Marsden and Martin Jones (MMU) aims to examine, over an extensive area of Sierra Leone, the nature of human-dominated non-forested lands, and evaluate the importance of different land use types for selected plant and animal groups, human livelihoods, and carbon storage/sequestration. The goal is to understand how these habitats contribute to important ecosystem services, and how, against a realistic economic backdrop, this value might be managed for better effect. Full-time fees for a UK/EU student will be paid along with food, accommodation, equipment, transport costs and international flights associated with the PhD plus a stipend of at least £2000 per year. The student will be based for long periods at the Atlantic Whale Foundation’s centre near Freetown, Sierra Leone. Applications are invited on an informal basis before 1^st November 2011. Contact Stuart Marsden (s.marsden@mmu.ac.uk) for more details.

 

 

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