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PhD student in Sustainability Science, systemic risks associated with food production and trade
The Global Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere (GEDB) is a five-year Academy research programme at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The Programme addresses the economic dynamics of global change and its implications for a sustainable future, and is funded by the Erling-Persson Family Foundation. GEDB is now hiring a PhD student to contribute to the programme's research to map systemic risks associated with food production and trade, investigate links between climate, land use change and financial markets and capital flows. The student will be employed at GEDB, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, but be formally admitted to the PhD programme in Sustainability Science through the Stockholm Resilience Centre. Application deadline 25 October 2018. Read more here
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PhD student in Sustainability Science, human health and the global environment
The Global Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere (GEDB) is a five-year Academy research programme at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The Programme addresses the economic dynamics of global change and its implications for a sustainable future, and is funded by the Erling-Persson Family Foundation. GEDB is now hiring a PhD student to contribute to the programme's research on the links between human health and the global environment. The student will be employed at GEDB, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, but be formally admitted to the PhD programme in Sustainability Science through the Stockholm Resilience Centre. Application deadline is 25 October 2018. Read more here (pdf, 486.6 kB)
We announce PhD positions four times per year. The announcement dates 2018 are:
2-23 January
2- 23 April
27 August – 17 September
15 October - 5 November
LATEST NEWS
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Research news | 2018-10-18
Not so smart after all…?
Popular concept for building sustainable cities stands on fragile scientific grounds
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Research news | 2018-10-17
The new context for development and why it matters
The first in a series of seven "deep dives" looking into the connections between resilience and development
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Research news | 2018-10-17
A smarter scenario
Club of Rome report states that inequality reduction and new economic models are necessary for long-term economic and planetary stability
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Research news | 2018-10-10
Feeding 10 billion people by 2050 within planetary limits may be achievable
But it requires a global shift towards healthy and more plant-based diets, halving food loss and waste, say researchers
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Research news | 2018-10-10
Perspectives on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 1.5C report
Resilience framework is central to the new report, with strong linkages to centre research
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Educational news | 2018-10-09
Former centre Master’s student wins Swedish award for best Master's science theses in the marine sciences
Vera Telemo awarded the 2018 Dyrssen award for her M.Sc. thesis “Discarding the Landing Obligation? Swedish Fishers’ Commitment to the EU Discard Ban”
Stockholm Resilience Centre is a collaboration between Stockholm University and the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Stockholm Resilience Centre
Stockholm University, Kräftriket 2B
SE-10691
Phone: +46 8 674 70 70
info@stockholmresilience.su.se
Organisation number: 202100-3062
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