New PhD program “Biodiversity and Society” at Göttingen University, Germany

21 April 2011

This new PhD program at Göttingen University, in Germany, covers disciplines relevant to the diversification of agriculture and use of neglected crops. There are 20 places to be awarded, starting 1st October 2011. This seems open for applicants from developing countries. It might well be worth a try and applicants can always explore the opportunity by contacting the faculty.

Details from the conveners of the program:

The Land of Lower Saxony sponsors excellent young PhD students in the course of their work towards a doctoral degree. These funds support the PhD programme “Biodiversity and Society – social dimensions of the protection and use of biological diversity” directed by the Göttingen Graduate School for Social Sciences (GGG).

Research on biodiversity is a core academic element at the Georg-August-University in Göttingen. The aim of the PhD programme is to discuss the protection and use of biological diversity from the social scientific point of view.

In the PhD course, researchers from the following areas cooperate with the objective of developing an interdisciplinary perspective on protecting and sustainably using biological diversity:

Agricultural Sciences (Environmental and Resource Economics, Agro-Ecology, Rural Management, Crop Sciences), Economic Sciences (Environmental and Institutional Economics, Production and Logistics), Social Sciences (cooperative behaviour of economic, state and social actors), Biology (Didactics of biology, Social and Communication Psychology), Legal Studies (International Business and Environmental Law) as well as Philosophy (Applied Philosophy and Ethical Studies).

With this study places no financial support is added. For financial support you have to contact other institutions like the German Exchange Service DAAD. For further information on the core topic areas as well as on the participating scientists and scholars please go to www.biodiversitaet-gesellschaft.uni-goettingen.de. You may also find information on the documents required there.

Göttingen University aims to increase the ratio of women in areas, in which women are underrepresented and therefore, explicitly encourages qualified women to apply. Appropriately qualified, severely disabled persons are treated preferentially.

Applications to be sent until 4 June 2011.
Please send the application in one single file (pdf) only to: email hidden; JavaScript is required

Website: http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/138947.html