PhD Student Post Available
Finnish Academy project:
Environmental and Social Impacts of
Industrial Development in Northern Russia (Ensinor)
Arctic Centre
Rovaniemi, Finland
Applicant Deadline: Saturday, 31 January 2004
For further information, please contact:
Bruce Forbes (bforbes [at] urova.fi)
POSITION DESCRIPTION
The Arctic Centre, University of Lapland is seeking to fill a PhD
student post for the period Thursday, 1 April 2004 to Monday, 31
December 2007. The student will work full-time as part of a small
research team in close cooperation with a geographer and one or more
social anthropologists in the Finnish Academy project Environmental and
Social Impacts of Industrial Development in Northern Russia (Ensinor).
The research will undertake a multidisciplinary analysis of the social
and environmental consequences of energy development in northern Russia.
Specifically, this project will make a comparative study of effects of
petroleum development in two key federal districts in northwest Russia -
Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO) and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (YNAO)
- with links to the global level on the basis of scientific and
indigenous or local knowledge.
NAO and YNAO contain some of Russia's most productive proven energy
sources for the present and the foreseeable future. The extensive gas
and oil fields overlap with the homelands of indigenous peoples whose
traditional livelihoods (reindeer herding, augmented by fishing, hunting
and gathering) are at risk from changes in land use associated with
petroleum exploration and exploitation.
The salary will be at the Finnish level A20. The project will be based
at the Arctic Centre in Rovaniemi, Finland, although the student will be
expected to register for doctoral studies in the Biology Department,
Faculty of Science at the University of Oulu, Finland.
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
Background should be in some aspect of arctic biology/ecology/geography
but most suitable will be experience with arctic plant ecology and, in
particular, vegetation science and/or rangeland ecology.
Please note: the special nature of this work requires that the student
have very good or excellent Russian Language skills, in addition to
spoken and written English. The position will also require excellent
social skills and the ability to work alone or in small groups in remote
areas for long periods under challenging logistical and physical
conditions.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: Saturday, 31 January 2004
Applicants should arrange for a cover letter, CV and one or two letters
of reference to be sent to:
Bruce Forbes, Research Professor
Arctic Centre, University of Lapland
Box 122
FIN-96101 Rovaniemi, Finland
(bforbes [at] urova.fi)
For further information, please contact:
Bruce Forbes (bforbes [at] urova.fi)