Two Funded PhD Opportunities in Environmental Anthropology at the University of Maine USA

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 1.  Adaptation to Abrupt Climate Change: The University of Maine has launched a new, National Science Foundation sponsored Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) – the first of its kind to focus explicitly on Adaptation to Abrupt Climate Change (A2C2).  The A2C2 IGERT is a doctoral training program for students in earth sciences, ecology, anthropology, archaeology, international affairs, and economics. A2C2 is designed to train the next generation of natural and social scientists to meet the critical societal challenge of human adaptation to abrupt climate change. The program relies on close inter-disciplinary cooperation between natural and social scientists, and it is particularly interested in receiving applications from candidates with an undergraduate or Masters degree in anthropology.  Successful applicants will be admitted to the University of Maine’s Anthropology and Environmental Policy Ph.D. program and will receive an annual stipend of $30,000 in each of the first two years, plus tuition, fees, and health insurance coverage. They will work with an advisor to secure intra-mural or extra-mural support for subsequent years. Students must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents to receive IGERT support.

 For further information please visit: http://a2c2igert.umaine.edu/

 2. Anthropology and Environmental Policy: The Anthropology Department at the University of Maine has recently launched a new PhD program in Anthropology and Environmental Policy.  This multi-disciplinary program’s core is in anthropological and social theory but includes coursework in the natural sciences, public policy, resource economics and research methods.  Students engage with faculty in cutting-edge research on the way social relations, human organization, cultural perceptions, and ecological behavior affect the causes and consequences of local, national, and global environmental change as well as policy formation.  Areas of environmental policy and research include: Global Climate Change, Energy Resources, Marine Resources, Eco-tourism, Forestry Resources, Land-Use, Water Management & Pollution Control.  Successful candidates will receive a three year graduate teaching assistantship, living stipend, tuition, fees and partial health insurance.

For further information please visit: http://umaine.edu/anthropology/degree-programs/phd-in-anthropology-environmental-policy/