PhD Student Position Available
Environmental and Social Impacts of Industrial Development
in Northern Russia (Ensinor)
Arctic Ecology
University of Lapland, Finland
Application deadline: Sunday, 29 February 2004
Position dates: 1 July 2004 to 31 December 2004
For further information, please contact:
Bruce Forbes
(bforbes [at] urova.fi)
OVERVIEW
The Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland is seeking to fill a PhD
student position. 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)."
BACKGROUND
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.
POSITION SPECIFICS
The project will be based at 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. Background should be in some aspect of arctic biology, ecology,
or geography but most suitable will be experience with arctic plant
ecology and, in particular, vegetation science and/or rangeland ecology.
ELIGIBILITY
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.
APPLICATION DETAILS
When applying, please include the following:
(1) Cover letter
(2) CV
(3) Letters of reference (one or two)
Please send applications to:
Bruce Forbes
Research Professor Arctic Centre
University of Lapland
Box 122
FIN-96101 Rovaniemi
Finland
Phone: +358-16-341-2710
E-mail: bforbes [at] urova.fi
Application Deadline: Sunday, 29 February 2004