Postgraduate Opportunities Registered/Graduating PhDs
PhD Students are the heart and soul of the CECHR initiative and we have a thriving postgraduate community (CECHR_Grad), currently comprising 27 PhD students drawn from across the University, a quarter of whom are co-supervised by researchers from the James Hutton Institute. The projects span research interests spanning food and water security; biodiversity and landscape sensitivity; resilience of health systems to climate change; natural flood management; renewable energy policy and social justice. Since 2013 nine students have completed their PhDs and all have already found employment in academic and professional capacities.
Growth of the CECHR_Grad Cohort, University of Dundee 30 25 20 15 10 5 0
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2011 2012 2013 Year Current PhD Cohort Graduating (XCECHR)
2014
Current PhD (CECHR_GRAD) Research Themes n=27
Eco-Design 11% Health & Development 11% Energy 11% Water 15%
Resilience / Sustainability 15% Climate & Environmental Change 18% Food 19%
MSc in Sustainability The MSc in Sustainability is a new and exciting interdisciplinary programme providing an overview of sustainability principles, developing skills in critical analysis and in the practice of facilitating change and transformation for the low carbon future. The programme will be taught by established academics from the Graduate School of Natural Resources Law, Policy and Management and the School of the Environment collectively comprising energy specialists, lawyers, economists, planners, architects and geographers. The MSc in Sustainability includes four named pathway degrees:
MSc in Sustainability and Water Security MSc in Sustainability and Living with Climate Change MSc in Sustainability and Low Carbon Living MSc in Sustainability and the Green Economy
Learning the Power of Multiple Perspectives Facing the Future 2015 is a two-day postgraduate conference for Masters, PhD and early career researchers organised through the Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience (CECHR) at the University of Dundee and James Hutton Institute. Our conference will be held from Tuesday 26 May – Wednesday 27 May 2015 at the University of Dundee, Scotland. For more information please contact cechr@dundee.ac.uk