Study Subject(s): The ground thermal regime of permafrost landforms within the Nordic area including Greenland
Course Level: PhD
Scholarship Provider: University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Scholarship can be taken at: Denmark
Eligibility:
The successful candidate must hold a Master degree or equivalent qualifications in physical geography, preferably in geomorphology, with documented expertise in performing Arctic fieldwork. Fluency in spoken and written English is also a requirement.
Scholarship Open for International Students: No
Scholarship Description: A 3-year Ph.D scholarship in “The ground thermal regime of permafrost landforms within the Nordic area including Greenland” will be available at the Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen in cooperation with The University Centre in Svalbard, UNIS.
The announced Ph.D position is part of the research network DEFROST “Impacts of a changing cryosphere – depicting ecosystem-climate feedbacks from permafrost, snow and ice. DEFROST is part of the Top-level Research Initiative (TRI), aiming to strengthen research and innovation regarding climate change issues in the Nordic Region as one of the three Nordic Centres of Excellence, that are funded within the sub-programme “Interactions between climate change and the cryosphere”. The aim of DEFROST is to understand how climate change induced changes in the cryosphere influence the ecosystem/geosphere processes which directly affect climate.
How to Apply: By Post
Scholarship Application Deadline: 25-08-2011
Further Scholarship Information and Application
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