Tuesday, August 28, 2007

NEW PHD PROGRAMME IN 'SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE'

This announcement was recently circulated to YPDR. Please note that the deadline for the first round of applications is September 17th, 2007!


The University Ca' Foscari of Venice has just started a new Ph.D. programme on:

SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

This programme is jointly realised by the Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development (CESD) < http://venus.unive.it/cesd/> and the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) <https://www.cmcc.it/>.

Objective
The Ph. D. programme in Science and Management of Climate Change aims to provide doctoral students with an extensive and in-depth expertise in the scientific and economic aspects of climate change, and with a proven record of original research on modelling climate change, its impacts, and related mitigation and adaptation policies.

Call for Applications
Applicants should read and carefully follow the detailed application instructions found at http://www.unive.it/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=35790. All applications must be received by 12.00 a.m. of September 17th, 2007. The selection process will close at the end of September. Courses will be in English and will start at the end of October.

For further information on the Ph.D. programme, please contact the University Research Doctorate Office.
E-mail: lauream@unive.it, Phone: +39.041.2347520.