Hello, GEP-ED Colleagues. I am excited to be recruiting up to two fully-funded MA and PhD positions to study the political ecology of urban and peri-urban agriculture and net zero food systems at the University of Toronto. The full position announcement is attached and pasted below. Please share with those who you think might be interested in and qualified for the positions.
Thanks! Ryan --------- *Funded MA and PhD positions in the Political Ecology of Urban* *and Peri-Urban Agriculture and ‘Net Zero’ Food Systems* I am seeking to recruit up to two graduate students (either PhD or MA) to contribute to a new interdisciplinary research project that critically evaluates the potential of urban and peri-urban agriculture to contribute to ‘net-zero’ food systems. The positions are funded through a SSHRC Sustainable Agricultural Research Initiative Grant titled “Toward Sustainable Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture for Net-Zero Food Systems <https://www.utoronto.ca/news/research-project-explores-how-urban-agriculture-can-reduce-emissions-and-increase-access-food>.” The successful applicants will join the graduate program in Geography and Planning <https://www.geography.utoronto.ca/graduate-geography/prospective/about> at the University of Toronto; their work will be supervised by Professor Ryan Isakson. Broadly, our research will focus upon the political ecology of urban and peri-urban agriculture and students are encouraged to pursue independent research under this umbrella. They will also contribute to targeted research into how land access and control shapes the environmental sustainability of urban and peri-urban agriculture in and around the Greater Toronto Area, with a particular eye towards soil management, crop selection, and other agricultural practices related to greenhouse gas emissions and sequestration. The successful applicants will join a team of community partners and academics from the natural and social sciences conducting research with the objective of fomenting environmentally sustainable and socially just urban food systems. These positions provide competitive funding package with two years of support for MA students and four years of support for PhD students. In addition to a tuition waiver, the positions include a competitive research stipend and budgets for research costs and conference travel to present research results. I am particularly interested in applications from students from equity-deserving groups, including those with lived experience relevant to the project. To be eligible for these positions, students must be accepted for graduate study in the Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Toronto. Applications to the graduate program <https://www.geography.utoronto.ca/graduate-geography/prospective/application-admissions> must be submitted by *January 10, 2025*. Ideally, applicants will have previous degrees in political economy, human geography, environmental studies, food studies, or other related disciplines. If you are interested one of these positions, please send me a very short letter of interest along with your CV and unofficial transcripts at ryan.isak...@utoronto.ca. Please feel free to contact me with any questions. Ryan Isakson (he/him) Associate Professor Departments of Global Development Studies and Geography and Planning University of Toronto -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/CAA-%3D193ckQGS59aHh7hUO%2BJuezb58j8ygWqKeTURe2N0NAg%2Btg%40mail.gmail.com.
Political Ecology of Urban Agriculture and Net Zero Food Systems - Student Recruitment (Letterhead - Nov 2024).pdf
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