PhD position at SLU: Environmental communication in Global South contexts

Qualifications

• A Masters degree and a strong background in a relevant social science (such as sociology, anthropology, human geography, communication or political sciences)
• Experience in theoretically grounded, qualitative empirical research
• Excellent English skills, both written and spoken
• Experience in working in Global South contexts is an asset

Requirements

Fieldwork abroad will be required.

Skills

Personal suitability is taken into account.

Benefits

The PhD project will be funded by the Department of Urban and Rural Development, and benefit from a vibrant and collegial research environment.

Pay

N/A

Schedule

N/A

About the role

We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and creative candidate to explore together with researchers at the Division of Environmental Communication in which ways ideas about environmental communication can be fruitfully applied, made sense of and developed in Global South contexts – and in which ways perspectives from the Global North (that tend to dominate the environmental communication literature) can be re-thought by learning from approaches and understandings coming from the Global South.

Responsibilities

The PhD project aims to critically and creatively investigate communication in theory and practice, in a suitable empirical context in the Global South. Within this framework, the PhD student will shape the research in collaboration with the supervisory team, which will be selected from the Division of Environmental Communication based on the conceptual and contextual direction of the project.