Global

Seven PhD positions
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Source:
The Stockholm Resilience Centre a joint centre of the Stockholm University, the Royal Swedish Academy of Science and the Stockholm Environment Institute, is looking for seven transdisciplinary PhD students who are interested in working on resilience issues in sustainability science.
The positions are:
• PhD position: Modelling dynamics of multiple ecosystem services in human dominated landscapes

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