Fully Funded PhD in Community and Participatory Governance of Nature-Based Solutions in Southeast Asia University of Melbourne in Australia

Fully funded PhD opportunity at the University of Melbourne in Nature-Based Solutions, with a strong focus on community/participatory governance, equity, and justice in Southeast Asia.

The project asks important research questions about who decides how Nature-Based Solutions are implemented, who benefits, who bears the costs, and who gets left behind. It also examines how trade-offs between conservation and livelihoods are defined, contested, and resolved.

The preferred regional focus is Indonesia, the Philippines, or Vietnam. The successful PhD candidate will be supervised by Prof. Rachael Diprose, Dr Justin See, and A/Prof. Kate Macdonald, in collaboration with colleagues at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). The project includes a 12-month research stint in Germany.

Funding is described as a fully funded scholarship package including a tuition fee waiver, living allowance, health insurance, and relocation support.

Applicants should be interested in governance, environmental justice, conservation-livelihood trade-offs, and Southeast Asian fieldwork. No explicit deadline, GPA threshold, or language-test requirement is stated in the post.

To apply, submit an expression of interest through the provided link. For questions, contact the announcer via the linked contact page by email only.