[APES Jobs] FW: [saabnet] PhD and Postdoc opportunities in Environmental Change

[Bursaries, Employment and Career Opportunities in Environmental Fields]

Barend Erasmus
Associate professor: School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences
University of the Witwatersrand

+27 11 717 6449 (office)
+27 11 717 6494 (fax)

From: SAAB Secretary [mailto:forsaab at telkomsa.net]
Sent: 12 March 2013 12:54 PM
To: saabnet at kendy.up.ac.za
Subject: [saabnet] PhD and Postdoc opportunities in Environmental Change

The African Environmental Change Laboratory research group based at the
University of KwaZulu-Natal (Pietermaritzburg and Durban campuses)
invites applications from interested candidates for two PhD studentships and
one Postdoctoral Fellowship on a new palaeoecological research project.

This interdisciplinary project, entitled "Reconstructing the Mapungubwe
Cultural Landscape" is funded under the African Origins Platform of the
National Research Foundation (NRF).

Candidates should have an interest in researching southern African
palaeoenvironments, including vegetation changes and human impacts on
the landscape. Candidates with a strong botanical / ecological background,
or knowledge of historical ecology are encouraged to apply.

For further information about the research group see the attached circular or visit the African
Environmental Change Lab Facebook page or website:
https://sites.google.com/site/drakensbergpalaeoecology/

Queries can be emailed to Dr JM Finch finchj at ukzn.ac.za<mailto:finchj at ukzn.ac.za>
Interested parties should send a CV and letter of interest to finchj at ukzn.ac.za<mailto:finchj at ukzn.ac.za>
Closing Date: 20 March 2013
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