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<td>SAWMA FW: Post-graduate opportunities with international
collaboration: Risk and Vulnerability to Climate Change in
the Garden Route</td>
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<td>Thu, 29 Aug 2013 22:53:02 +0200</td>
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<td>Elma Marais - SAWMA <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:elma@mweb.co.za"><elma@mweb.co.za></a></td>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span
class="373534620-29082013">Dear all, Find below and
attached opportunities for your interest.</span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span
class="373534620-29082013"></span></font> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span
class="373534620-29082013">Kind regards,</span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span
class="373534620-29082013"></span></font> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span
class="373534620-29082013">Elma</span></font></div>
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LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span class="373534620-29082013"><font
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt;
LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span class="373534620-29082013"> </span><strong>Social-Ecological
Risk, Vulnerability and Adaptations to Climate Change in the
Garden Route</strong></span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE:
"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old
Style','serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">This three-year programme
is a collaboration between leading social and ecological
scientists at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and
CSIR, South Africa, University of Exeter in the UK, Arizona
State University and CIRAD, IRSTEA and CFE in France. We
wish to assess actual and perceived risk, vulnerability, and
adaptation to climate change, and social learning in three
regions: the Garden Route coast in South Africa; the
Languedoc-Rousillon in France; and Cornwall in the UK.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE:
"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old
Style','serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">The project addresses
four research issues:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE:
"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old
Style','serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Risk and adaptation</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3pt;
TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old
Style','serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span>1.<span
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old
Style','serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">How do risk due to
climate change; adaptive capacity; human perceptions of risk
and adaptability; and access to capacity-enhancing resources
influence the adaptive actions and strategies of decision
makers?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE:
"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old
Style','serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Vulnerability</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3pt;
TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old
Style','serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span>2.<span
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old
Style','serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">How do such adaptations
unintentionally affect the vulnerability of external groups,
places or ecosystem services? </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE:
"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old
Style','serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Feedback, reflection
and action</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3pt;
TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old
Style','serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span>3.<span
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old
Style','serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Which feedbacks occur
when people engage in social learning through reflective
practice and critical inquiry? </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE:
"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old
Style','serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Behavioral change and
transformation</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3pt;
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old
Style','serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span>4.<span
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old
Style','serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">How do perceptions of
risk and adaptive capacity change when decision makers are
actively involved in, learn and reflect, in a process of
situated social learning?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE:
"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Opportunities
for involvement</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE:
"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old
Style','serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Opportunities exist for
prospective Doctoral, post-Doctoral and Master’s students to
be part of an international consortium that will
collaboratively address these issues.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE:
"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old
Style','serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Prospective students are
encouraged to develop their own topics around the above
themes. Examples of topics include:</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3pt;
TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; LINE-HEIGHT:
115%"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; LINE-HEIGHT:
115%">Stakeholder engagement through participatory
research to promote awareness, social learning and
ecosystem stewardship in select catchments in the Southern
Cape.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3pt;
TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; LINE-HEIGHT:
115%"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; LINE-HEIGHT:
115%">Risk perceptions and adaptation strategies of
farmers, foresters and conservationists in the Garden
Route. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3pt;
TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; LINE-HEIGHT:
115%"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; LINE-HEIGHT:
115%">The intended and unintended consequences of
adaptations to risk and vulnerability in the Garden Route.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3pt;
TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; LINE-HEIGHT:
115%"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; LINE-HEIGHT:
115%">Resilience theory to map areas of risk and
vulnerability to climate change along the Garden Route
coast.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3pt;
TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; LINE-HEIGHT:
115%"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; LINE-HEIGHT:
115%">Combining empirical and participatory modeling
techniques to assess risk and vulnerability of
social-ecological systems in the Garden Route.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE:
"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old
Style','serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">In addition to
competitive bursaries, participants will have extraordinary
opportunities to develop international networks and contacts
and share in the expertise of leading global sustainability
specialists. Students will be based in the Sustainability
Research Unit at NMMU’s George Campus at Saasveld.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3pt"><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old
Style','serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Please contact Prof
Christo Fabricius, </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:christo.fabricius@nmmu.ac.za"><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old
Style','serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"> by 30 September 2013,
and feel free to visit the Sustainability Research Unit web
site </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="www.nmmu.ac.za/sru"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
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115%">www.nmmu.ac.za/sru</span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE:
10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; LINE-HEIGHT:
115%">. Prospective students can join any time between
September 2013 and February 2014.</span></p>
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