Capacity Building Workshop on Ecology, Society and Development in North East India: Concepts and Methods: 21-24 September 2015

The Indian Society for Ecological Economics (INSEE) and Department of Economics, Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh are jointly organising a capacity building workshop on issues and methods of research in the areas of Ecology, Society and Development of Northeast India. The workshop is to be held during 21-24 September 2015 at Rajiv Gandhi University, Doimukh. The workshop intends to bring together young researchers in the region working on/ thinking of ecology and environmental issues of the region, with the objective to strengthen their research capability. The workshop intends to address specific research needs of the region, building interdisciplinary capacities to conceptualise and explore local issues selected by the participants. The workshop is planned for about 15 to 20 participants including doctoral students and early career teachers from social and natural sciences background having interest in interdisciplinary research and teaching of the environment- development issues. Persons with a masters’ degree in the disciplines of social (economics, geography, sociology, history etc.) or natural sciences (environment, forestry, biology, chemistry etc.) and interest in research and teaching related to environment, ecology and development issues may apply. The workshop shall be limited to participants from the Northeast India or those who are working on issues residing in the region, The application should contain a short CV, a cover letter expressing their research interest and a concept note of about 1200-1500 words on the issue the participant is interested to do research on. The concept note needs to emphasise on inter/trans-disciplinary nature of research questions. The application package is to be mailed to Seema Purushothaman ([email protected]) with copies to Vandana Upadhyaya ([email protected]) and Kalyan Das ([email protected]), latest by 7th August 2015. Selected participants shall be informed by 21st August 2015.
 
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