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School of Earth & Environment
SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Sustainability Research Institute
Postgraduate Researcher Induction
Dr Julia K. Steinberger
Assoc. Prof. in Ecological Economics
Director of SRI Postgraduate Research
October 1st 2014
Program for this afternoon
1. Welcome & introductions
2. SRI director Prof. William Young
3. Research philosophy module: Dr Paul
Upham
4. Research ethics: Dr Alice Temple
5. PhD life: Rachel Berman
6. SRI Research groups
7. Wrapping up
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Welcome from co-director of SRI:
Prof William Young
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Welcome to SRI
 Tell us
 Your name
 History (places & activities)
 Topic of PhD in Leeds
 Principal supervisor
 Why you are pursuing a PhD?
 Something personal: Your
favourite food
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Module on Research Philosophy
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Module SOEE5492M
Research Philosophy and Design in the Environmental Social
Sciences
Co-ordinator: Paul Upham ([email protected])
I am in the Energy Building, G.20
Material by Anna Wesselink (visiting) and others
Purpose:
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To introduce new PhD students to PhD research
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To help you think through some of your research plans
Format: lectures with discussion
Not assessed
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Module SOEE5492M
Research Philosophy and Design in the Environmental
Social Sciences
Co-ordinator: Paul Upham ([email protected])
I am in the Energy Building, G.20
Purpose:
• To introduce new PhD students to PhD research
• To help you think through some of your research plans
Format: lectures with discussion
Not assessed
Module SOEE5492M
Research Philosophy and Design in the Environmental Social
Sciences
• 8 weeks of room bookings
• Can be extended
• Dates - pending
• Location: pending
Oct Week 1 writing a research proposal
Oct Week 2 undertaking a literature review
Oct Week 3 considering the relative benefits of qualitative and quantitative
methods
Oct Week 4 approaches to knowledge
Nov Week 5 science and society
Module SOEE5492M
Research Philosophy and Design in the Environmental Social
Sciences
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Location: EC Stoner SR 7.73
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Time: 12 noon for about 1.5 hours (you may need to bring food/drink)
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Duration: teaching week 3-11 but possibly ending the week before. That is,
beginning Monday 13th October and ending by Monday 08th December.
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(Leeds teaching weeks are here:
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/timetable/room_availability2.htm#y201415 )
I’ll try to arrange for some contributors other than myself, such as Lyndsay and
Anne – I’m copying in Julia as she has offered to contribute on paper writing,
choosing a target journal and related matters, which sounds really useful.
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Other training opportunities
http://see.leeds.ac.uk/current/research-pg/index.htm
These modules are required for ESRC-sponsored PGRs (White Rose DTC). It should
be noted that assessment in these modules is not a requirement, but PGRs are
expected to attend lectures:
SOEE5492
GEOG5520M
GEOG5120M
Research Philosophy and Design in the Environmental
Social Sciences
Quantitative and spatial methods
Qualitative research methods
You may also choose to attend any of the following modules (please do not overcommit your time though – the emphasis should be on pursuing your own research,
although some of these courses could be of particular value to your professional
development):
SOEE5010M
SOEE5041M
SOEE5051M
SOEE5093M
SOEE5281M
SOEE5472M
SOEE5483M
SOEE5540M
SOEE5550M
SOEE5561M
SOEE5582M
PIED5256M
PIED5562M
Research Methods
Standards and Tools for Business, Environment and Corporate Social
Responsibility
Business, Environment and Sustainability
Introduction to Ecological and Environmental Economics
Introduction to Sustainability
Environmental Policy and Governance
Critical Perspectives in Environment and Development
Climate Change: Physical Science Basis
Climate Change: Impacts and Adaptation
Climate Change Mitigation
Tools and Techniques in Ecological Economics
Global Inequalities and Development
International Relations and the Environment
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Ethical requirements in PhD
research
Dr Alice Temple
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PhD life: Rachel Berman
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Welcome to SRI
1. SRI PhD reps
Paul Brockway
& Muriel Bonjean Stanton
2. SRI ‘Buddy’ Scheme: in operation, some missing?
3. SRI ‘Pot luck’ lunch – 1st Wed each month
SRI research groups & contacts
 Business & Organisations for Sustainable Societies (BOSS)
(Coordinator: Dr Sally Russell: [email protected] )
 Economics and Policy for Sustainability (Coordinator: Dr Tim
Foxon: [email protected] )
 Environment and Development Research Group (Coordinator
PhD group: Prof Andy Dougill, [email protected])
 Social and Political Dimensions of Sustainability (Coordinator: Dr
George Holmes, [email protected])
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Social and Political Dimensions of
Sustainability (SPDS)
15th October – 11AM, Seminar room 3
Ross Gillard (2nd year PhD)
“Understanding transformational change: how to politicise
complex systems”
29th October – 11AM, Seminar room 3
A session for new PhD students
12th November – 12PM, 10.125
26th November – 12PM, 10.125
10th December – 10AM, 10.125
(we generally have cake!)
Research Group activities
Economics and Policy Research Group
November 5th, 10:30am at 10.125: intros for new PGRs.
Environment & Development Research Group
3 p.m. next Weds Oct 8th in Sem Room 3 (8.119) ahead of the SRI
seminar and then welcome drinks after that.
BOSS: something soon! Contact Sally Russell.
Any other business
• Seminar series & events: SRI, CCCEP, Water@Leeds, Africa
College, Enough Waiting.
• Funding for conferences, field work, other academic travel
• Studentships, opportunities for work in School (demonstrating
assistance)
• SRI social life, email lists (see-all, see-sri, sri-research-pg, envnet)
• SEE, SRI Facilities, computers, libraries, technical tools, software,
etc.
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Last but not least Ecological Economics
conference here in 2015!
ESEE2015.org
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