Call for Applications: VIU Graduate Seminar | Cities and Water in a Time of Climate Change

June 1-5, 2020 | Application Deadline February 15, 2020

 VIU Graduate Seminar

Cities and Water in a Time of Climate Change

 

International PhD Academy Graduate Seminar
June 1 – 5, 2020

 

Call for Applications

 

December 1, 2019 – February 15, 2020 via VIU website >

 

Our planet is suffering dramatic urgencies, exacerbated by climate change.
Excess and lack of water largely impact urban life in our cities and territories. Floodings and droughts are among the main causes of social tension, migrations among continents, desertification and hydrogeological risks, loss in food production, inadequate waste treatment.

 

Cities use too much water and too quickly for nature to keep up, and there is an urgent need to radically rethink the role of water in cities.

 

Reducing consumption and better use of water is not enough under the pressure of climate change. Water is largely mismanaged: the preservation of aquifers and the extension of the lifecycle of water for entire cities is necessary.

 

VIU offers a one-week program structured as a series of guest lectures (from the universities partner and others), poster presentations from the participants PhD students and transversal skill sessions, structured to guide the participants towards the development and presentation of group projects.

 

Who can apply?

 

This PhD Academy is offered to PhD students, post-docs and researchers in Urban Design, Urban Studies, Urban planning, Geography, Sociology, Economics, History of cities and water, Environmental Science and Engineering.

 

The PhD Academy is primarily for candidates from VIU's member universities, although applications from excellent external candidates will be considered and evaluated.

External candidates admitted to the PhD Academy will pay fees (further information available in the Brochure). VIU Alumni are eligible for a reduced fee.

 

For further information: please press the link or write to: phdacademy@univiu.org

 

 

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