The Department of Geography at the University of Florida is seeking exceptional students to work as part of an interdisciplinary student-faculty team on a research project entitled, Hydrologic transformation in the Amazon basin: reconciling economy, society, and the environment. The project provides four years of support to six graduate fellows at the doctoral level, from the biophysical and social sciences, to investigate the complex and interconnected set of impacts brought about by the construction and operation of hydroelectric dams and associated infrastructure in the Amazon.
Two GRA Fellowships are available through the Department of Geography, University of Florida, for students interested in the following research topics:
• land conflict and social contention in the wake of dam projects;
• Transformation of the Amazon Valley into an Industrial Agglomeration
For additional information, please contact
Dr. Corene Matyas matyas@ufl.edu
Dr. Cynthia Simmons cssimmons@ufl.edu
Dr. Robert Walker roberttwalker@ufl.edu
For more information, please go to the project website
Review of applications will begin on January 23, 2015.