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[beasiswa] [info] PhD positions in Blue Nile

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From: Stefan Uhlenbrook/IHE
Date: 03/13/2008 03:34PM
Subject: announcement for PhD positions in Blue Nile


Dear ms. Tara,
find attached the announcement of 5 PhD positions in the Blue Nile.
Thanks for forwarding this to interested students!
Regards,
Stefan Uhlenbrook

Prof. Stefan Uhlenbrook, PhD, MSc
Professor of Hydrology
UNESCO-IHE Institute of Water Education
P.O. Box 3015
2601 DA Delft
The Netherlands
T: +31 15 2151 843
F: +31 15 2122 921
Cell phone: +31 6 420 200 33
E-mail: s.uhlenbrook@unesco-ihe.org
http://www.unesco-ihe.org

"In Search of Sustainable Catchments and Basin-wide Solidarities;
Transboundary Water Management of the Blue Nile River Basin"
Announcement
PhD positions available at UNESCO-IHE in collaboration with Addis Ababa
University, Ethiopia, and Khartoum University, Sudan
Recently an integrated research project was approved by NWO-WOTRO, The
Netherlands, which will be carried out by UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water
Education (Delft, The Netherlands), Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia, the
University of Khartoum in Sudan, the International Water Management
Institute IWMI office in Ethiopia, and by the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
and Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands. The title of the
project is "In Search of Sustainable Catchments and Basin-wide Solidarities;
Transboundary Water Management of the Blue Nile River Basin". With this
project three PhD positions are available, two for PhD students from a
developing country (preferable Ethiopia or Sudan) and one position from the
Netherlands/Europe. The positions are linked to the projects 2, 3 and 4 (see
project description below). If successful, the PhD degrees for these three
projects will be awarded by Delft University Technology. Addis Ababa
University has made available two additional PhD positions (linked to
projects 5 and 6, as described below).
Project description
The water users in a river basin are linked through the water flow, yet this
link is not often institutionalised. This may lead to sub-optimal river
management, as certain interventions in upstream tributaries with positive
impacts downstream may not be economically feasible if considered in
isolation. A solution is to recognise and institutionalise
upstream-downstream interdependencies, whereby for example those situated
downstream compensate upstream farmers for their sustainable land use and
soil conservation practices. The project will enhance the understanding of
the hydrological and biophysical processes in order to quantify the
relationship between land use management upstream and water availability and
sediment loads downstream. This research therefore aims to quantify the
externalities of sustainable practices in upstream catchments and to
investigate how this knowledge can be used for integrated river basin
management, taking the transboundary Abay/Blue Nile basin as a case. Four
research projects will be conducted:
Project 1 evaluates soil and water conservation technologies within the
Choke Mountain range and will identify - in a participatory approach –
improved farming options. The agronomic and hydrological implications will
be quantified at the plot and micro-watershed scale. This project will be
carried out by a post-doc and supervised by Dr Belay Simane (Addis Ababa
University).
Project 2 focuses on the up-scaling of the hydrological impacts identified
in Project 1 to the Blue Nile river basin. A distributed daily model will be
developed that can predict the water and sediment fluxes. It will be
parameterised and validated using available spatial data sets and time
series. Different land management scenarios will be analysed with respect to
local and regional impacts. Promoters will be Prof Dr Stefan Uhlenbrook
(UNESCO-IHE) and Prof Dr Hubert Savenije (Delft University of Technology);
additionally the work will be supervised by Dr Yasir Mohamed (IWMI and
UNESCO-IHE) and Dr M. Feseha (Addis Ababa University).
Project 3 examines and tests the applicability of different valuation
methodologies to quantify the direct and indirect upstream and downstream
costs and benefits of improved land use practices, using outcomes from
Projects 1 and 2. The various methods and outcomes will be evaluated with
basin stakeholders and experts. Special attention will be paid to the
valuation of environmental externalities of water use, their impact on the
resilience of farming systems and the vulnerability of farming livelihoods.
Promoter will be Prof Dr Pieter van der Zaag (UNESCO-IHE); the research will
be co-supervised by Dr Workneh Negatu (Addis Ababa University) and Dr Roy
Brouwer (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Project 4 analyses the institutional arrangements in the Blue Nile within
Ethiopia as well as between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt. Current perceptions
of upstream-downstream interdependencies and
hydro-solidarity will be chronicled. Outcomes of the quantifications
achieved in the first three projects will inform alternative designs for
institutionalising compensation flows, which could form the foundation for
improved river basin management. Design options will be evaluated with
stakeholder groups at various spatial scales. Promoter will be Prof Dr
Pieter van der Zaag (UNESCO-IHE), the research being co-supervised by Dr
Atta El-Battahani (Khartoum University), Dr Yacob Arsano and Dr T. Tafesse
(Addis Ababa University).
In addition to the positions funded by NWO-WOTRO, Addis Ababa University has
pledged to fund two other PhD projects. The positions will be matched with
funds from UNESCO-IHE. It is not yet decided whether these two additional
PhD positions will graduate from Addis Ababa University or from Delft
University of Technology. The two additional PhD research topics will
address the following projects:
Project 5 will analyse the gendered nature of land and water management in
the Choke Mountains. The research will focus on critical factors that
determine gender and environmental relationships such as, the gendered
division of labour and responsibility; gendered positioning in households,
communities, and other institutions; gendered property rights, the influence
on gender relationships and gender-environment relations of the wider
political economy; and ecological characteristics that determine the
processes of gender and environmental change and Sustainable development.
Promoters and supervisors will be announced shortly but include Dr Rhodante
Ahlers (UNESCO-IHE), Dr Belay Simane and Dr Mulumebet Zenebe (Addis Ababa
University).
Project 6 will study the long-term changes of the Choke Mountains focusing
on land use/land cover changes and historical analysis of the climate using
GIS and remote sensing tools. The research aims to understand the dynamics
in land resources use and the driving forces and explores the changes in
livelihood strategies. It also analyses the socio-economic and policy
factors influencing the land use changes and overall sustainability of the
natural resource-based livelihoods in the area. Promoters will be Prof Dr
Stefan Uhlenbrook and Dr Belay Simane (Addis Ababa University). Dr W.
Bewket, Dr A. Amsalu (Addis Ababa University) and Dr Geert Sterk (Wageningen
University) will co-supervise the study.
The following applies to all positions:
• All topics will be carried out in a so-called sandwich construction with
different phases at UNESCO-IHE in the Netherlands and field research in
Ethiopia and Sudan (with regular contacts with the local and Dutch
supervisors).
• Starting date: July 1, 2008 for 4 years.
• Qualifications: Masters degree in a discipline relevant to the topic; e.g.:
water resources and environmental management; hydrology and water resources;
hydroinformatics, environmental science; development studies; agricultural
sciences; geography; natural resource economics; public administration and
management; sociology, political sciences and international relations.
• The applicants must demonstrate a strong interest and experience in
conducting research.
• The applicants should be willing to co-supervise MSc research projects.
• The applicants must be fluent in English.
• Age: 40 years and below (for Ethiopian nationals)
• Work experience in relevant fields of studies is desirable.
The project it is jointly led by Dr Belay Simane of the Institute of
Development Research, Addis Ababa University (belaysimane@ethionet.et,
simaneb@yahoo.com), and Professor Pieter van der Zaag of UNESCO-IHE (
p.vanderzaag@unesco-ihe.org).
Applications, including curriculum vitae, the names and contact details of
three contactable referees, and a motivation letter, should be sent by email
to Dr Belay Simane, with copy to Prof. Van der Zaag, before 15 April 2008.
Please mention the subject heading "PhD application Blue Nile project x",
where x refers to the projects mentioned above.
We intend to contact short-listed candidates on or before 20 May 2008.


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