PhD Position in Mining Mineral Life
Nanyang Technological University
Mining Mineral Life: Extracting the Energy Transition in Southeast Asia Now Recruiting: Fully Funded 4 year PhD Opportunity at NTU Singapore, including fieldwork and conference funding. Open to applicants worldwide, this opportunity welcomes candidates from all academic backgrounds, with those holding at least one degree in the humanities especially encouraged to apply. The Project Mining Mineral Life: Extracting the Energy Transition in Southeast Asia examines how mining for energy transition critical minerals...
Mining Mineral Life: Extracting the Energy Transition in Southeast Asia Now Recruiting: Fully Funded 4 year PhD Opportunity at NTU Singapore, including fieldwork and conference funding. Open to applicants worldwide, this opportunity welcomes candidates from all academic backgrounds, with those holding at least one degree in the humanities especially encouraged to apply. The Project Mining Mineral Life: Extracting the Energy Transition in Southeast Asia examines how mining for energy transition critical minerals...
Opportunity details
Mining Mineral Life: Extracting the Energy Transition in Southeast Asia Now Recruiting: Fully Funded 4 year PhD Opportunity at NTU Singapore, including fieldwork and conference funding. Open to applicants worldwide, this opportunity welcomes candidates from all academic backgrounds, with those holding at least one degree in the humanities especially encouraged to apply. The Project Mining Mineral Life: Extracting the Energy Transition in Southeast Asia examines how mining for energy transition critical minerals is transforming landscapes and livelihoods in Southeast Asia. The project aims to break new empirical and conceptual ground in the understanding of extraction by integrating geoscience, artisanal knowledges, mineral cosmologies, and histories of critical minerals. At the centre of the project is an interrogation of the category of minerality, the distinction between the bio/geo, and new visions of ‘mineral life.’ The School of Humanities and NTU Asian School of the Environment at Nanyang Technological University Singapore, invite applications for a fully funded four-year PhD position under Mining Mineral Life: Extracting the Energy Transition in Southeast Asia, led by Principal Investigator Assistant Professor Dr Adam Bobbette. Develop your own research project while contributing to a multidisciplinary research programme spanning research, artistic collaborations and public engagement. We ask that candidates propose a research project related to critical mineral extraction in Southeast Asia. Proposals might also engage the following: Political geology: Histories and politics of critical mineral extraction, geological surveys, political geology, and economic geology in Southeast Asia. What is the modern history of critical mineral extraction in Southeast Asia?...
Eligibility
Open to applicants worldwide, this opportunity welcomes candidates from all academic backgrounds, with those holding at least one degree in the humanities especially encouraged to apply. We ask that candidates propose a research project related to critical mineral extraction in Southeast Asia.
Requirements
Open to applicants worldwide, this opportunity welcomes candidates from all academic backgrounds, with those holding at least one degree in the humanities especially encouraged to apply. We ask that candidates propose a research project related to critical mineral extraction in Southeast Asia.
Funding and benefits
Funding eligibility: UK Students, EU Students, International Students. Funding amount: full funded.
How to apply
Contact Assistant Professor Adam Bobbette for enquiries: adam.bobbette@ntu.edu.sg
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Benefits
Funding eligibility: UK Students, EU Students, International Students. Funding amount: full funded.
Eligibility summary
Open to applicants worldwide, this opportunity welcomes candidates from all academic backgrounds, with those holding at least one degree in the humanities especially encouraged to apply. We ask that candidates propose a research project related to critical mineral extraction in Southeast Asia.
Requirements
Open to applicants worldwide, this opportunity welcomes candidates from all academic backgrounds, with those holding at least one degree in the humanities especially encouraged to apply. We ask that candidates propose a research project related to critical mineral extraction in Southeast Asia.
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