Discipline
Sociology
Methodology
Ethnography, qualitative research
Date
01 Oct 2024
Description
Through ethnographic research in Far North Queensland, this project will explore relationships between community identity, sense of place, exposure to severe coral bleaching and other extreme events, and perceptions of environmental risk. The PhD scholar will join a multi-institutional team of social scientists from the Cairns Institute at JCU committed to working with and for people of the tropics to create brighter, more equitable and enriching futures for all.
Keywords
environmental sociology;disaster studies;climate adaption;Great Barrier Reef;Wet Tropics of North Queensland
Would Suit Applicants Who
Have a Masters, Honours degree or equivalent in the social sciences and motivation to make a meaningful differences to communities and ecosystems of the tropics.