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From East to West: Understanding Tourism Development in Scotland from a Chinese perspective - investigating how Scotland as a tourism destination provides appealing offering(s)

Aberdeen University
Business School

Dr X Chen

Application Deadline: 31 March 2019

Tourism industry has continuously contributed 5% to the Scottish GDP since 2015 (ScotGov, 2015) and this economic contribution is projected to be more significant due to Brexit (Tourism Alliance, 2017).

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The socioecological drivers of tourist decisions and their influence on wildlife tourism sustainability

Aberdeen University
QUADRAT

Dr D Lusseau, Dr S Cerroni

Application Deadline: 31 January 2019

An ever-increasing number of people use nature for recreation and tourism across all ecoregions. Those activities now threaten the conservation of 5930 species and marine coastal regions are particularly affected (Lusseau & Mancini 2018).

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‘Tourism gentrification’: the case of Dayan (the old Town) in Lijiang, China

University of Leicester
School of Geography, Geology and the Environment

Prof L Lees, Dr M Wilde

Application Deadline: 21 January 2019

‘Tourism gentrification’ is an emerging subfield of gentrification studies asserting that uncontrolled and non-inclusive tourism development policies can have detrimental effects on the livelihoods of local communities and threaten the authenticity of historic areas.

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Exploiting Innovative Synergies Between Environment, Health, Heritage, Business and Tourism to Improve the Maintenance and Financial Stability of Inland Waterways Infrastructure

Centre of Expertise for Waters
Hydro Nation

Prof S Chastin, Prof J Lennon, Prof J Harris

Application Deadline: 31 January 2019

This is a prestigious Scholarship awarded for four years with generous travel and research funds. It is a collaboration between the Centre for Living and Moffat Centre in GLASGOW.

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The History of Adventure Foods, c.1850-1970: investigating the history of specialist ‘adventure food’ from the initial application through to the emergence of ‘adventure tourism’

University of Birmingham
Institute of Applied Health Research

Dr V Heggie

Applications accepted all year round

Applications are invited for a 3-year self-funded* PhD Studentship starting as soon as possible.

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SEESALT: Novel ways to ‘SEE’ coastal ’SALT’ marshes using low-cost drones and sensors - QUADRAT

Aberdeen University
QUADRAT

Dr D Green, Dr J McKinley

Application Deadline: 31 January 2019

Saltmarshes are found extensively along low wave energy coastlines resulting from fine sediment accumulation and vegetation establishment.

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Seven SeNSS ESRC-Funded Supervisor-led Studentships Available

City, University of London

SeNSS is offering 7 funded studentships for the 2019-20 academic year. Research Project SeNSS Pathway SeNSS University. Parental mindfulness.

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Biodiversity’s contribution to future ecosystem service provision under global climate change

Durham University
Department of Biosciences

Dr S G Willis, Dr D Hole, Prof M Whittingham

Application Deadline: 11 January 2019

Background. The world’s biodiversity is in crisis, and continuing habitat loss and degradation, combined with ongoing climate change will mean species are increasingly threatened in future.

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