About LSP
The Land Society and Policy (LSP) Programme of LEEP (Land, Environment, Economics and Policy Institute) is a grouping of social scientists within the Politics Department with a long track record of undertaking research on topics including agricultural and environmental policy, sustainable land management and the sociology of agriculture sustainable land management. Much of this work has a strong policy focus. Previous PhD students have gone on to a range of career destinations including academia, research support, consultancy and government agencies. We offer a friendly research environment alongside all the benefits of conducting research at one of the UK's top universities.
One of our final year PhD students says:
“LEEP provides the postgraduate researcher the opportunity to become part of a wider research community from the outset. This ensures that students never feel like they are working in isolation, and subsequently provides opportunities to gain input from a wide pool of friendly specialists in various fields of expertise. On a wider scale, the University of Exeter offers a broad range of postgraduate resources to enhance your development on both a personal and professional level, ensuring that your work and expectations are both manageable and achievable. I feel confident that the skills and self-reliance that I have developed during my time at LEEP have prepared me well for a future career in research.”
About the award
The Land, Society and Policy Programme is recruiting for an excellent doctoral student whose areas of interest complement those of our academics and our ongoing research programmes. We are looking for an ambitious scholar who is developing ideas for an independent research agenda in one of the following broad topics:
- Farmer attitudes to and implementation of agri-environmental policies
- Farming practices, wildlife and pests
- Old and new forms of urban food production
- The politics of sustainable land management
- New entrants to farming
- The mental health and well-being of farming families
- Integrational succession in rural family businesses
Visit our website for more details: http://www.exeter.ac.uk/studying/funding/award/?id=2598
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