MEDiverSEAty is a Doctoral Network investigating human dimensions of Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity. The efforts made to conserve Mediterranean biodiversity are still facing the need to ensure a comparable implementation of the existing measures. This path could be pursued by integrating the human dimension into the integrated study of biodiversity and the related strategies for conservation, as suggested by MEDiverSEAty. Experts in marine sciences do not neglect the relevance (scientific and social) of these dimensions. Currently, marine citizen sciences, maritime spatial planning, marine heritage, and economic values of marine biodiversity are emphasised. MEDiverSEAty aims to move the international debate forward by transferring this multidimensional vision into actions, policies, and strategies.
The lack (or oversimplification), both in political and scientific debate, of “diversity” (among cultures, roles, societies, attitudes, identities) as a key driver acting on the relationship among European citizens and marine biodiversity. MEDiverSEAty aims at filling these gaps, through the implementation of a Doctoral Network Training and Research Program involving six European countries (Italy, Malta, France, Spain, Montenegro and Greece) working on two key-pillars of contemporary marine sciences, policies and education within Ocean Literacy and Marine Biodiversity Conservation.
MEDiverSEAty offers Eight Phd positions covering a set of overarching topics:
1. Managing the protection of marine biodiversity through ecosystems services approaches: implication on marine and coastal tourism. A gender perspective.
Doctoral Program in Marine Sciences and Technologies and Managements at University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy).
2. Ocean-Archive.org: A Digital Organism for a Living Ocean.
Doctoral Program in Anthropology at University of Milano-Bicocca. The candidate will be based at the Fundation TBA21 in Venice (Italy).
3. Marine and terrestrial protected areas to foster climate change adaptation: a sustainable livelihoods approach.
Doctoral programme in Islands and Small States Studies, University of Malta.
4. Economics and citizen science: Insights for ecosystem restoration in marine and terrestrial protected areas.
Doctoral programme in Islands and Small States Studies, University of Malta.
5. Using artificial reef to preserve biodiversity: potential implications on Marine Literacy and Education.
Doctoral program International PhD Studies in Sustainable Development, University of Montenegro.
6. Socio-economic impacts of sea-surface microplastic concentrations along the coastal shelf of Montenegro.
Doctoral program International PhD Studies in Sustainable Development, University of Montenegro.
7. Understanding the different dimensions of human-nature connectedness for conservation and restoration management in the Mediterranean.
Doctoral programme of Marine Ecology at University of Balearic Islands (Spain).
8. Integrated Coastal Zone Management: mitigation of conflict in the era of global change and the role of local knowledge.
Doctoral Programme of the Department of Marine Sciences, Aegean University (Greece).
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- Publication date
- 3 May 2024