The Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, in collaboration with the Università IUAV di Venezia organised by the School for Advanced Studies in Venice Foundation are pleased to announce the call for applications for Research Doctorate in:
ANALYSIS AND GOVERNANCE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, Academic Year 2007/2008

Call for Applications:
There are 7 places in total with 4 scholarships available to the successful candidates. One of the four scholarships is financed by THETIS S.p.a and is directly bound to the following research areas:

• Methodologies and indicators for Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in environmental planning
• Cost Benefit Analysis of the reclamation of contaminated sites on the coastal areas

Obligatory requirements for application:
Candidates are obliged to provide a detailed Curriculum Vita and a Research proposal (as detailed below) together with complete compiled applications and other relevant qualifications as specified in detail in the rules and regulations found on:
http://www.isav.it/english/callforapplications23cycle.htm

Research Proposal
The candidate will be required to develop a research project concerning sustainable development, based on analysis, evaluation and planning. Both the research method and approach must be interdisciplinary in nature. The project must state which research instruments are to be used, such as environmental evaluation, economic evaluation, definition of indicators and multi-criteria analysis, geographical information systems, uncertainty analysis, scenario development and interpretation, etc.

The utility of the new procedures suggested must be specified when developing policies, in particular with regard to sustainability and governance. These may directly involve planning, decision support systems, change management, legal aspects etc. It may be useful to refer to specific subject areas such as the integrated management of coastal areas, integrated strategies for sustainable land-use, integrated management of water supplies and global change, governance for sustainability, decarbonisation of the economy and sustainable technology pathways. The project proposal length must not exceed 20,000 characters, spaces included.

Project proposals bound to the stipulated research areas. Where the candidate intends to compete for the externally funded scholarship (offered by Thetis) he/ she is required to develop a research project proposal coherent to the areas of research as stated. The aforementioned guidelines given for the research proposals are also applicable for the thematically bound scholarships.

Deadlines
Call for applications must be received on the 1st of June 2007 according to the detailed application regulations found on the following link :
http://www.isav.it/english/callforapplications23cycle.htm

Note: Extra places are available to foreign students who can attest that they are in possession of a Scholarship/funding by private or public bodies not less than 42,246.16 Euro over the three year period.

Further Information
Further information regarding the 3 doctoral programmes of excellence organised by the School for Advanced Studies in Venice Foundation can be found on:
http://www.isav.it/english/index.htm