2 PhD opportunities are available to work with Phil Stephens (http://community.dur.ac.uk/philip.stephens/welcome.htm) at Durham University, UK (https://www.dur.ac.uk/).
1. Opportunity to study for a PhD on "The ecology of carnivore movement", with Phil Stephens and Michael Somers (http://www.michaelsomers.co.za/). This is open to students worldwide and is in competition for funding via a Durham Doctoral Scholarship. Successful candidates usually have a high quality first degree, a masters, and evidence of publication in internationally-competitive journals. The deadline for applications is 12th January 2018. More details available here: https://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx? PJID=91127 2. Fully-funded opportunity to study for a PhD on "Camera traps, image analysis and wild mammal monitoring", with Phil Stephens, in collaboration with partners at the Zoological Society of London (https://www.zsl.org) and the Durham Wildlife Trust (http://durhamwt.com). Full funding is available only to students eligible for UK research council funding (see RCUK’s current studentship handbook, http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/documents/publications/traininggrantguidance-pdf/). The successful candidate will have a background in maths, statistics or computer science but a strong interest in ecology, or will be a highly numerate ecologist. S/he will have high quality first and masters degrees, or equivalent experience. Evidence of publication in internationally-competitive journals is desirable. The deadline for applications is 2nd February 2018. More details available here: https://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=91130 Durham University is the 3rd oldest University in England and is consistently highly ranked in the UK and globally (https://www.dur.ac.uk/about/rankings/).
