Dublin City
University Business School
Doctoral Research Fellowship
Applications are
invited from students interested in studying for a PhD in the area
of technology and knowledge transfer. The Fellowship is being
offered by Dublin City University Business School (DCUBS) in
conjunction with Teagasc (The Irish Food and Agriculture Development
Authority).
The project will focus on understanding
the adoption of key agricultural technologies and practices in two
spheres of particular relevance to Teagasc - Grassland Management
Practices and Agri-Environmental Practices. The project will seek to
analyse the characteristics, motivations and
attitudes underpinning adoption/non adoption decisions in relation
to these key technologies; the obstacles, barriers and absorptive
capacity issues surrounding the adoption of these technologies on
the part of farmers; the barriers to diffusion faced by the Teagasc
Advisory service; the best mechanisms to be used to transfer these
technologies and the role of regulatory and market drivers in
technology adoption.
Students should have completed a
Master’s degree in a related area such as economics, management,
agribusiness, commerce, rural development or sociology.
The successful student will be funded by
the Teagasc Walsh Fellowship programme, and jointly supervised by
DCUBS and the Teagasc Rural Economy Research Centre (RERC). The
student will be expected to spend a proportion of their time at RERC
in Athenry, Co. Galway over the course of the Fellowship.
The Walsh
Fellowship is for €21,000 per annum (inclusive of fees), payable for
a maximum of 4 years and scheduled to commence on October 1st
2009.
Informal enquiries about this position
may be made to Professor David Jacobson at Dublin City University
Business School, DCU by telephone at +353 1 700 5218; email:
david.Jacobson@dcu.ie or Kevin Heanue at RERC, Teagasc at +353
91 845 834; email:
kevin.heanue@teagasc.ie
Application
Procedure
Applicants should submit a full CV and
covering letter either by post or email to: Rachel Keegan, DCU
Business School, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland. Email:
rachel.keegan@dcu.ie
Closing date
for receipt of applications is Friday August 21st, 2009.
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