FALL 2017
PhD Research Assistantship-Public Lands Management and Recreational Use: The Department of Natural Resources and Society, in collaboration with the Bureau of Land Management, is seeking highly qualified candidates committed to pursuing a PhD focused on social science research on public lands management, participatory decision making, recreational and visitor use of public lands, and travel management. For more information contact Dr. Patrick Wilson (pwilson@uidaho.edu
PhD Research Assistantship-Fire Adapted Communities and Policy Evaluation: The Department of Natural Resources and Society and the Policy Analysis Group at the University of Idaho seeks a highly qualified candidate to pursue a PhD focused on understanding the ways in which communities adapt and respond to wildfire risk. The successful candidate will work closely with communities and local authorities in the western US to identify their policy preferences and mitigation strategies. Interested applicants should have interest in community decision making, wildfire planning, policy evaluation, and qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis. For more information contact Dr. Travis Paveglio (tpaveglio@uidaho.edu
MS Research Assistantship-Policy Analysis Group: The Policy Analysis Group at the University of Idaho is seeking a highly qualified candidate to pursue an MS focused on evaluating natural resource policy systems and methods of analysis. Students should have broad interest in a variety of natural resource topics relevant to the Policy Analysis Group