IGERT Program Application Deadline Feb. 1, 2003

Submitted by Carla Browning
Phone: (907) 474-7778
12/03/02

Graduate Program in Regional Resilience and Adaptation Applications are being accepted for the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks

Target date for applications is Feb. 1, 2003, however, applications will continue to be considered after that date

The University of Alaska Fairbanks offers a graduate training program in Regional Resilience and Adaptation (RR&;A) to train scholars, policy-makers, and managers to address issues of regional sustainability in an integrated fashion. This program prepares students to address a major challenge facing humanity: To sustain the desirable features of Earth’s ecosystems and society at a time of rapid changes in all of the major forces that shape their structure and functioning. The program provides training at the Ph.D. and masters level. It integrates the tools and approaches of ecology, economics, anthropology, climate dynamics, philosophy, and community and regional development in a systems framework to understand the functioning of regional systems.

For more information see the IGERT website at:
http://www.regional-resilience.uaf.edu