{"id":48014,"date":"2023-01-12T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=48014"},"modified":"2023-01-11T14:19:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T22:19:55","slug":"assistantship-social-dimensions-of-offshore-wind-energy-university-of-connecticut-dept-of-geography-mansfield-ct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/assistantship-social-dimensions-of-offshore-wind-energy-university-of-connecticut-dept-of-geography-mansfield-ct\/","title":{"rendered":"Assistantship: Social Dimensions of Offshore Wind Energy, University of Connecticut – Dept. of Geography (Mansfield, CT)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Social Dimensions of Offshore Wind Energy<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Salary: <\/strong>this appointment includes a tuition waiver and research stipend of up to $27,850\/year for up to three years with the possibility of additional funding for the summer.<\/p>\n

Project Co-PIs and PhD Advisors:\u00a0<\/strong>Nat Trumbull, Carol Atkinson-Palombo, and Syma Ebbin<\/p>\n

Study purpose<\/span>
<\/strong> The graduate student will be mentored to undertake the following tasks:\u00a0
1) monitoring the academic literature and media for developments in the offshore wind industry and preparing review(s) of existing literature related to social dimensions of offshore wind energy;
2) designing and conducting in-depth quantitative\u00a0and qualitative research (e.g., surveys, interviews, focus groups) to identify the complex factors that shape community acceptance of offshore wind infrastructure and how these change over time;
3) collecting and providing analyses of survey and other data;
4) preparing presentations of findings for conferences, workshops, seminars, and lectures;
5) serving as co-author for multiple peer-reviewed paper submissions; and
6) engaging in the preparation of external funding proposal.<\/p>\n

Project Period:<\/strong> 8\/25\/2023 – 8\/24\/2026<\/p>\n

Project Sites\/Collaborations:<\/strong> University of Connecticut, across Avery Point and Storrs campuses<\/p>\n

Preferred qualifications:<\/strong><\/p>\n