Planning for PhDs and PD

Economics component

Candidate recruitment

• Sources of qualified applicants:

– Lecturers graduated from NOMA master program (16 lecturers of FoE graduated from this program, 7 are doing their PhDs)

– Lecturers with research interest and experience in fisheries and aquaculture economics and management.

• Criteria for recruitment and selection:– BA and MS transcripts– Research experience and achievement– Research idea/ Research proposal– English proficiency levels

• Recruitment process– Announce for lecturers of FoE about the

scholarships: November 2014– Deadline for application: February 1st, 2015– List of candidate from NTU: February 15, 2015– Decision: March 15, 2015

Research topics

• “Incorporating Climate Change into Ecosystem Approaches to Fisheries and Aquaculture Management in Sri Lanka and Vietnam”

• Candidates develop research ideas/ proposals but the research topics should be relevant to Fisheries and aquaculture sectors, marine biodiversity, and coastal and marine ecosystems.

• Study site should be chosen at the areas affected by climate change.

ScheduleTime August 2015 –

June 2016July 2016 – August 2017

July 2017 – August 2018

PhD

Course work x

Data collection x x

Writing articles x x x

Conference x

Defense x

Staying Norway Vietnam VN - Norway

PD

Data Collection x x

Writing articles x x

Conference x

Staying Vietnam-Norway Vietnam