博士-农业与粮食安全

我们的使命是提供世界领先的研究和培训，以支持全球粮食和环境安全，可持续农村发展以及动物和人类福祉。提高农业食品系统的有效性和可持续性对于应对全球人口增长，快速城市化，粮食与环境安全以及饮食与健康的挑战至关重要，这些挑战发生在中低收入国家以及工业化国家。实现可持续，健康的饮食是许多可持续发展目标的基础，尤其是那些与饥饿，贫困，健康，性别平等，负责任的消费和生产以及气候行动有关的目标。我们欢迎研究兴趣针对一个或多个目标的申请人这些挑战，并具有将科学进步转化为政策和实践的潜力。<br>爱丁堡大学与苏格兰的乡村学
Our research and associated education and engagement are in two broad themes – Food System Transformation and Healthy People, Healthy Planet, and especially the interactions between them._x000D_ Improving the effectiveness and sustainability of agri-food systems is vital to tackling the challenges of:_x000D_ global population growth_x000D_ rapid urbanisation_x000D_ food and environmental security_x000D_ diet and health_x000D_ These challenges occur in low and middle income countries, as well as in more industrialised nations._x000D_ Achieving sustainable, healthy diets underpins many of the Sustainable Development Goals – especially those concerned with:_x000D_ hunger_x000D_ poverty_x000D_ health_x000D_ gender equality_x000D_ responsible consumption and production_x000D_ climate action_x000D_ We welcome applicants whose research interests are aligned to address one or more of these challenges, and who hold the potential to develop and translate scientific advances into policy and practice._x000D_ Most of our research is interdisciplinary in its approach, and we collaborate with other Schools and groups across the University of Edinburgh, and with a wide range of national and international partners._x000D_ Our current specific expertise spans:_x000D_ nutrition and health of humans, livestock, crops and soils_x000D_ environmental and agri-food systems_x000D_ crop and livestock production systems_x000D_ climate smart agriculture_x000D_ agricultural and natural resource economics_x000D_ development_x000D_ data science and mathematical modelling_x000D_ the science-policy interface_x000D_ food and land rights and law_x000D_ We welcome applicants with interests in these areas. Please also see staff webpages for more details of potential supervisor research interests.