Recruiting 2 graduate (MA/PhD) students for livelihoods/land use change project in Gran Chaco

GLP Member Dr. Yann le Polain de Waroux is recruiting two MA / PhD students to work on land use and livelihood change in agricultural frontiers of the Gran Chaco region (Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia), starting September 2019. Applications are due January 31^st, 2019 for full consideration. The project’s overall goal is to study the changing land use and livelihoods of smallholders as a response to increasing encroachment by large-scale farms in agricultural frontiers. He is looking for excellent students with a degree in Geography or a related field, significant fieldwork or independent traveling experience in the Global South, and fluency in Spanish.