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In this page, you can find possible research topics within the scope of Dynamo. Please contact the respective researcher for more information.

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Topics for Master Thesis

    1. Assessing the effects of a transdisciplinary dialogue around the sustainability of the montado agro-silvo-pastoral system in the Alentejo region,Portugal
      Themes: Transdisciplinarity; evaluation; knowledge
      Methodology: Surveys, social network analysis; Most significant change method;.
      Possible supervisors: Helena Guimarães | mhguimaraes@uevora.pt
      Useful references: Tobias, S., Ströbele, M.F. & Buser, T. (2018): How transdisciplinary projects influence participants’ ways of thinking: a case study on future landscape development. Sustainability Science. direct link (open access): http://rdcu.be/Fn7Y
    2. Farmers perspectives on the best strategy for the development of the agriculture sector – a case study in the Alentejo region
      Themes: Agriculture, perceptions, agriculture Policy, intensification/extensification, markets, governance.
      Methodology: questionnaires and data analysis by factor analysis and perhaps multivariate regressions analysis
      Possible supervisors: Helena Guimarães | mhguimaraes@uevora.pt
      Useful references : Barroso, F., Pinto-Correia, T., 2014. Land managers’ heterogeneity in Mediterranean landscapes – Consistencies and contradictions between attitudes and behaviors.Barroso, F., Menezes, H., Pinto-Correia, T., 2013. How can the land managers and his multi-stakeholder network at the farm level influence the multifunctional transitions pathways? Spanish Journal of Rural Development 4(4): 35-48. DOIPinto-Correia, T., Machado, C., Barroso, F., Picchi, P., Turpin, N., Bousset, JP., Chabab, N. and Michelin, Y. (2013). How do policy options modify landscape amenities? An assessment approach based on public expressed preferences. Environmental Science and Policy. (32), pg. 37-47
    3. Understanding land system dynamics with actors
      Themes: land systems, land system dynamics, participatory approaches, territorial game.
      For a master thesis or a PhD student depending on the scale of the work to be develop. There is enough material for a PhD student.
      Methodology: surveys, spatial analysis, territorial game
      Possible supervisors: Helena Guimarães | mhguimaraes@uevora.pt
      Useful references: https://divercropblog.wordpress.com/Debolini M. et al. (2018) Land and farming system dynamics and their drivers in the Mediterranean Basin. Land Use PolicyAngeon V., Caron P., Lardon S., 2006. Des liens sociaux à la construction d'un développement territorial durable. Quel rôle de la proximité dans ce processus? Revue Développement durable et Territoires (http://developpementdurable.revues.org/).

Topics for PhD thesis

    1. Testing integrative territorial frameworks to develop more sustainable and resilient land-use systems in peripheral rural regions across Europe (tentative title).
      Phd to be developed at ICAAM (Portugal) with potential for collaboration with other European Universities, including: SLU-Sweden, Universidad de Granada-Spain, James Hutton Institute-UK, Ilia State University-Georgia & Aleksandras Stulginskis University-Lithuania)
      Theme: Land-use systems, Landscape Ecology, Rural Geography, Integrative Territorial Frameworks, Sustainability, Resilience, Peripheral Rural Regions.Methodology: Spatial Analysis, Landscape Assessment and Evaluation, Mode-2 science, Land-Systems and Territorial Approaches, Green Infrastructures, the Ecosystems Approach.
      Main supervisor: José Muñoz-Rojas (ICAAM) | jmrojas@uevora.pt
      Useful references: Muñoz-Rojas, J. Angelstam, P., Pinto-Correia, T (2018). Landscape and the Ecosystem Services framework: improving governance and stewardship for sustainable territorial development and resilience. SI accepted in Landscape Ecology (forthcoming).
    2. Historical trajectories and future scenarios for the sustainability and resilience of olive grove expansion: a comparative analysis in Alentejo and Andalucía (tentative title)To be jointly developed among ICAAM (Portugal) and Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Sevilla, Spain)
      Theme: Olive Groves, Ecological History, Landscape Ecology, Rural Geography, Sustainable and Resilient Land-Use Systems, Alentejo, Andalucía.
      Methodology: Spatial Analysis, Quantitative Social Sciences, Qualitative Participatory Analysis, Land-Use Scenarios, Social-Ecological Metabolism, .
      Main supervisor: José Muñoz-Rojas (ICAAM) & Gloria Guzmán Casado/Juan Infante Salas (Universidad Pablo de Olavide) | jmrojas@uevora.pt
      Useful references: The making of olive landscapes in the South of Spain. A history of continuous expansion and intensification. Infante-Amate, J.; Villa, I.; Aguilera, E.;. González de Molina (2016), in Agnoletti, M. y Emanueli, F. (eds.), Biocultural Diversity in Europe, Springer. | 2016
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