University of Sydney Graduate Workshop 2020 in China. The University of Sydney China Studies Center calls candidates to take part in their second graduate workshop under our multidisciplinary research agenda China in the Urban Age. The main focus of the workshop will be the Health, Food and Waste in the Chinese City as well as the practical, Utopian and systemic solutions, seeking to include contributions from any branch of the sciences, humanities and social sciences.

Program Details

The Graduate Workshop is going to held at the University of Sydney Center in China (Suzhou, China). The program will run for seven days starting from 3 to 9 August, 2020. The program includes the lectures and seminars with leading experts and a series of discussion fora. Basically, the assembly will discuss with about the related topic with an aim to expand the conversation through knowledge sharing around these important challenges.

Eligibility/Requirements 

This workshop is open to current graduate research students and early-career researchers (up to five years post-PhD). But however, candidates must have a broad interest in questions of health, food and waste, sustainability and technology, and whose research relates to China.

The University of Sydney believes in a multidisciplinary approach to these issues. Therefore, the university encourages applications from all fields, including the material and environmental sciences. politics, history, the arts and cultural studies, architecture, literature and the critical combination of such fields (e.g. environmental humanities).

Funding

This Graduate Workshop 2020 in China is the fully funded program so candidates need to pay no any fee to participate in this program. The University of Sydney manages all the expenses including food, accommodation as well as airfare of the successful candidates.

Application Procedure 

All the interested candidates need to submit online application. Visit this link to start an online applications.  Applications due on 28 February 2020.

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About the University of Sydney

It is an Australian public research university. “Though the constellations are changed, the mind is the same”; this is the motto of the university. Established in 1850, the university is Australia’s first university as well as one of the world’s leading universities. Above all, it is ranked in 42nd position in the QS World University Rankings 2019 and in 3rd position in Australia. The university comprises 9 faculties and university schools, through which it offers bachelor, master as well as doctoral degrees. Furthermore, the university has affiliations with Five Nobel and two Crafoord laureates.