Atlantic Technological University
Job title:
PhD Opportunity: Addressing climate action in Irish hospitality through adoption of a digitalised roadmap in SMTE Communities of Practice (IDEAS 7)
Company
Atlantic Technological University
Job description
Job Information Organisation/CompanyAtlantic Technological University DepartmentResearch Research FieldEconomics » Tourism studies Researcher ProfileFirst Stage Researcher (R1) CountryIreland Application Deadline29 Apr 2024 – 17:00 (Europe/Dublin) Type of ContractNot Applicable Job StatusNot Applicable Hours Per WeekFull Time Study Offer Starting Date2 Sep 2024 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?H2020 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?NoOffer DescriptionThe Higher Education Authority (HEA) Technological University Research and Innovation Supporting Enterprise, Scheme (TU RISE) is co-financed by the Government of Ireland and the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) via the Southern, Eastern & Midland Regional Programme 2021- 27 and the Northern & Western Regional Programme 2021-27.Funding for this Project includes:
- A student stipend (usually tax-exempt) valued at €22,000 per annum
- Annual waivers of postgraduate tuition fee
- Extensive research training programme
- Support for travel, consumables and dissemination expenses
The Postgraduate Research Programme in Innovation, Digitalisation, Enterprise and Society (IDEAS), funded under TU RISE, offers 12 PhD research scholarships to commence in 2024. Each project will include an enterprise placement of minimum 12 weeks duration.Project (IDEAS 7): Addressing climate action in Irish hospitality through adoption of a digitalised roadmap in SMTE Communities of PracticeNational policies oblige tourism enterprises to embrace sustainable operations and make positive climate actions to ensure Net-Zero decarbonisation targets are achieved. To this end, state and commercial actors support hotels to embrace a ‘measure and manage’ approach to carbon management to achieve same.While aspirations to address UNSDGs may prevail, hotels often lack the resources and tacit knowledge to effect positive changes. For example, they may not know how to access and interpret data. Equally hotels may feel overwhelmed at the range of decarbonisation information and support available to them, especially if the sources of knowledge are unknown to them.To overcome such operational deficiencies, research contends that communities of practice (CoPs) can act as enablers of the transfer and absorption of sustainable knowledge. Here members benefit from trusted sources of explicit and tacit knowledge to address acknowledged operational challenges and shared learnings between peer groups encourages realised absorption of knowledge.The aims of this research are to:
- Identify effective structures and content for a digitalised hospitality decarbonisation roadmap,
- Recommend appropriate CoP structures to encourage mutual support and shared learnings,
- Highlight enablers and barriers of realised absorptive capacity within the CoPs,
- Measure impacts of interventions on the hotels carbon footprint.
Requirements/QualificationsA minimum of 2.1 honours degree (Level 8) in a relevant discipline.Project Duration:48 months (PhD)Preferred Location:ATU Donegal, Letterkenny campusApplications:Application Form / Terms of Conditions can be obtained on the website:The closing date for receipt of applications is 5pm, (GMT) Monday 29th April, 2024.Only selected applicants will be called for an online interview (shortlisting may apply).RequirementsResearch Field Other Education Level Bachelor Degree or equivalentSkills/QualificationsA minimum of 2.1 honours degree (Level 8) in a relevant discipline.Languages ENGLISH Level GoodAdditional InformationWork Location(s)Number of offers available 1 Company/Institute Atlantic Technological University Country Ireland GeofieldWhere to apply WebsiteContact WebsiteStreetATLANTIC TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY E-Mail[email protected]STATUS: EXPIRED
Expected salary
€22000 per year
Location
Ireland
Job date
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 02:55:23 GMT
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