Research Assistant / MSc. Intern
Position Summary Expectations - Duties, Responsibilities
Term & location:
The duty station is based in Phnom Penh with frequently traveling to Preah Vihear province.
Supervision / Report to
The work will be co-supervised by Dr Raphaëlle Ducrot (agro-geography and water resources, CIRAD), visiting scientist at RUA and Isabelle Vagneron (agro-economist, CIRAD)
Benefits
- Support on the full process of thesis research
- Accommodation and local transportation are provided.
- Monthly incentive
- The intern or research assistant will be in charge of:
- Identifying and characterizing the stakeholders relevant to the production and commercialization of rice in Preah Vehear province and notably in Rovieng district;
- Identifying their role, interests and strategies regarding agriculture (rice vs. other crops) in general and regenerative agriculture in particular;
- Analysing how they relate to each other by characterizing their formal or informal links (whether economic, political, administrative, legal/civic, religious, friendship, parentage, etc).
- Identify, quantify and qualify the flow of meaningful resources (agricultural product, finance, labour, power, knowledge, information, etc) between stakeholders.
- The intern or research assistant should potentially meet the following requirements:
- Master student in social science, socio economy, or related field
- Excellent spoken and written in English and Khmer
- Interest in qualitative research method and social sciences
