måndag 20 september 2010

Polluted Peace Mobility Programme

We are happy to announce that the Polluted Peace project has been granted 1.2 milj. SEK for mobility between the countries; Sweden, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania from the Swedish Institute. The project period was from September 2010 untill January 2013. The grants are aimed to finance exchange of Ph.D.-students and researchers between the countries.

tisdag 24 november 2009

Ph.D.-student position open at MDH

We are currently looking for a Ph.D.-student within the Polluted Peace-related project BIOREX.

School of Sustainable Development of Society and Technology is seeking a doctoral student in the research process and resource optimization and research Mälardalen Safety Science Lab. Engagement involves work in research on systems for micro-biological degradation of explosives. It essentially means laboratory work, but also full-scale experiments and data processing. The results will be presented at meetings, seminars and conferences and in reports and scientific papers. The service includes major elements of collaboration and co-production with the surrounding businesses, research colleagues and other stakeholders. Engagement is a fixed-term employment for 5 years on condition that 20% of the time used for teaching.

Prerequisites
For appointment required Masters degree (or equivalent) in chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering, environmental engineering, biology or microbiology. The applicant must have a basic understanding of chemical and microbiological processes. Meritorious is also: - Experience of teaching at university level - Laboratory Vana - Previous studies with emphasis on enzymatic processes - Interest on trust and co-production

Notices
For further information on recruitment please contact Emma Nehrenheim 021-10 14 84, emma.nehrenheim @ mdh.se or research coordinator Thomas Wahl, 021-15 17 66, thomas.wahl @ mdh.se. Trade union representatives are Ove Larsson (OFR), 021-10 16 46 and Fredrik Wallin, (SACO), 021-10 31 90. Application You are welcome to send your application addressed to Mälardalen University, Personnel Division, Karin Johnson, Box 883, 721 23 Västerås, Sweden or by e-mail at ansokan@mdh.se. Other documents such as diplomas or certificates are presented at any job interview. Enter the reference number on your application.

Attendance at a baltic region conference in Kalmar

Next year; 2010, on 22-24 of November, there is a conference in Kalmar, dealing with environmental issues around the Baltic Sea. Especially topics related to waste management is much welcomed in the conference. The link to the event is www.eco-tech.hik.se.

söndag 22 mars 2009

Latest news!

The Polluted Peace research team will submit a research application to SIDA. Deadline is April 2.

torsdag 27 november 2008

This is Polluted Peace

Polluted Peace is a inter disciplinary project founded at Mälardalen University, in collaboration with our partner researchers at Örebro University, The Swedish Research Agency and KCEM (competence center for energetic materials). Other than that, the project has partners within the Swedish demil industry, environmental technology industry as well as foreign research groups in Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland.

Read more about Polluted Peace

onsdag 17 september 2008

Polluted Peace partner meetings

The next partner meeting is in Vilnius on January 18, 2009!

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Most participants in Polluted Peace came together in the fifth Disposal Conference in Katrineholm, Sweden on November 13th 2008.

Program for application

The application shall be finished in March. During the fall we have had several meetings to discuss the application:

Riga 4 December: parter meeting
Lille 25-27 October: application conference
Sweden 25th of October: Marco Virta from Helsinkki University in Finland visited Mälardalen University
Sweden 14-16th of October: Tracy Temple from Cranfield University in England visited.
Riga 2-4th of October: partner meeting
Vilnius 23-25 of September: partner meeting

Any of the other partners interested in participating in the meetings are welcome to contact us for information about the meeting program and location.