MSc Carbon Management Dissertation Mixer

Meet our MSc Carbon Management students to discuss collaborative dissertation ideas for climate action.

• Friday 18 February, 14:00-16:30
• In-person event at ECCI, Edinburgh

To ensure COVID safety measures at this event, we have limited spaces so please register in order to attend.

Between April and August each year our MSc Carbon Management students undertake a research dissertation. We encourage these to be collaborative and address real world challenges. This mixer afternoon at the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute (ECCI) allows organisations from the public, private and academic sectors to meet the current MSc Carbon Management students, to present MSc dissertation project ideas and to talk to students informally to answer questions and help both sides get to know one another.

At this event you can present your work and dissertation need or idea to the students. We hope to have a range of partners at the event providing a chance to meet the students and others working in the climate change domain. 

Expectations

We do not expect any payment for the student as this is a requirement of their degree. However, we ask that the student can meet with relevant people from the agency, company or their network in order to address the question posed, e.g. this might involve access to a data-set, discussions or interviews with staff or stakeholders depending on the type of research. Following appropriate COVID restrictions, the student may be hosted by that agency for a few days but this is optional. The University will provide an academic supervisor for the student and the partner is not expected to academically supervise the student.

The partner’s input is flexible. It could be just suggesting a topic and light-touch steering or it could involve regular meetings and involvement throughout. We also ensure that each partnership project develops a statement of expectation and require the student to develop a proposal (which is approved by the academic supervisor) before starting their research.

Timeframe

Students will need to submit their research proposal in early Spring. They then start working on their research from April through to the beginning of August.

Output

Primarily output is an academic research thesis approx. 12,000 words that includes a literature review, methods, results and discussion. However, some students also negotiate other outputs with their partners including technical reports or presentations. Additional outputs are voluntary for the students so this will need to be considered at the start of the partnership.

If you would like any further information at this stage then please do email us (kate.crowley@ed.ac.uk) otherwise we will provide further details on Friday 18 February.