该领域内的研究集中于民族生物学知识系统和其他环境知识系统，并得到生物文化多样性中心成员的支持。我们研究了当地对森林砍伐，气候变化，自然资源管理，医学民族植物学，流动性和流离失所的影响以及保护与发展之间的关系的反应。该中心拥有一个民族生物学实验室和一个民族植物园，并与包括皇家植物园（基尤）和伊甸园项目在内的广泛合作关系。研究硕士-本课程为一年全日制或两年兼读制课程。您在一两个学术人员的监督下研究并撰写论文。博士学位-博士学位是三年制全日制和五年制兼读制课程。您需要在一个学术团队的监督下研究并撰写最多100,
Research within this area centres on ethnobiological knowledge systems and other systems of environmental knowledge and is supported by members of the Centre for Biocultural Diversity.<br>Overview<br>We research local responses to deforestation, climate change, natural resource management, medical ethnobotany, the impacts of mobility and displacement and the interface between conservation and development. The Centre has an Ethnobiology Lab and Ethnobotanical Garden, and extensive collaborative links, including with the Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew), and Eden Project.<br><br>PhD<br>The PhD is a three-year full-time and five-year part-time programme. You research and write a thesis of a maximum of 100,000 words under the supervision of an academic team. Progress is carefully monitored through the duration of the programme.<br><br>The first year includes coursework, especially methods modules for students who need this additional training. The remaining years involve field or library research and writing up. In general, you work closely with one supervisor throughout your research, although you have a committee of three (including your primary supervisor) overseeing your progress.