Mistra is a Swedish research foundation that supports environmental research aimed at solving strategic environmental problems. It is currently financing a research programme on Trade and Environment - ENTWINED - and is seeking candidates for a PhD position that will be incorporated into the programme. It is seeking candidates from your institution who, with Mistra’s funding, would either be starting a PhD programme of study in 2008 or be finished their course programme and be starting their own research. The funding will cover between 2 and 4 years of study at your organisation as well as 1 year at the Swedish Foreign Ministry’s International Trade Unit in Stockholm, Sweden - to be finalised once the funds have been awarded. The successful candidate will be a qualified and eligible, or current, PhD student at your department within a relevant field of social sciences; have an expressed interest in environmental policy, international relations, international law, economics, or similar; include maximum one page describing their research interests; speak and write fluent English; and start in 2008. The deadline for submission of applications is 4 April 2008. Please submit 1 or maximum 2 candidates to: Mark Sanctuary, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Box 21060 11247, Stockholm, Sweden. For more on Mistra, go to: www.mistra.org. For more on ENTWINED, go to: www.entwined.se.