Thursday, March 1, 2012

Post-doc position Governance of Climate Adaptation at WUR-PAP


As a post-doc you will participate in the Knowledge for Climate (KfC) programme Theme 7, Governance of Climate Adaptation (www.knowledgeforclimate.nl/governanceofadaptation), led by the Public Administration and Policy Group at Wageningen University (www.pap.wur.nl).
In this programme five Dutch universities, three foreign universities and many Dutch stakeholders conduct collaborative research. You will be co-responsible for Work Package 1 (Collaborative Action Research for Science Hotspot Relations) and Work Package 6 (Synthesis).

Your main activities are:
1) publishing about and facilitating collaborative action research
2) facilitating learning processes between hotspots
3) writing synthesis reports

We ask
You are an ambitious and enthusiastic scientist and a team player, devoted to action research and to researching the governance of climate adaptation.
The ideal candidate
  • Has completed a PhD in the field of public administration, political sciences or environmental science, preferable in the policy domain of climate change
  • Has experience with or is interested in collaborative research methods
  • Is able to write articles and documents, to which many researchers contribute
  • Has published internationally in refereed scientific journals
  • Is fluent in English and Dutch
We offer
We offer you a position of post-doc with a temporary contract for 0.5 FTE, for a period of 2,5 years (July 2012-December 2014).

Application is possible on the Academic Transfer website:
http://www.academictransfer.com/employer/WUR/vacancy/13179/lang/en/