Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in im Forschungsschwerpunkt Wasserinfrastruktur und Risikoanalysen, ISOE

Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in im Forschungsschwerpunkt Wasserinfrastruktur und Risikoanalysen

Das ISOE – Institut für sozial-ökologische Forschung gehört zu den führenden außeruniversitären Instituten der Nachhaltigkeitsforschung mit Sitz in Frankfurt am Main. Seit über 25 Jahren entwickelt das Institut sozial-ökologische Konzepte und wissenschaftsbasierte Entscheidungsgrundlagen für Politik, Zivilgesellschaft und Wirtschaft. Das ISOE trägt damit zu einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung bei und setzt Impulse für eine kritische und nachhaltige Wissenschaft.

Wir suchen zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt im Forschungsschwerpunkt Wasserinfrastruktur und Risikoanalysen eine/n

Wissenschaftliche/n Mitarbeiter/in

Ihre Aufgaben

Sie arbeiten in transdisziplinären Forschungsprojekten zu den Belangen der kommunalen Planung bei der Transformation der Wasserinfrastruktur. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf der Weiterentwicklung der Wasserinfrastruktur zur Anpassung an den Klimawandel unter Berücksichtigung blauer und grüner Infrastrukturen. Dazu nutzen Sie u.a. Experteninterviews und räumliche Analysen. Sie unterstützen die Projektleitung jeweils in der Organisation der inhaltlichen und administrativen Prozesse, der Berichtslegung und der Ergebnisvermittlung im nationalen und internationalen Kontext.

Ihr Profil

Sie haben ein einschlägiges Hochschulstudium erfolgreich abgeschlossen und besitzen die Bereitschaft zur disziplinübergreifenden Zusammenarbeit. Sie haben sich in Ihrem Studium bereits mit Fragestellungen zu Klimagerechtigkeit und nachhaltiger Gestaltung städtischer Infrastrukturen sowie (urbaner) Landwirtschaft beschäftigt. Idealerweise sind Sie darüber hinaus mit den Konzepten der Ökosystemleistungen und neuartigen Wasserinfrastrukturen vertraut. Sie besitzen eine hohe Kommunikationskompetenz, arbeiten selbstverantwortlich und teamorientiert und verfügen über sehr gute Englischkenntnisse in Wort und Schrift. Publikations- und Vortragserfahrungen sind vorhanden.

Unser Angebot

Wir bieten Ihnen ein innovatives und kollegiales Umfeld, Offenheit und Gestaltungsräume für neue Ideen sowie ein verantwortungsvolles Arbeiten. Die Stelle ist auf 3 Jahre befristet, Teilzeittätigkeit ist möglich. Das ISOE unterstützt Ihre wissenschaftliche Weiterqualifikation. Die Vergütung erfolgt in Anlehnung an TV-H.

Für Rückfragen wenden Sie sich bitte an Dr. Martina Winker, winker(at)isoe.de.

Wir freuen uns über Ihre aussagekräftige Bewerbung bis 8. Oktober 2017 per E-Mail an das Institut für sozial-ökologische Forschung (ISOE) GmbH, Dr. Thomas Jahn, bewerbungen(at)isoe.de. Bitte legen Sie Ihren Bewerbungsunterlagen auch die Namen von min. zwei Referenzpersonen bei.

PhD scholarship: Sustainable Energy Transitions in Developing Countries

The Centre on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development, part of the UNEP DTU Partnership, invites applications for a PhD research project focused on development implications of sustainable energy transitions in Sub Saharan Africa.

Over the past 25 years, the Centre on Climate, Energy and Sustainable development of the UNEP DTU Partnership (www.unepdtu.org) has become a leading international research and advisory hub on energy, climate and sustainable Development. The Partnership is an integrated part of the Department of Management Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). The Centre works in close partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) and has project activities in more than 50 developing countries. The Centre collaborates with a large number of national and international government and research institutions, especially in developing countries.

Background
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is currently witnessing a rapid increase in private investments in energy infrastructure, such as large-scale grid connected solar and wind energy, privately operated mini-grids and individual solutions in terms of solar lanterns and solar home systems. This opens opportunities for locally based companies to engage in all levels of the value chain, including local assembly and local co-production potentially leading to job creation and local industrial development. There is, however, very limited empirical knowledge on how, and to which what extent lower and medium income countries in SSA will be able to reap these development benefits from a green energy transition, and what specific energy, industrial and other policies would sustain such a development.

Project aims
The PhD project will investigate sustainable energy transitions in developing countries with a specific focus on the role and influence of government, the private sector and donor agencies, in ensuring local development benefits of this transition. This will lead to a broader aim of improving the understanding of the interface between the development states, markets and donors as they relate to the innovation, production and diffusion of low-carbon energy technologies.

Research methodology
The project will pursue an interdisciplinary analytical framework combining different theoretical perspectives as well as methodological approaches. Options would be to situate this research at the intersection between innovation and development studies, including the literatures on innovation systems, global value chains, infant industry development and catching-up.

Research methods should preferably be in the form of qualitative (primary) data collection and analysis, as a complement to desk-based literature reviews and quantitative (secondary) data collection. The research should be solidly grounded in a prolonged period of in-depth, empirical field research. The final thesis will be structured and presented as four academic articles, in addition to an analytical overview/synthesis explaining the theoretical framework and research methods.

Qualifications
Candidates should have a Master’s degree in a relevant social science discipline (for example development studies, human geography, international business and management, political science, innovation studies), ideally with a focus or component on sustainable energy and climate change mitigation and/or business and innovation studies. Strong oral and written English communication skills are essential. Knowledge of another major European language is desirable but not necessary, as is prior experience with working in a developing country.

Candidates will be expected to demonstrate the ability to work independently, to plan and carry out independent research, including field work in developing countries. Candidates are expected to have a high degree of self-motivation, leading their research project with the support of two co-supervisors.

Project environment and research Group
The successful candidate will join an international team of about 65 professionals in an interdisciplinary work environment, with a broad portfolio of activities and an extensive network of professional contacts to research and government institutions in developing countries as well as the UN system. The candidate will be placed in the Cleaner Energy Development programme and be part of a research cluster on sustainability transitions.

Approval and Enrolment
The scholarships for the PhD degree are subject to academic approval, and the candidate will be enrolled in one of the general degree programmes of DTU. For information about the general requirements for enrolment and the general planning of the scholarship studies, please see the DTU PhD Guide.

Assessment
The PhD student will be selected through a competitive application process. Online applications, including a research proposal of max. 6 pages incl. references will be screened against a set of criteria and a shortlist of candidates will be invited to an interview and to present their project proposals (via skype if based abroad).

Salary and appointment terms
The salary and appointment terms are consistent with the current rules for PhD degree students. The period of employment is 3 years. The place of employment is the Centre on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development of the UNEP DTU Partnership, located at the UN City in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Further information
PhD supervisors will be Ivan Nygaard and Subash Dhar. Ivan Nygaard (ivny [at] dtu [dot] dk) can be contacted directly to answer any specific questions.

Application Please submit your online application no later than 7 October 2017. Applications must be submitted as one pdf file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link „Apply online,“ fill in the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one pdf file. The file must include:

  • A letter motivating the application (cover letter)
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Grade transcripts and BSc/MSc diploma
  • Excel sheet with translation of grades to the Danish grading system (see guidelines and excel spreadsheet here)
  • Project proposal, including background, rationale, methodological approach, case study ideas (max 6 pages)

Candidates may apply prior to obtaining their master’s degree, but cannot begin before having received it. The candidate should be available to start the employment by 1 December 2017.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, disability, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply.

DTU is a technical university providing internationally leading research, education, innovation and scientific advice. Our staff of 5,800 advance science and technology to create innovative solutions that meet the demands of society; and our 11,000 students are being educated to address the technological challenges of the future. DTU is an independent academic university collaborating globally with business, industry, government, and public agencies.

http://www.dtu.dk/english/career/job?id=1cb30707-f4cc-4e2b-99c4-b153cd1057f8

 

MitarbeiterIn im Team Naturraummanagement der Biosphärenpark Wienerwald Management GmbH

Ausschreibung der Stelle einer/eines MitarbeiterIn im Team Naturraummanagement der Biosphärenpark Wienerwald Management GmbH

 

Auf Initiative der Länder Wien und Niederösterreich wurde der Wienerwald im Jahr 2005 offiziell als UNESCO Biosphärenpark anerkannt. Damit ist der Wienerwald eine Modellregion für nachhaltiges Leben, Wirtschaften, Bilden und Forschen geworden. Ziel von Biosphärenparken ist es, den Schutz der biologischen Vielfalt, das Streben nach wirtschaftlicher und sozialer Entwicklung und die Erhaltung kultureller Werte miteinander nachhaltig umzusetzen.

 

Ihre Aufgabenbereiche

  • Eigenständige Betreuung und Weiterentwicklung laufender und geplanter Aktivitäten in den Themenfeldern Umweltbeobachtung und Naturschutz mit Schwerpunkt Offenland und Gewässer
  • Zusammenarbeit mit relevanten Stakeholdern wie Behörden, GrundstückseigentümerInnen, Gemeinden und Interessensvertretungen
  • Mitwirkung an der Informations- und Kommunikationsarbeit und Einbindung von AkteurInnen in der Region des BPWW durch Aufbau und Pflege von Kontakten, Abhaltung von Vorträgen, Informationsveranstaltungen
  • Inhaltliche Beiträge zur Öffentlichkeitsarbeit für Fach- und Laienpublikum in eigenen und fremden Medien

 

Ihr Profil

  • Abgeschlossenes Studium der Biologie, Landschaftsökologie, -planung, oder gleichwertiges, thematisch passendes Studium bzw. langjährige Berufserfahrung in vergleichbarer Position
  • Kenntnis der Offenlandlebensräume und Erfahrung mit naturschutzfachlichem Management in Ostösterreich
  • Gewässerökologisches Verständnis
  • Teamfähigkeit, Flexibilität und Loyalität
  • Arbeitsfähigkeit im Gelände
  • Kenntnis gängiger EDV-Software Programme
  • Lenkerberechtigung der Klasse B erforderlich, eigenes Kraftfahrzeug erwünscht

 

Wir bieten

  • Interessante und abwechslungsreiche Tätigkeiten in einem motivierten Team
  • Attraktives Arbeitsumfeld und Bürostandort Tullnerbach bei Wien
  • Flexibilität in der Arbeitszeitgestaltung
  • Fort- und Weiterbildungsmöglichkeiten
  • Einen angestrebten Anstellungsbeginn mit 1. November 2017

 

Bitte senden Sie ihre Bewerbungsunterlagen bis spätestens 1. Oktober 2017 an Frau Katharina Wallner unter E office [at] bpww [dot] at oder Norbertinumstraße 9, 3013 Tullnerbach

 

Monatsgehalt: Brutto € 2.773,40 (Überbezahlung möglich)

 

Die Entlohnung erfolgt in Anlehnung an das Gehaltsschema des Landes Niederösterreich. Vordienstzeiten können angerechnet werden.

 

Die Bewerberinnen und Bewerber haben keinen Anspruch auf Abgeltung angefallener Reise- und Aufenthaltskosten, die aus dem Anlass des Aufnahmeverfahrens entstanden sind.

 

Kontaktinformation

Für Auskünfte zur ausgeschriebenen Stelle steht Ihnen Frau Katharina Wallner unter E kw [at] bpww [dot] at bzw. 02233/ 54 187 gerne zur Verfügung.

 

Nähere Informationen:
https://www.bpww.at/de/artikel/ausschreibung-der-stelle-einereines-mitarbeiterin-im-team-naturraummanagement-der

 

3 postdoc and 5 PhD student positions in ERC project of Prof. Jeroen van den Bergh

In the ERC project Behavioral-evolutionary analysis of climate policy: Bounded rationality, markets and social interactions (EVOCLIM) seven research positions are now formally advertised on Euraxess.

Suitable candidates have a background in economics, mathematics, computer science, psychology or biology.

The project starts 1st of January 2018.

More details about the project can be found here: http://ictaweb.uab.cat/noticies_news_detail.php?id=3368

 

Three postdoc positions are offered:

Four PhD-student (4-year) positions are offered as well:

–       https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/244996

 

Prof. Jeroen van den Bergh’s project “Behavioral-evolutionary analysis of climate policy: Bounded rationality, markets and social interactions” (EVOCLIM), awarded with a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant, offers three postdoc positions (two of 5 years and one of 3 years) and five PhD research positions (each 4 years). The project will run as of January 2018 for a period of 5 years.
Project description
The project will develop a new set of models to assess the performance of policy instruments – such as various carbon pricing and information provision instruments – in terms of employment, equity and CO2 emissions. Currently, distinct climate policies are studied with incomparable approaches involving inconsistent criteria and impacts. EVOCLIM aims to unite core features of such approaches within a behavioral-evolutionary framework, blending insights from behavioral, environmental and evolutionary economics. The key novelty is linking climate policies to populations of heterogeneous consumers and producers characterized by bounded rationality and social interactions. This offers three advantages: one can evaluate the effectiveness of very different climate policy instruments in a consistent and comparative way; one can examine policy mixes by considering interaction between instruments from a behavioral as well as systemic perspective; and one can simultaneously assess policy impacts mediated by markets and social networks.

EVOCLIM will be guided by the following goals: (i) test the robustness of insights on carbon pricing from benchmark approaches that assume representative, rational agents; (ii) test contested views on joint employment-climate effects of shifting taxes from labor to carbon; (iii) examine various instruments of information provision under distinct assumptions about social preferences, interactions and networks; (iv) study regulation of commercial advertising as a climate policy option in the context of status-seeking and high-carbon consumption; and (v) explore behavioral roots of energy/carbon rebound. The research has a general, conceptual-theoretical rather than a particular country focus. Given the complexity of the developed models, it involves numerical analyses with parameter values in realistic ranges, partly supported by insights from questionnaire-based surveys among consumers and firms. One survey examines information provision instruments and social interaction channels, while another assesses behavioral foundations of rebound.

Broader scientific meaning of the project
EVOCLIM is ground-breaking in that it develops the first systematic program on behavioral-evolutionary thinking about climate policy. This creates bridges between environmental economics, behavioral economics, evolutionary economics and modelling, policy sciences, sociology and environmental psychology. It will support a consistent comparison of the full range of regulatory (both pricing and standard-setting) and information-provisioning instruments in climate policy. The project can further provide useful methodological lessons for other areas of public policy from an evolutionary systems angle. In addition, it may broaden the scope of evolutionary economics which so far has paid scant attention to environmental and climate policies. In particular, it contributes to a wave of macro-oriented evolutionary, multi-agent models, which serve as an alternative to both general equilibrium and mainstream macroeconomic models in public policy and economic analyses. The approach will further contribute to the field of energy/sustainability transition studies.

Positions and requirements
The organization of EVOCLIM in terms of sub-projects (SPs) is shown in the scheme below. The project will fund three postdoc positions (two of 5 years in SP1 and SP5, and one of 3 years in SP4) and four PhD researchers (each 4 years, in SP2 and SP3). Cooperation and synergies between the sub-projects will be secured by the two integrative sub-projects SP1 and SP5. The first of these develops the framework and basic models, and can be seen to assure consistency and synergy of SPs at a methodological level. Next, SP5 guides the survey questionnaires and integrates the policy insights produced by the other SPs, on the basis of which it further develops and analyses policy packages.