Dear all, please see the job advert below, also listed at sei-international: http://www.sei-international.org/working-for-sei http://www.sei-international.org/working-for-sei/research-fellow-at-sei-in-oxford
Role: Research Fellow - Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) in Oxford, UK The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) is an independent international research institute engaged in environment and development issues at local, national, regional and global policy levels. SEI-Oxford, one of 7 SEI centres globally, has specific expertise in vulnerability assessment, adaptive management and risk governance within the field of climate change adaptation. SEI Oxford has built a reputation for working at the interface between the natural and social sciences, conducting research and developing participatory tools and methods to directly support the planning and operational work of partner organisations with an increasing emphasis on the co-creation of knowledge, notably through the weADAPT collaboration. The Stockholm Environment Institute in Oxford is looking for a dynamic Research Fellow to join our team from November 2011. We are looking for someone with at least 3 years research experience with a Masters or Doctorate who has expertise in decision-making science and/or decision modelling. An interdisciplinary background and an understanding of climate adaptation and/or REDD+ would be beneficial. The ideal candidate will: have a MSc or PhD in the fields of environment, development, social science, natural science or decision-making science interface with both the scientific and policy communities have experience in development practice/research have a good understanding of climate change adaptation issues have knowledge of participatory approaches to decision-making have experience coordinating a portfolio of projects communicate research/project findings well good record of writing proposals and securing project funding have at least 1 year work experience in developing countries speak very good Spanish and/or French be a dynamic networker who is keen to travel be an enthusiastic team player have excellent writing skills Interested candidates should contact us via email at [email protected] by 3 October 2011 and include a covering letter with your CV, two references and a short sample of your written work. -- -- Steven M. Manson Department of Geography University of Minnesota 414 Social Sciences 267 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA 612 625 4577 612 624 1044 (fax) Home page: umn.edu/~manson Human-Environment GIS Lab: hegis.umn.edu
