Postdoc on decarbonisation in Europe
Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation (CET) is an interdisciplinary research centre that aims at producing actionable knowledge about how to achieve deep, rapid and sustainable transformation of society to meet the climate challenge. We are now seeking a postdoc<https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/191521/postdoc-on-decarbonisation-in-europe> (3 years full time) to help us do research on decarbonization in Europe.
In order to meet the climate change mitigation objectives of the Paris Agreement, it is inevitable to phase out fossil fuel consumption in the power sector and decarbonize fossil-fuel dependent industries in Europe. CET is partner in a project funded by the European Union (Horizon 2020) that addresses these challenges. The project is titled Carbon Intensive Regions in Transition - Unravelling the Challenges of Structural Change (CINTRAN). Specifically, UiB will study the politics of decarbonization including the effects of populism and anti-democratic attitudes, focusing on selected carbon-intensive regions.
The applicant is expected to conduct both qualitative and quantitative analysis. At CET we will seek to understand qualitatively regional political discourses in the context of national/EU-level debate on decarbonization through assessing political narratives and key actors articulating them. This will be complemented with a quantitative assessment of voting patterns to explore the rise of populism and anti-democratic attitudes in carbon-intensive regions.
About the project/work tasks
The postdoc will conduct research and develop publications in close collaboration with other academic and user partners in the project. The postdoc will conduct specific research tasks as stipulated in the proposal and further developed by the research team.
The postdoc will have her/his work place at CET, and is expected to contribute to making CET a dynamic and productive academic environment. The postdoc will also work closely with other partners in the project, including researchers at the Wuppertal Institute, Chalmers University of Technology, the University of Sussex, and other institutions.
Applicants are expected to submit a research statement, which describes how her/his competence contributes to the CINTRAN project and the activities described above.
Deadline: September 18, 2020.
For more information and application requirements, see here:
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/191521/postdoc-on-decarbonisation-in-europe
HÃ¥vard Haarstad
Professor | Department of Geography
Director | Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation
University of Bergen
Telephone: 55 58 45 81 | 93 44 77 27
http://www.uib.no/persons/Havard.Haarstad
http://www.uib.no/en/cet
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