Dear All,
See below post-doc/research opportunity for researchers in the field of social sciences, environmental security, conflict. Note that a PhD is not an essential requirement, so would be most suitable for a PhD student close to completion or somebody whose contract is running out. Can I please ask you to share this through your networks and with potentially interested people?
Note that we will make a decision already Friday 23rd March, so interested applicants are strongly encouraged to contact me ASAP.
Best,
Davide
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Job opportunity for post-doc research fellow in environmental security below. Apologies for any cross-posting.
We are currently advertising a vacancy that may be of interest to people with an interest in environmental security and conflict (job description follows). The position is based at the Global Sustainability Institute at Anglia Ruskin University.
Interested applicants are strongly encouraged to get in touch with me or Prof Aled Jones before applying. Deadline for application is Thursday 22nd March, but enquire ASAP. April start.
Line manager for the position: Dr Davide Natalini - [log in to unmask]
GSI Director: Prof Aled Jones - [log in to unmask]
Application available at: https://eb.anglia.ac.uk/vacancies/vacancy-details.aspx?VacancyID=10324&Display=1
Salary rate: Full-time at £16.87 per hour
Location: Cambridge campus/flexible - right to work in the UK required, no remote appointments.
Job Type: Fixed term - 4 months (1/04/18-31/07/18)
Main Purpose of Job –ARU Global Chaos Map Project
The Global Sustainability Institute (GSI) was established by Anglia Ruskin University in 2011 as part of our University commitment to sustainability in research, teaching and operations. We are looking to recruit an exceptional post-doctoral Research Fellow to support work related to the Global Chaos Map Project internally funded by Anglia Ruskin University. The project consists in the development of a series of maps that will highlight global pressure points for 'chaos', measured by a wealth of data points collated from social media, newspapers, research output, journals etc. These are planned to be updated monthly and will track the following influencers and how these link to civil unrest:
Food
Water
Metals
Minerals
Fossil Fuels
Environmental
We are looking for an exceptional individual with social science background in a related discipline (e.g. environmental social sciences, political science, political ecology, geography). Professionals from the security sector are also strongly invited to apply.
The role of the Research Fellow will be to develop an appropriate methodology to ensure the robust collection and classification of events that will be included in the database. The Research Fellow may also contribute to collating, sanitising, and refining data ready for upload, therefore both qualitative and quantitative skills would be appreciated. The Research Fellow will liaise with a PhD researcher who will support the data collection activity.
The Research Fellow will contribute to providing commentary in their area of expertise, which will be published alongside the maps. Outputs will be a working paper connected to the methodology and rationale used to compile database and Chaos Maps and will constitute a solid basis for further academic publications.
This builds on the work of the Global Resource Observatory (https://goo.gl/o2PSWo), which aimed at developing a suite of models to forecast the effect of scarcity of natural resources on society. It is foreseen that the Research Fellow will collaborate with the line manager and colleagues from the GSI in writing applications to external funders to extend the length of the role.
Specific duties of the post holder include:
Define types conflict and identify areas where it has occurred (across different sources/databases)
Trace back what violent conflict was caused by (research, personal judgement and educated guess)
Identify the degree and scale of violence (e.g. number of deaths)
Essential criteria:
* Experience of inter- or trans-disciplinary research
* Excellent analytical skills
* Ability to relate theoretical concepts to real-world issues and vice versa
* Ability to initiate research, plan strategies and carry through plans to completion
* Potential to publish in high quality academic journals
* Ability to present research findings to a range of audiences, including policy stakeholders
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Desirable criteria:
* PhD in a relevant subject area (e.g. environmental social sciences, political science, political ecology, geography)
* Experience in the use of qualitative and quantitative methods
* Experience in the use of search engines for event data collection (e.g. GDELT, LexisNexis, etc.)
* Experience in project design and methodology development
* Strong publication record
* Track record of bidding activity in a relevant field
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Dr Davide Natalini
PhD MA BA
Research Fellow
Global Sustainability Institute
Anglia Ruskin University
Cambridge UK
Email: [log in to unmask]
Phone: +44 845 196 5115
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Did you read my latest paper on modelling food security and food riots?
Natalini, D., Bravo, G. and Jones, A.W., 2017. Global food security and food riots–an agent-based modelling approach. Food Security, pp.1-21. Doi:10.1007/s12571-017-0693-z. Full text at http://rdcu.be/t5oR
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