Postdoctoral research position on plural values and equity in biodiversity and ecosystem services governance

About the Position

The Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) offers a full-time Postdoctoral Researcher Position for the BridgingVALUES project, supported by BiodivERsa (the European Biodiversity Partnership). The project aims to inform European nature conservation policies and practices towards more equitable and effective biodiversity governance by generating a better understanding of the interdependencies and feedbacks between global flows and local governance of protected areas, and how these flows impact biodiversity and ecosystem services, their values, social equity, and local governance.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualization and empirical research to analyze impacts of EU conservation policies and related material and immaterial flows on local level stakeholders’ values and social equity.
• Apply empirical methods to connect telecoupled flows (drivers) with local social-ecological outcomes, including biodiversity and ecosystem services values and social equity.
• Day-to-day assistance for the management of the project’s deliverables assigned to BC3 and collaboration with other researchers of the international BridgingVALUES project consortium.
• Contribute to support management tasks in the projects and dissemination (including project meetings, conferences, deliverables).
• Publish in international peer-reviewed scientific journals.

Requirements

• PhD in environmental science, geography, sustainability and development studies, political ecology, ecological economics, environmental anthropology.
• Track record of peer-reviewed publications and the ability to initiate and complete original research.
• Background and knowledge of the literature on transdisciplinary or participatory research, social-ecological frameworks for nature conservation, environmental governance, sustainability transitions, or transformative change research, or similar and methodologies related to diverse knowledge integration.
• Experience in qualitative research methods, such as content analysis, conducting stakeholder interviews, and participatory case study research.
• Experience in empirical research experience and leading and conducting fieldwork involving stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to work as a team member and interact with a broad range of scientific and policy stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Spanish.

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of global and EU conservation policies, the ecosystem services and nature’s contributions to people concepts, discourses on values of biodiversity and ecosystem services, environmental justice, and telecoupling.
• Knowledge of Basque language.

We Offer

• Interdisciplinary and inspiring work environment.
• 35-hour work week calendar.
• 30 days of vacation per year.

Term of Contract

Immediate incorporation according to the availability of the suitable candidate. The position is a fixed-term contract until the 31st March of 2026, linked to the project extension, with a six-month probationary period.

Salary

The position will carry a competitive salary, matching the academic and professional profile of the applicant, and excellent work conditions.

Location

Basque Centre for Climate Change, Leioa, Spain.

About the Company

BC3 is committed to conciliating research-academic requirements and family duties. BC3 is particularly concerned with creating equal opportunities for people independently of gender, culture, and race. Anyone with relevant qualifications is therefore strongly encouraged to apply for the position.

Application Procedure

Fill the form below and upload one PDF document with the following information:

1. CV (max 3 pages).
2. MOTIVATION LETTER (max 3 pages).
3. Contact information of two referees.

Deadline

18 October 2024.

Informal enquiries can be made to Unai Pascual ([email protected]) noting in the subject of the message “BridgingVALUES post-doctoral position”.

Please consider that only applications sent through the form included at the bottom of the BC3 web page will be considered (https://info.bc3research.org/job-offers/).