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 one year within the BridgingVALUES project (ref: 2021-674) supported by funding from BiodivERsa (the European Biodiversity Partnership). The project started in 2023 and will finish in 2026 and is being co-coordinated by BC3. Other consortium partners include the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, ZALF (Germany), the Wyss Academy for Nature (Switzerland), the Stockholm Resilience Centre (Sweden), the Brazilian Institute for Space Research, INPE (Brazil) and the Centre for Sustainability Transitions at Stellenbosch University (South Africa). The postdoctoral position will be associated with BC3’s Terrestrial Ecosystems research line, under the supervision of Prof Unai Pascual.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualization and empirical research to analyse impacts of telecoupling and related material and immaterial flows on local level stakeholders values and social equity in a South African case study.
• 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 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. Other degrees might also be considered.
• Demonstrated ability to initiate and complete original research.
• Background and knowledge on participatory research, social-ecological frameworks for nature conservation, environmental governance, sustainability transitions, or transformative change research, and/or methodologies related to diverse knowledge integration.
• Ability to work as team member and interact with a broad range of stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Nice to Have

• Experience in conducting fieldwork involving stakeholder engagement and participatory research methods in the Global South.

We Offer

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

Term of Contract

The position is fixed term contract, starting on 1st March 2025. The position will be for thirteen months, until the 31st March of 2026, with a six-month probationary period.

Salary

The position will carry 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

As an HR Excellence awarded institution, 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

30 December 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/).

Project PCI2022-134982-2 funded by MICIU/AEI /10.13039/501100011033 and by the European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR