The Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) offers a full-time Postdoctoral Researcher Position within the project BridgingVALUES, project reference 2021-674 approved by BiodivERsa (the European Biodiversity Partnership) and funded by MINECO (Proyectos de Colaboración internacional 2022-2 (PCI2022-134982-2)), a 3 year research project co-coordinated by BC3 with consortium partners in Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Brazil and South Africa. The position will be associated with BC3’s research Terrestrial Ecosystems research line, under the supervision of Prof Unai Pascual.
BridgingVALUES aims to inform European nature conservation policies and practices towards more equitable and effective biodiversity governance by generating a better understanding of 1) the interdependencies and feedbacks between EU/global (immaterial and material) flows, and local governance of protected areas (PAs), and 2) how these flows can in turn impact biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES), their values, social equity and local governance both in the EU (Germany, Spain, Sweden) and the Global South (Brazil, Laos, South Africa) via targeted case studies. The project’s main objectives include: (1) study how local contexts mediate the effects of global environmental policy flows, and assess their local social-ecological impacts; (2) advance the state-of-the-art in transdisciplinary co-production methodologies incorporating the knowledge of stakeholders through case studies; and (3) co-construct a conceptual framework that links conservation policies to social-ecological outcomes by exploring the relationships between bundles of material flows (e.g. finance and technical expertise) and immaterial (discourses and knowledge) flows, BES values, power relations, social equity and leverage points for transformative change. Expected impacts of BridgingVALUES include (1) increased awareness by managers and policy makers on the importance of bridging across different BES values and their equity implications; (2) increased legitimacy of management and policy decisions through meaningful stakeholder involvement; and (3) adaptation of PA management strategies to fit desirable pathways for more just and sustainable futures.
BC3 is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to support the project.
Job description:
The researcher will conduct critical literature reviews on the main topics of the project and engage in transdisciplinary empirical research in the case study of the Basque Country. In addition, the postdoc will collaborate with the project partners towards making the case studies comparable to reach the joint deliverables of the project. More generally, the researcher will support the PI (Prof. Unai Pascual) to achieve the scientific objectives of the project, to develop effective and efficient task management and to collaboratively work, publish and disseminate project findings.
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Immediate incorporation according to the availability of the suitable candidate. The position is fixed term contract until the 31st March of 2026, linked to the project extension, with a six-month probationary period and periodic internal evaluation.
The position will carry a competitive salary, matching the academic and professional profile of the applicant, and excellent work conditions.
Basque Centre for Climate Change, Leioa, Spain.
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.
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31 March 2023.
Informal enquiries can be made to Unai Pascual (unai.pascual@bc3reserach.org) 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/).,
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