Postdoctor position on climate ambition and fairness

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https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/306888/postdoctor-position-on-climate-ambition-and-fairness

Project description

The Paris Agreement requires countries, cities and companies to continuously increase the ambition of their climate commitments. Yet there is no widely accepted way to assess whether a climate pledge is both fair and sufficiently ambitious. This postdoctoral research fellow will contribute to Paris Ambition project, funded by the Research Council of Norway, which aims at developing actionable fairness and ambition assessment tools to support decision-makers in implementing global climate goals. This project seeks to develop new conceptual and analytical frameworks to inform international climate negotiations, national climate policy, climate litigation and corporate climate target setting. 

Qualifications

The applicant must:

• Hold a PhD (or equivalent degree) within disciplines relevant for the project (such as climate policy, data science, economic governance, climate impact modelling, environmental science, geography). Applicants can explain the relevance of their disciplinary background in the application. The applicants must have submitted their doctoral thesis for assessment prior to the application deadline. It is a condition of employment that the PhD has been awarded.
• Have a documented track record of publications and research development within the thematic area of the position.
• Be able to work independently and to cooperate with others.
• Be proficient in both written and oral English (good scientific writing skills will be appreciated).

We are seeking researchers who enjoy working across disciplinary boundaries and developing novel approaches to complex societal challenges.

We particularly encourage applications from:

• researchers with experience in integrated assessment modelling, socio-economic modelling or
• quantitative climate analysis.
• researchers with complementary expertise who can develop innovative approaches to assessing
• climate ambition and fairness.

Applicants with other expertise should explain how their experience and ideas can contribute to WP4 and 5 and to the overall objective of the project.

The position and project are hosted by the Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation. 

More on the role description and application procedure on: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/306888/postdoctor-position-on-climate-ambition-and-fairness