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Indigenous Climate Change Impacts Observation Network (ICCION)
Call for Project Officer/Facilitator

Part time contract: October 2020- March 2022

Project description: We are looking for a half time project officer/facilitator for the PoC-ERC funded project "Indigenous Climate Change Impacts Observation Network", a project aiming to bring IPLC’s knowledge and perspectives to climate change policy fora. The position will be located at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (https://ictaweb.uab.cat/), and the person hired will work in close collaboration with the LICCI team (https://licci.eu/).

Functions: The person hired will work in close collaboration with V. Reyes-García (the project PI) and with a computer scientist in coordinating and facilitating the co-design of a Citizen Science platform for the documentation of local knowledge on climate change impacts. Specific tasks include:
(1) To coordinate, organize, and facilitate Dialogue workshops with representatives of Indigenous Peoples and local communities, collecting the feedback generated in these workshops be inputted in the Citizen Science platform
(2) To prepare materials for research outreach, including 1) reports for participants; 2) visual material for the use of the platform; 3) policy briefs describing ICCION content and process; and 4) a peer-reviewed article for the scientific community.
(3) To facilitate the creation of a network of Indigenous Peoples interested in local knowledge and climate change impacts.

Profile: Candidates should 1) be able to facilitate teamwork, 2) have good interpersonal skills, 3) have a good digital literacy (including knowledge of social networks, i.e., twitter, fb), and 4) master time management. Candidates should also be fluent in written and spoken English (fluency in other languages is a plus). Having a PhD degree in a field relevant for this research (i.e., anthropology, geography, sociology, or environmental sciences) and previous experience working with Indigenous Peoples is a plus.

Contract terms: The Postdoctoral fellow will be hired part time between October 2020 and March 2022 by ICTA-UAB. The annual gross salary is of 18.800€ (20.5 h/week), and includes social security (i.e., health and pension benefits).

To apply: Applicants should send a cover letter and an updated CV to victoria.reyes@uab.cat by July 15th, 2020. The cover letter should include a personal statement explaining the applicant interest in the project and the name, position and e-mail contact of three potential referees. Candidates that do not fill the requirements will not be considered.
Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed during July 2020, and a final decision will be communicated by the end of the month. The selected fellow is expected to join the team by 1st October 2020.

This project is funded by a Proof of Concept Grant of the European Research Council (ERC-2019-PoC-899209)

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Ajuts de recerca de temàtica andorrana

Govern d'Andorra

Aquesta convocatòria no inclou modalitats, i s’ofereix un únic tipus d’ajut per dur a terme un projecte de recerca o de transferència de temàtica genèrica sobre la realitat andorrana o que sigui aplicable al país. Aquest ajut és gestionat per l’Àrea de Recerca del Departament d’Ensenyament Superior, Recerca i Ajuts a l’Estudi.

El termini de presentació de les sol·licituds s’obre l’endemà que es publiqui la convocatòria al Butlletí Oficial del Principat d’Andorra (BOPA) i es tanca el dilluns 27 de juliol del 2020, dins de la franja horària d’obertura al públic del Servei de Tràmits del Govern.

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Associate Professor or Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Urban and Regional Development

Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen

The Geography Section at Department for Geoscience and Natural Resource Management at University of Copenhagen are looking to appoint an Associate Professor or Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Urban and Regional Development. We are in looking for candidates within urban and regional development with strong quantitative skills, and with an interest in socio-economic change and restructuring of labour and industry in the Global North.

Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Urban and Regional Development

Associate Professor in Urban and Regional Development

The deadline for applications is 9 August 2020. 23:59 GMT+2

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Rachel Carson - Simone Veil Fellowship

Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Munich

Fellows will be based in the heart of Munich at either the RCC or PHE and have no teaching obligation. They are expected to spend their fellowship in residence, to work on a major project, and to participate actively in life at RCC and PHE, including a presentation of their work. The fellowship does not support field trips or archival research. Fellowships can be granted for a period of one to three months. Fellowships may begin on 12 April 2021, or the first day of any of the following months; they end on or before 16 July 2021. RCC and PHE offer time, guidance, and space for dialogue to conduct excellent research. We provide an office space and access to LMU’s facilities. The fellowship also covers economy travel to and from Munich, a monthly living allowance and an accommodation allowance. Health insurance and other social benefits are not part of the fellowship and remain the responsibility of the fellow.

Applications must be received by 31 August 2020

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Convocatòria d'un ajut per a personal tècnic de suport a la investigació en el marc del projecte LLL-Tranversalis de la Universitat d'Andorra

Universitat d’Andorra

La Universitat d’Andorra participa com a soci del projecte europeu de cooperació transfronterera LLL-Transversalis. Aquest projecte que té com a objectiu harmonitzar i enfortir les pràctiques de la formació continuada (Lifelong Learning) per tal de respondre als principals reptes de l’espai transfronterer Espanya- rança-Andorra com són: l’atractiu i la competitivitat del territori, el desenvolupament d’intercanvis, la inclusió i la cohesió social. Amb aquest projecte es vol promoure la formació, la integració professional i la mobilitat d’estudiants i professionals en aquesta àrea transfronterera.
La Universitat d’Andorra, per tal de desenvolupar els objectius del projecte LLL-Transversalis, proposa la concessió d’un ajut per a personal tècnic de suport a la investigació en el marc d’aquest projecte.

Les sol·licituds per prendre part en la convocatòria s’han d’adreçar a la Universitat d’Andorra, abans del dia 4 de setembre del 2020 a les 13.00h

Consulteu també el cercador d'Ajuts, Beques i Convocatòries de la UAB