Job title:
Tenure-track Position in Environmental Justice and Socioenvironmental Transformations
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Job description
Offer DescriptionThe Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF; ) is a university committed to public-institution values, wide open to the world and a city university engaged in the dynamic life of Barcelona. The primary aims of the UPF are to educate responsible professional people and citizens committed to the values of civic life, and contribute to the development of research, the transfer of technology and the culture of innovation as driving forces behind progress for society in the XXI century. Among the aspects that contribute to the reputation of the UPF are: the continuous innovation and improvement in teaching and technology, the good academic performance of the students, the successful passage of our graduates into the professional world, the university’s high internationalisation index, and its high standing in the international research arena. The UPF’s activity indicators are a benchmark for Spanish University system.The Department of Political and Social Sciences at Universitat Pompeu Fabra ( ) invites applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the area of Environmental Justice and Socioenvironmental Transformations, effective October 2024.The monitoring of the selection process will be made public on the .Candidates must hold a PhD degree. Please refer to the call for applications on the department’s website for details.Candidates will demonstrate expertise and a strong publication record, preferably transversal, in the following sub-areas: political ecology that allow examining asymmetric power relations in the dynamics of environmental justice conflicts, and how emerging leaderships reconfigure these asymmetries seeking the inclusion of gender issues, new generational perspectives, and the non-human world. Similarly, the candidate must have a perspective, such as ecological economics, that clarifies the distributive dimensions within conflicts, both from a material point of view and in the way different values are framed and expressed, as well as how the notion of effectiveness is conceived and evaluated. It will be valued if the candidate has experience in using a wide range of analytical tools, especially multi-criteria analysis, tools of digital humanities (e.g., social network analysis, geoprocessing of data), qualitative research tools, and their combination in mixed research methods.RequirementsResearch Field Political sciences Education Level PhD or equivalentResearch Field Political sciencesAdditional InformationWork Location(s)Number of offers available 1 Company/Institute Pompeu Fabra University Country Spain State/Province Barcelona City Barcelona Postal Code 08005 Street Ramon Trias Fargas, 25-27 GeofieldWhere to apply WebsiteContact CityBarcelona WebsiteStreetRamon Trias FargasSTATUS: EXPIRED
Expected salary
Location
Barcelona
Job date
Fri, 10 May 2024 03:08:18 GMT
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