Postdoc in urban water disaster reduction in the Netherlands and India
Your job
The post-doc position is a key social-science role in the interdisciplinary LODESTAR project (LOw-cost Disaster & Emergency Services for communitTies At Risk), working with the social and natural scientists in the consortium in the Netherlands and India. Funded by Dutch NWO and Indian DST, it aims to improve the uptake of local knowledge and knowledge needs into a user-friendly early warning tool for extreme urban floods and droughts in selected disaster-prone cities in India and the Netherlands. It requires liaising with the teams tool developers in India and the Netherlands, outreach to the wider community of knowledge partners and local stakeholders in those localities, the organization of Living Labs and analysis of their process and outcomes and related research activities. You will lead or contribute to professional and academic publications reporting the results of the project and support its communication to a wider audience.
You will be based in the Sociology of Development and Change group in Wageningen University. The Sociology of Development and Change group (SDC) are a politically engaged and interdisciplinary research and educational centre in development studies, political ecology, anthropology of law and crisis and disaster studies.
You will work here
The research is embedded within the Sociology of Development and Change (SDC) chair group, led by Professor . The Sociology of Development and Change group (SDC) focuses on the structures and practices of development and change with a particular scientific interest in inequality, marginalization and political agency. We are a politically engaged and interdisciplinary research and educational centre in development studies, political ecology, anthropology of law and crisis and disaster studies.
You will report to Dr. , Assistant Professor and Dr , Associate Professor at SDC.
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Wageningen University & Research offers excellent . A few highlights from our Collective Labour Agreement include:
In addition to these first-rate employee benefits, you will of course receive a good salary. Depending on your experience, we offer a competitive gross salary of between 3345,- and 5278,- for a full-time working week of 38 hours, in accordance with the (scale 10). The vacancy is for 0,8 fte. Additionally, a contract for 0.6 fte can be discussed. As for your contract, we initially offer a one-year contract that can be extended – if possible within (company) organizational circumstances – on good performance. Of course, we are happy to have a conversation with you if you have any questions about this.
Wageningen University & Research encourages internal advancement opportunities and mobility with an internal recruitment policy. There are plenty of options for personal initiative in a learning environment, and we provide excellent training opportunities. We are offering a unique position in an international environment with a pleasant and open working atmosphere.
You are going to work at the greenest and most innovative campus in Holland, and at a university that has been chosen as the in the Netherlands for education for the 19th consecutive time.
Coming from abroad
Wageningen University & Research is the university and research centre for life sciences. The themes we deal with are relevant to everyone around the world and Wageningen, therefore, has a large international community and a lot to offer to international employees.
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