2025DILIFRUA35 - Post doctoral researcher in the IMBRACE project

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

Updated: about 2 months ago
Job Type: PartTime
Deadline: 10 Mar 2025

6 Mar 2025
Job Information
Organisation/Company

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Department

Research Management/Strategic Projects
Research Field

Geography » Human geography
Sociology
Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)
Positions

PhD Positions
Country

Spain
Application Deadline

10 Mar 2025 - 23:59 (Europe/Madrid)
Type of Contract

Temporary
Job Status

Part-time
Hours Per Week

19
Offer Starting Date

1 May 2025
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Other EU programme
Reference Number

GA number 101124719
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

Job position: 

Part-time post doctoral researcher in the IMBRACE project 

Job position requirements (skills/languages/required experience):


Research for this position will include textual content and discourse analysis of local and sub-national policy documents (legislatures, reports, plans, policy frameworks), from 21 EU-27 cities, including the project’s 6 case study cities (Barcelona, Athens, Dublin, Berlin, Antwerp, Marseilles), to provide a large-scale detailed and critical analysis on urban climate-related health adaptation policy. The researcher is also to organize, conduct and analyse 10 in-depth interviews with policymakers from the 6 case study cities working on issues of climate adaptation, participatory decision-making, immigration integration, public health, and urban planning. The successful candidate will also assist and collaborate in the analysis of qualitative results generated by other researchers through other methods, to produce high quality publications in academic journals and popular media. They will be supported in their travel to conferences and other related events.

The position requires a PhD in sociology, human geography, political ecology, urban studies, or related fields, with a strong background in environmental justice. Previous work with immigrants or racialized communities will be considered a plus. Expertise in participatory research methodologies will also be highly valued. 

We seek candidates with at least 3 years after their PhD, with a track record of research publications in high quality international academic journals and press, and with a strong commitment to collaborative, supportive, inclusive and equity-based work ethics.

Benefits
• Salary: 18,000 € gross annual salary, flexible work-time, 19h/week
• Starting date: May 2025

Eligibility criteria

S/he is expected to be knowledgeable about working within international teams, and in collaborative projects, and ideally on topics related to urban environments, housing, migrant populations, environmental justice, and with experience in participatory methods.
An excellent publication record relative to career stage, in highly regarded publication outlets in the fields of urban studies and environmental humanities.
Availability to travel for project-related activities (workshops, conferences etc.)
Ability and commitment to work both independently and collaboratively as part of an interdisciplinary and international team.
Excellent knowlegde of English, Spanish and/or Catalan.

• Academic record (40)
• Relevant Research Experience (40)
• Motivation (10)
• Language skills (10)

Selection process


We expect to inform the selected candidate within 2 weeks after the application deadline.
Starting date 01.05.2025. There is some flexibility on the starting date.
The selection committee reserves the right to not fill this position if no suitable candidate is identified.

To validate this request, you must validate the form that is accessed at the URL: https://seleccio.uab.cat

Any application that is not submitted in this way will not be included in the selection process.


Where to apply
Website
https://seleccio.uab.cat

Requirements
Research Field
Sociology » Other
Education Level
PhD or equivalent

Languages
ENGLISH
Level
Excellent

Languages
CATALAN
Level
Excellent

Languages
SPANISH
Level
Excellent

Languages
FRENCH
Level
Good

Research Field
Sociology » Other

Additional Information
Additional comments

Reference offer: 2025DILIFRUA35

Programmes: European Research Council – Consolidator Grant - GA number 101124719

You will find the bases of the call in the following link: https://tauler.seu.cat/pagDetall.do?idEdicte=552321&idens=11

To validate this request, you must validate the form that is accessed at the URL: https://seleccio.uab.cat

Any application that is not submitted in this way will not be included in the selection process.


Work Location(s)
Number of offers available
1
Company/Institute
UAB
Country
Spain
State/Province
Barcelona
City
Cerdanyola del Valles - Campus Bellaterra
Postal Code
08193
Geofield


Contact
City

Cerdanyola del Valles - Barcelona
Website

http://www.uab.cat/
Street

Campus Bellaterra - Edifici Rectorat
Postal Code

08193
E-Mail

projectes.estrategics@uab.cat

STATUS: EXPIRED

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