项目介绍

2024年11月26日

Your function

In this exciting postdoc position, you will conduct applied research to address a major knowledge gap on how to scale Nature Based Solutions in an equitable and just way. Using political sciences and economics, you will independently develop research activities in our FairNature project, funded by Biodiversa+ under the call “Nature-Based Solutions for biodiversity, human well-being and transformative change (BiodivNBS)”. You will work across two sections at IVM: Environmental Policy Analysis and Environmental Economics.

Your duties

• you will conduct an online survey with a choice experiment to assess values for nature based solutions 
• you will conduct interviews with key stakeholders and experts to assess the justice trade-offs that can emerge in scaling NBS and identify the governance structures that support or hinder just scaling of NBS
• you will contribute to projects management and engaging our stakeholders
• you will contribute 10% of your time to our teaching activities

Your profile

• you have a PhD degree in environmental social science, environmental economics, or a closely related field (or you are very near to completing your PhD)
• you have experience with qualitative approaches for interviews and stakeholder meetings
• you have advanced quantitative skills for survey analysis
• you have a strong interest in environmental justice theories and practices (or related normative theories and approaches, including participation)
• it is an advantage if you speak Dutch
• it is an advantage if you have experience in working on stakeholder engagement

We realise that each individual brings a unique set of skills, expertise and mindset. Therefore we are happy to invite anyone who recognises themselves in the profile to apply, even if you do not (fully) meet all the requirements.