2-year SRM Post-doc opportunity with the EU Co-Create project

[p.j.irvine]

postdoctoral fellow in solar geoengineering

We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow (12+12 months) to work on the
scientific and technical aspects of governance of potential solar
geoengineering experiments.

The postdoc position is funded at the IPSL (Paris) by the recently
selected Horizon Europe project Co-CREATE. Co-CREATE will provide a
framework for governance of potential future solar geoengineering
outdoor experiments. The project is very interdisciplinary, covering
both atmospheric and social science aspects of such experiments. The
project provides an interdisciplinary platform for analysing all aspects
of the hypothetical field experiments and their governance, a synthesis
of which will be produced during workshops and a final conference
bringing all the fields together. The project focus is on chosen case
studies that will be explored in detail. Note that the project does not
propose field experiments, but discusses the necessary governance
framework should such experiments take place.

The tasks the postdoctoral fellow is expected to perform include:
preparing and writing a structured review on the current scientific and
technical knowledge related to Solar Radiation Management (SRM)
experiments that identifies key physical science parameters necessary
for defining and monitoring experimental conditions in SRM field
research; conducting research on technical parameters of experimental
SRM field research and defining, where possible, quantitative,
order-of-magnitude estimates and uncertainties for key parameters in
particular experiment cases; presenting their work in articles,
meetings, and international conferences and workshops; participating in
dissemination activities.

Our ideal candidate would have experience in climate/SRM modelling and
also on observations/field measurements of clouds and aerosols as
knowledge on these will be needed for discussing the monitoring of the
field tests. Understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of the SRM
discussion is of course an asset, but formal experience on social
sciences etc. is not required.

For more details and to apply (by April 23, 2024) see the announcement
here (in English):
https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Femploi.cnrs.fr%2FOffres%2FCDD%2FFR636-ALERUB-046%2FDefault.aspx%3Flang%3DEN&data=05%7C02%7Cp.irvine%40ucl.ac.uk%7Cb4072e2d7dba48f61f6708dc547a53c7%7C1faf88fea9984c5b93c9210a11d9a5c2%7C0%7C0%7C638478131559693470%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ENggqTbvqeygxsyK0oCqOZUcblx31vv9pz16EitVi1Y%3D&reserved=0

Feel free to contact Dr. Anni Määttänen if you have any questions
(anni.ma...@latmos.ipsl.fr)