SPRU are recruiting Research Fellows in Energy Justice and Transitions in the UK
Benjamin Sovacool
Dear everyone,
As a parent of young children and an educator myself, I am terrified for our future when I think about (hopefully) short-term issues such as the coronavirus pandemic or longer-term threats such as climate change. But in my mind, one thing remains more or less certain: issues of justice, inequality, and vulnerability will remain central as we navigate crises such as these, and many of the solutions that we may come to advocate for can also have surprising and often unintended impacts on justice.
For that reason, even though the timing is terrible, I am circulating the call below for research fellowships which will look centrally at issues of justice alongside that of low-carbon energy transitions. If you care about justice, and also meet the essential criteria in the job description of course, please do apply. Come join a world-leading team here at Sussex where we try to systematically understand, and then change, the structures and forms of agency that entrench injustice. See our call for applications below my signature.
Please do forward to any interested colleagues too.
Most sincerely,
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Benjamin K. Sovacool, Ph.D
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Subject: [Sprurs] SPRU are recruiting Research Fellows in Energy Justice and Transitions
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The Sussex Energy Group, within the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex Business School, are seeking to appoint two Research Fellows in Energy Justice and Transitions to work with Professor Benjamin Sovacool and teams on a range of newly funded projects, including CINTRAN - Carbon Intensive Regions in Transition (in a consortium led by Wupperthal Institute), JUSTNORTH - Toward just, equitable and sustainable Arctic economies, environments and societies (in a consortium led by the University of Uppsala), and CREDS – Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions (in a consortium led by the University of Oxford). The posts are fixed term for 2 years, starting between June and October 2020. Closing date for applications is 27 April 2020. Further details and how to apply: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/about/jobs/research-fellow-ref-3492
The Research Fellows will examine the sustainability, equity, power, and/or justice implications of low-carbon energy transitions; co-lead the research design, analysis, and writing of case studies of justice and decarbonisation with fieldwork in Northern and Central Europe and/or the Arctic; and assist with other outputs examining conceptual and empirical applications of energy transitions and/or energy justice.
Essential criteria for the positions are:
· A PhD (obtained at the time of the appointment) in energy studies, energy policy, science and technology policy studies, energy geography, political science, innovation studies, sustainability transitions, or a related area
· Able to begin between June and October 2020 and be able and willing to travel for field work (at up to 2-3 weeks at a time), project meetings and conferences.
· The analytical skills or experience necessary to apply existing concepts and theories about sustainability transitions, sociotechnical transitions, political economy, ecology, and/or social justice
· Strong knowledge and methods training, and experience, in qualitative techniques such as field research and interviewing, database management, and experience writing case studies
· Evidence of the ability to communicate effectively to academic, policy and non-academic audiences.
Applications are invited from candidates at Research Fellow I (Grade 7) and Research Fellow II (Grade 8) levels.
Informal enquiries may be made with Prof Benjamin Sovacool B.Sov...@sussex.ac.uk