Vacancy at Radboud University

[Harro van Asselt]

Dear all,

 

Forwarding the vacancy below on behalf of Sander Chan (sande...@ru.nl).

 

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Dear colleagues,

 

We're looking for a post-doctoral researcher on high-integrity voluntary climate action at Radboud University, Netherlands. The application deadline is October 1. More information can be found here: https://www.ru.nl/en/working-at/job-opportunities/postdoctoral-researcher-in-high-integrity-voluntary-climate-action. Please share widely.

 

I have also pasted the description of the position below.

 

Best,

 

Sander 

Would you like to help move climate action towards high integrity and effectively contribute to a sustainable and net-zero world? If yes, come and join the Horizon Europe funded 'Achieving High Integrity Voluntary Climate Action' (ACHIEVE) project as a postdoctoral researcher at Radboud University. You will be part of an international, interdisciplinary, diverse, enthusiastic and welcoming team. The position will be based at the Faculty of Science, where you will be working closely with the Nijmegen School of Management and international project partners.

A wide array of actors, including private sector actors, financial institutions, civil society, cities, and cooperative initiatives have announced voluntary climate commitments. The ACHIEVE project aims to identify opportunities to strengthen and scale up high-integrity voluntary climate action towards net-zero emissions by mid-century.

As a postdoctoral researcher in this project, you will map and analyse voluntary climate action. Together with project partners, you will develop a high-integrity assessment framework for evaluating different types of cooperative initiatives and actors. You will also contribute to the assessment of integrity and effectiveness of voluntary climate actions, quantifying environmental and social impacts to assess and improve their sustainability performance.

Next to the research, you will also play an important role in the day-to-day project management and administration of the ACHIEVE project together with project coordinators and project officer. This also includes liaising with the European Commission (EC), the Stakeholder Advisory Board (SAB), and the project partners.

Profile

· You should hold (or shortly expect to obtain) a PhD degree in Interdisciplinary Climate Science or a closely related field that combines natural and social sciences.

· You have demonstrable experience in interdisciplinary climate research, including data collection, descriptive statistics and time-series analysis, or other quantitative, analytical or modelling skills, for example using Stata or R. Network analysis skills would be a plus.

· You have a strong research interest in the integrity and effectiveness of climate action and the role of non-state and subnational actors. Familiarity with relevant policy processes is a plus.

· You have experience in project management.

· You value teamwork and are keen to work in an interdisciplinary and diverse research team. 

· You possess excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

We are

The position will be hosted at the Environmental Science department, part of the Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences (RIBES), at the Faculty of Science, in close collaboration with the Department of Geography, Spatial Planning and Environment at the Nijmegen School of Management. 

The Environmental Science department aims to provide high-quality scientific knowledge that can help the world move towards greater sustainability. To achieve this, we aim to understand, project and address the impact of anthropogenic pressures on ecosystems and humans from the landscape to the global scale. This enables us to explore and develop wide-ranging sustainable solutions for the environmental challenges the world faces today.

The Department of Geography, Spatial Planning and Environment (GPM) focuses on the question of how individuals and society interact with their living environments. GPM seeks to provide deep understandings of how places, from the local to global level, are politically and materially shaped, experienced and governed, and to contribute to the development of more sustainable and equitable places.

Radboud University

We are keen to meet critical thinkers who want to look closer at what really matters. People who, from their expertise, wish to contribute to a healthy, free world with equal opportunities for all. This ambition unites more than 24,000 students and 5,600 employees at Radboud University and requires even more talent, collaboration and lifelong learning. You have a part to play!

We offer

· It concerns an employment for 1.0 FTE.

· The gross monthly salary amounts to a minimum of €3,226 and a maximum of €5,090 based on a 38-hour working week, depending on previous education and number of years of relevant work experience (salary scale 10).

· You will receive 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus.

· You will be employed for the duration of 1 year, after which the contract may be extended to a total of 4 years in case of a positive evaluation of your performance.

· You will be able to use our Dual Career and Family Care Services. Our Dual Career and Family Care Officer can assist you with family-related support, help your partner or spouse prepare for the local labour market, provide customized support in their search for employment and help your family settle in Nijmegen.

· Working for us means getting extra days off. In case of full-time employment, you can choose between 30 or 41 days of annual leave instead of the legally allotted 20.

 

 

 

Dr. Sander Chan (he/him)

Department of Geography, Planning and Environment | Nijmegen School of Management | Radboud University | E: sande...@ru.nl | T: +31 (0)6 3113 2955 (during CET office hours)|  Elinor Ostrom Building room 02.151 | Heyendaalseweg 141 | P.O. Box 9108 | 6500 HK Nijmegen

 

 

Selected recent publications:

• Bulkeley, H., Chan, S., Fransen, A., Landry, J., Wagner, A., Seddon, N., Deprez. A., Kok, M. (2023) Building Synergies Between Climate & Biodiversity Governance: A Primer for COP28. Report. 1 July 2023. Durham Univerity, Utrecht University, Radboud University, University of Oxford, Nature-Based Solutions Initiative, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency.
• Hsu, A., Chan, S., Roelfsema, M., Schletz, M., Kuramochi, T., Smit, S., Deneault, A. (2023) From drumbeating to marching: assessing non-state and subnational climate action using data. One Earth, 6(9), 1077-1081.
• Varadan, S. R., Chandler, C. I. R., Weed, K., Ahmed, S. M., Atuire, C., Batheja, D., Bull, S.J., Chan, S., ... & Lewycka, S. (2023). A just transition for antimicrobial resistance: planning for an equitable and sustainable future with antimicrobial resistance. The Lancet.
• Teunissen, A., & Chan, S. (2023) Leveraging “Enabling Power” Through Awarding in Global Climate Governance: Catalytic Impacts of UNFCCC’s Global Climate Action Award. Global Environmental Politics. (online first) 1-24.
• Chan, S., Bauer, S., Betsill, M. M., Biermann, F., Boran, I., Bridgewater, P., ... & Pettorelli, N. (2023). The Global Biodiversity Framework Needs a Robust Action Agenda. Nature Ecology & Evolution.
• Chan, S., Hale, T., Deneault, A., Shrivastava, M., Mbeva, K., Chengo, V., & Atela, J. (2022). Assessing the effectiveness of orchestrated climate action from five years of summits. Nature Climate Change, 12(7), 628-633.
• NewClimate Institute, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Radboud University. (2022). Global Climate Action 2022: How have international initiatives delivered, and what more is possible? Research report prepared by: Kuramochi, T., Chan, S., Smit, S., Deneault, A., Pelekh, N.
• Widerberg, O.,  Boran, I.,  Chan, S.,  Deneault, A.,  Kok, M. &  Negacz, K. et al. (2022). Finding synergies and trade-offs when linking biodiversity and climate change through cooperative initiatives. Global Policy,  00, 1– 5.
• Obergassel, W., Bauer, S., Hermwille, L., Aykut, S.C., Boran, I., Chan, S., … & Simeonova K. (2022). From regime‐building to implementation: Harnessing the UN climate conferences to drive climate action. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change. Aug 13:e797.
• Chan, S., Eichhorn, F., Biermann, F., & Teunissen, A. (2021). A Momentum for Change? Systemic effects and catalytic impacts of transnational climate action. Earth System Governance, 9, 100119.
• Chan, S., Boran, I., Van Asselt, H., Ellinger, P., Garcia, M., Hale, T., ... & Shrivastava, M. K. (2021). Climate ambition and sustainable development for a new decade: a catalytic framework. Global Policy, 12(3), 245-259.

• Hale, T. N., Chan, S., Hsu, A., Clapper, A., Elliott, C., Faria, P., ... & Widerberg, O. (2021). Sub-and non-state climate action: a framework to assess progress, implementation and impact. Climate Policy, 21(3), 406-420.

[Harro van Asselt]

Dear all,

 

Forwarding (another) vacancy on behalf of Sander Chan, this time for a PhD position:

 

Dear colleagues,

 

We're looking for a PhD Candidate on assessing the sustainability of carbon credits in voluntary climate action at Radboud University, Netherlands.

 

The application deadline is October 15. More information can be found here: https://www.ru.nl/en/working-at/job-opportunities/phd-candidate-assessing-the-sustainability-of-carbon-credits-in-voluntary-climate-action. Please share widely.

 

I have also pasted the description of the position below.

 

Best,

 

Sander 

 

PhD Candidate: Assessing the sustainability of carbon credits in voluntary climate action

Employment

1.0 FTE

Gross monthly salary

€ 2,770 - € 3,539

Required background

Research University Degree

Organizational unit

Faculty of Science

Application deadline

15 October 2023

Apply now

Would you like to help make climate action more effective and sustainable? If yes, come and join the Horizon Europe funded 'Achieving High Integrity Voluntary Climate Action' (ACHIEVE) project as a PhD candidate, based at Radboud University. You will be part of an international, interdisciplinary, diverse, enthusiastic and welcoming team.

A wide array of actors, including private sector actors, financial institutions, civil society, cities, and cooperative initiatives have announced voluntary climate commitments. The ACHIEVE project aims to identify opportunities to strengthen and scale up such voluntary climate action to contribute to reaching net-zero emissions by mid-century.

As a PhD candidate in this project, you will work on assessing and strengthening the sustainability of land-based carbon credits. You will map the global landscape of generating and using voluntary carbon credits, assess their quality (including synergies and trade-offs with other sustainability goals, particularly biodiversity), quantify the climate effectiveness of carbon credit use as contributions to non-state actors' climate mitigation goals, and explore opportunities for strengthening and scaling up sustainable carbon credit generation and use.

You will work closely with project members from around the world, participate in relevant conferences, workshops and seminars, and communicate your findings through publications in peer-reviewed journals. Part of your workload (10%) will consist of teaching activities at our institute, assisting staff members in their courses at the MSc level (in English). You will also have the opportunity to further develop your skills set by attending courses relevant for your project and general development. You will work under the supervision of Prof. Birka Wicke and Dr Sander Chan. Upon successful completion of the research project, you will be awarded a PhD degree from Radboud University. We particularly encourage applications from underrepresented groups.

Profile

• You should hold (or shortly expect to obtain) a Master's degree in environmental or sustainability science, environmental modelling or an equivalent interdisciplinary field, or will have completed such a degree before the start date.
• You have demonstrable experience related to climate and sustainability impacts of land use and/or land-based carbon credit schemes, for instance in the form of a research assistantship or an excellent research-based Master's thesis.
• Additional knowledge of and experience with any of the following topics is desirable: integrity and effectiveness of voluntary climate action, life cycle assessment and environmental modelling.
• You have strong computing and analytical skills (e.g. using R).

• You value teamwork and are keen to work in an interdisciplinary and diverse research team.
• You possess excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

We are

The Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences (RIBES) aims to perform world leading research in order to understand the response of the natural environment to human impact. RIBES investigates stress and adaptation processes in severely affected ecosystems. This curiosity-driven, fundamental research is cross-linked with innovative applications in both industry and society with a focus on mitigating ecosystem degradation and finding solutions to restore the natural environment. RIBES is internationally unique, as its research encompasses three major groups of organisms (microorganisms, plants and animals) and spans nearly all levels of biological organisation. In addition to developing world-class research, the institute is dedicated to first-rate education in its Biology BSc, MSc and international PhD programmes. 

The mission of the Environmental Science cluster of RIBES is to provide high-quality scientific knowledge that can help the world move towards greater sustainability. To achieve this, we aim to understand, project and address the impact of anthropogenic pressures on ecosystems and humans from the landscape to the global scale. This enables us to explore and develop wide-ranging sustainable solutions for the environmental challenges the world faces today.

Radboud University

We are keen to meet critical thinkers who want to look closer at what really matters. People who, from their expertise, wish to contribute to a healthy, free world with equal opportunities for all. This ambition unites more than 24,000 students and 5,600 employees at Radboud University and requires even more talent, collaboration and lifelong learning. You have a part to play!

We offer

• It concerns an employment for 1.0 FTE.

• The gross starting salary amounts to €2,770 per month based on a 38-hour working week, and will increase to €3,539 in the fourth year (salary scale P).

• You will receive 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus.

• You will be employed for an initial period of 18 months, after which your performance will be evaluated. If the evaluation is positive, the contract will be extended by 2.5 years (4 year contract).

• You will be able to use our Dual Career and Family Care Services. Our Dual Career and Family Care Officer can assist you with family-related support, help your partner or spouse prepare for the local labour market, provide customized support in their search for employment and help your family settle in Nijmegen.
• Working for us means getting extra days off. In case of full-time employment, you can choose between 30 or 41 days of annual leave instead of the legally allotted 20.

Additional employment conditions

Work and science require good employment practices. This is reflected in Radboud University's primary and secondary employment conditions. You can make arrangements for the best possible work-life balance with flexible working hours, various leave arrangements and working from home. You are also able to compose part of your employment conditions yourself, for example, exchange income for extra leave days and receive a reimbursement for your sports subscription. And of course, we offer a good pension plan. You are given plenty of room and responsibility to develop your talents and realise your ambitions. Therefore, we provide various training and development schemes.

Would you like more information?

For questions about the position, please contact Birka Wicke, Professor of Land, Climate and Sustainability at birka...@ru.nl.

Practical information and applying

You can apply until 15 October 2023, exclusively using the button below. Kindly address your application to Birka Wicke. Please fill in the application form and attach the following documents:

• A letter of motivation.
• Your CV.

The first round of interviews will take place on Friday 3 November.

You would preferably begin employment on 1 February 2024. 
We can imagine you're curious about our application procedure. It offers a rough outline of what you can expect during the application process, how we handle your personal data and how we deal with internal and external candidates.

 

 

Dr. Sander Chan (he/him)

Department of Geography, Planning and Environment | Nijmegen School of Management | Radboud University | E: sande...@ru.nl | T: +31 (0)6 3113 2955 (during CET office hours)|  Elinor Ostrom Building room 02.151 | Heyendaalseweg 141 | P.O. Box 9108 | 6500 HK Nijmegen