3 postdoc + 2 PhD positions on methane politics

[Jan Selby]

Dear gep-ed colleagues, friends, 

The ERC-funded Global Methane Politics project at the University of Leeds is looking to recruit 3 postdoctoral researchers and 2 PhD students, to start October 2026. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a big team and help shape research on this topic. Links are below. Do please share with your students/researchers. 

Details of the 3 (x 3 year) postdoctoral researcher positions (on the methane politics of livestock, oil and gas, and solid waste respectively) are here. 

Details of the 2 fully-funded PhD positions (on the methane politics of coal and wastewater respectively) are here.

Same deadline - 15 February. 

And here, as background, is Barbados PM Mia Motley on why methane is so important. 

Best wishes

Jan

Jan Selby
Professor of International Politics and Climate Change

School of Politics and International Studies

University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK

Office: 13.41 Social Science Building

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Latest articles:
‘Climate-induced redistribution of people is not inevitable’, Env. Research Letters (2025, with I. Boas et al) here

‘A global review of climate change and social protection in protracted crisis contexts’, Institute of Dev Studies (2025, with C. Holland-Szyp) here
Latest book: Divided Environments: An International Political Ecology of Climate Change, Water and Security (Cambridge, 2022; with G. Daoust and C. Hoffmann) here

PI of European Research Council project Global Methane Politics (2026-30)