Post-doc/research fellow opportunity at the the Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES), Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Benjamin William Cashore
Hi all,
We have an exciting post-doc/research fellow opportunity at the Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES), Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. More info below (It is also posted here)
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Ben
Research Fellow/Postdoctoral Fellow
Institute for Environment and Sustainability - Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
About the job
The Research Fellow/Postdoctoral Fellow will be a core member of the Institute for Environment and Sustainability’s (IES's) research team. Research tasks include working on the Center for Water Policy’s cutting-edge work on urban water policy and governance, as well as our burgeoning Center on Climate and Energy. The candidate will lead policy-relevant research projects, take responsibility for project and grant management, and contribute to stakeholder liaison and outreach of the Institute. We are especially looking for candidates who hold a high level of policy research competence in Applied Economics, Public Policy, Sociology, Political Science, Environmental Science or in a related field. In particular, candidates should have demonstrable interest, work, and/or research experience on the policy and governance aspects of water, climate and energy. All candidates should have a strong willingness to contribute to IES’s mission and to engage with new topics and research tools.
Responsibilities:
- Design, implement and lead research projects under IES’s various research programmes
- Prepare high quality research papers on topics related to IES’s core research themes suitable for publication in high-tier academic journals
- Contribute to grant and institute-level reporting requirements and funding proposals/applications
- Provide support for IES’s events and outreach activities
Requirements
- PhD in Applied Economics, Public Policy, Sociology, Political Science, Environmental Science or in a related field.
- Excellent analytical skills with knowledge of:
- big data analytics, economics, econometrics, laboratory/field experiments, game theory and/or agent-based modelling
- anticipatory policy design and practice, including path dependency analysis
- Applied social science experience, including independently designing, conducting surveys and analysing its data
- Preference for those with good and relevant publication records / working papers
- Excellent verbal and written English
- Good time management skills and ability to multi-task effectively
- Able to commit till 31 March 2023 (renewable for 1 year on good performance)
Application Procedure
Please include the following documents in the application:
- One-page cover letter, with a brief statement of relevant research expertise and description of skill sets (see “Requirements”)
- Curriculum vitae
- Transcripts (Undergraduate, Masters, and Doctoral degrees): Scanned copies for initial application
- One writing sample (min. 500 words)
- Details of two referees (preferably academic) who can comment on the applicant’s academic abilities and research experience Please send electronic submissions to Ms May Cheong (m...@nus.edu.sg)
Interested candidates are encouraged to find out more about the Institute for Environment and Sustainability, IES-CWP and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at http://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/iwp/ and http://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/
Ben Cashore
Li Ka Shing Professor in Public Management
Director, the Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES)
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
National University of Singapore
Recent news
LKYSPP faculty Quah and Cashore recognised among Top 1% of Scientists Worldwide
Recent publications
2022 Benjamin Cashore and Steven Bernstein. “Bringing the Environment Back In: Overcoming the Tragedy of the Diffusion of Commons Metaphor”, Perspectives on Politics
2022 Leehi Yona, Benjamin Cashore and Mark A. Bradford. “Factors Influencing the Development and Implementation of Greenhouse Gas Inventories,” Policy Design and Practice
2021 Graeme Auld, Steven Bernstein, Benjamin Cashore (corresponding author) and Kelly Levin, “Managing Pandemics as Super Wicked Problems: Lessons from, and for, COVID-19 and the Climate Crisis”, Policy Sciences
2021 Benjamin Cashore, Jette Steen Knudsen, Jeremy Moon and Hamish van der Ven, “Private Authority and Public Policy in Global Context: Governance Spheres for Problem Solving” with YouTube link, Regulation & Governance, special issue
2021 Yixian Sun, Hamish van der Ven and Benjamin Cashore “Sustainable Commodity Governance and the Global South: Introduction” to Special Issue of Ecological Economics” (edited by Yixian Sun, Hamish van der Ven and Benjamin Cashore), Ecological Economics.
2021 Michael L. Barnett, Benjamin Cashore, Irene Henriques, Bryan W. Husted, Rajat Panwar & Jonatan Pinkse, “Reorient the Business Case for Corporate Sustainability” Feature, Summer 2021, Stanford Social Innovation Review www.ssir.org
Contact information:
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