WEFWEBs

Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Participatory Nexus Mapping in Oxford

The Environmental Change Institute's Food Systems Programme is contributing to the University of Oxford's broad view of food systems by increasing understanding of the two-way interactions between food security and environmental change.

We are seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Assistant to join the WEFWEBS (Water-Energy-Food nexus) project for a 1-year period. WEFWEBS is a collaborative multidisciplinary project involving seven UK universities. It aims to address the challenges of identifying and understanding the dynamic, interlinked inter-dependencies across nexus networks which are physical (water, waste, energy and food), social and political (individual, regulatory and policy), ecological and digital at multiple, nested scales (local, regional and national) and temporally.

For further job details please see the following link: https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form 

This is a fixed-term full-time post for 12 months, although part-time working over a longer period could also be considered.

Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. You will be required to upload a CV and supporting statement as part of your online application.

The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon on Friday 30 September 2016. Interviews are planned to be held in Oxford week commencing 10 October 2016. Start date is as soon as possible.

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First published: 15 September 2016