Research Fellow, Environmental Change
- Employer
- UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Closing date
- 3 Dec 2019
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- Academic Discipline
- Physical Sciences, Social Sciences, Geology, Environmental, Earth & Marine Sciences, Geography
- Job Type
- Academic Posts, Research Fellowships
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
Work type: Fixed Term
Location: Parkville
Division/Faculty: Faculty of Science
Department/School: School of Geography
Salary: $91,125 - $97,812 (ARC Post Doc Res Fellowship, Level A)
Role & Superannuation rate: Academic - Full time - 9.5% super
This Research Fellow position is part of a research team working on an Australian Research Council Discovery project, titled “Sea-level rise and everyday lives in small island states”. This position involves the design of data collection activities, fieldwork across various sites (specifically in Fiji), data management and analysis, contribution to research outputs including journal articles, and working closely with other members of the research team.
The project at large aims to advance understanding of the impacts of sea-level rise, other climate impacts and associated policy responses on the everyday lives of low-lying island communities. It focuses particularly on accommodation, relocation, and fortification/protection in Fiji and in the Maldives. It will use qualitative and visual methods to analyse people's everyday experiences and practices. The project aims to produce findings of significance for countries facing the threat of sea-level rise, and national governments and international agencies that support and fund climate adaptation. The research team includes Dr Celia McMichael (University of Melbourne), Dr Karen McNamara (University of Queensland), Prof Uma Kothari (University of Melbourne), and Dr Alex Arnall (University of Reading, UK).
Position Description
Applications close: 03 Dec 2019 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Company
The University of Melbourne enjoys an outstanding reputation with world rankings consistently placing us as Australia’s leading comprehensive research-intensive university, and one of the world’s top 50*.
Melbourne attracts the best and brightest students and researchers and, with a history of over 160 years, we occupy a special place at the heart of our city’s cultural scene.
Melbourne is a leading research university, widely renowned for its teaching and the social and economic contributions it makes through knowledge transfer. The University’s performance in international rankings puts it at the forefront of higher education in the Asia-Pacific and beyond.
Internationally, the University is consistently ranked among the leading universities in the world, with its international peers placing it in the top 20 worldwide, and employers placing it in the top 10. In the recent Times Higher Education rankings of the world’s top 200 universities, Melbourne ranked top in Australia and 33 in the world.
Melbourne’s international research pre-eminence was also acknowledged with a top 100 ranking in the Shanghai Jiao Tong rankings. Ranked No. 44 in 2015, the University has climbed steadily in the rankings since first appearing at No. 92 in 2003.
The Melbourne Model introduces undergraduate programs characterised by both breadth and depth, followed by a graduate professional degree, a research higher degree or entry directly into employment.
In 2008 Melbourne commenced offering six New Generation undergraduate degrees in Arts, Biomedicine, Commerce, Environments, Music and Science. The Melbourne Model also introduces a new graduate school experience to Australia, providing the best and brightest with a more focused, intense and professionally relevant degree in areas such as Law, Architecture, Teaching and Nursing. With the Melbourne curriculum now aligning the University with the world’s top universities in Europe, North America and Asia, we enable our students to develop the skills and attributes required by employers all over the world.
More than 50,000 students from over 120 countries take courses in the University’s 12 faculties and graduate schools.
For more information please visit: http://www.unimelb.edu.au
*Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015 – 2016 and Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015
- Mini-site
- UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
- Telephone
- +61 (3) 8344 4000
- Location
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Parkville
Melbourne
Victoria
VIC 3010
Australia
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