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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Environmental Humanities/Social Sciences

Employer
UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
Location
Sydney, Australia
Closing date
2 Jun 2019

Job Details

Sydney Environment Institute

  • Develop your academic career by developing and contributing to research projects in the environmental humanities and social sciences
  • Full-time, 3-year fixed term, Academic Level A, salary $92,682 to $98,940 p.a. plus leave loading and generous superannuation
  • Preferred start date: September 2019 (this may be negotiable)

About the opportunity 

You’ll work with the Sydney Environment Institute (SEI) in one of the core areas of SEI’s research and report to Professor David Schlosberg (Director, SEI) and assist in the development and management of multidisciplinary and collaborative research projects that examine either the experience of environmental change, and/or approaches to social, cultural, economic, and political adaptation and transformation. You’ll be a member of the intellectual community associated with the broadly interdisciplinary Sydney Environment Institute, and work to coordinate environmental research across campus.

Key duties of the role include:

  • conducting research under limited supervision as part of the broad research themes of the Sydney Environment Institute
  • developing and coordinating new research projects – both individual and with collaborative teams
  • taking a leading role in organizing and promoting seminars and workshops in relation to these projects (including communication, logistics, and managing twitter feeds)
  • writing peer review publications and preparing competitive grant applications
  • taking a leading role in managing the social media and web content for the projects
  • actively contributing to the research seminars and workshops, as well as contributing to the research activities of the broader Sydney Environment Institute.

About you

The University values courage and creativity; openness and engagement; inclusion and diversity; and respect and integrity. As such, we see the importance of recruiting talent aligned to these values and are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate who has:

  • completed a PhD in the humanities or social sciences, broadly defined, with a focus on the social, cultural, economic, or political impacts of environmental change, and/or the design of adaptive or transformational responses
  • demonstrated knowledge and an emerging profile in interdisciplinary environmental studies and at least one core area of the SEI’s research on environment and cultural loss, adaptation and transformation, oceans and waters, food systems, justice and governance, and/or sustainable materialism
  • evidence of the ability to conduct independent and collaborative research and assume responsibility for the development and completion of research projects and publications
  • familiarity working with communities, governments, and/or NGOs at multiple levels
  • a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and across disciplines
  • an emerging track record in academic publications and the potential to develop further research expertise through various projects.

About us           

The central aim of the Sydney Environment Institute (SEI) at the University of Sydney is to confront, address, and respond to key environmental challenges. SEI crafts a leading role for environmental humanities and social sciences in understanding, confronting, and transforming social and academic responses to environmental crises. Our affiliates across the university are productively engaged in cross-disciplinary local, national, and international collaborations. SEI fosters and supports interdisciplinary work through making connections, hosting topical workshops, and seeding projects. We have developed both leadership and engagement on a range of topics, from food systems to ocean cultures, from adaptation policy to the cultural losses of species extinction. Through these means and processes we create not only new academic outputs, but also participate more broadly in urgent cultural and political discussions about how we can evaluate and intervene in the broad set of environmental crises, engage a broad set of internal and external partners and stakeholders, and develop models for positive social and environmental transformations.

Since our inception 160 years ago, the University of Sydney has led to improve the world around us. We believe in education for all and that effective leadership makes lives better. These same values are reflected in our approach to diversity and inclusion, and underpin our long-term strategy for growth. We’re Australia's first university and have an outstanding global reputation for academic and research excellence. Across our campuses, we employ over 7600 academic and non-academic staff who support over 60,000 students.

We are undergoing significant transformative change which brings opportunity for innovation, progressive thinking, breaking with convention, challenging the status quo, and improving the world around us.

How to apply

For more information on the position and University, please view the candidate information pack available from the job’s listing on the University of Sydney careers website.

All applications must be submitted via the University of Sydney careers website.  Visit sydney.edu.au/recruitment and search by the reference number 807/0419F to apply.

Closing date: 11:30pm, 2 June 2019 (Sydney time)

The University of Sydney is committed to diversity and social inclusion. Applications from people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds; equity target groups including women, people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTIQ; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged.

© The University of Sydney

The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.

Company

The University of Sydney was established in 1850 and is consistently recognised, both locally and internationally, for its outstanding teaching and research excellence. Sydney alumni include Prime Ministers, Governor Generals, Nobel Prize winners and leaders in every field of endeavour.

The University offers a comprehensive range of courses, including a number of disciplines unique in Australia. Teaching is spread across nine different state-of-the art campuses, located across New South Wales.

The University of Sydney’s commitment to excellence in research has resulted in an outstanding record in national competitive funding and underpins an approach to teaching which has won nominations for excellence and resulted in high student satisfaction ratings. The University has 78 research centres and institutes and is home to three ARC Centres of Excellence.

The teaching, research and cultural life of the University is supported by extensive facilities, including the largest library collection in the Southern Hemisphere, the world-class Nicholson Museum of archaeological antiquities, the Macleay Museum of natural history and ethnographic collections and the University Art Gallery. Its outstanding sporting and recreation facilities provide a training centre for students and Olympic athletes.

The University of Sydney is a key member of the Group of Eight Australian major research-intensive universities, and the Worldwide Universities Network.

Campuses

The University of Sydney has nine official campuses.

1.         Camperdown/Darlington Campus.

2.         Cumberland Campus. Home to the Faculty of Health Sciences (based in Lidcombe).

3.         Mallett Street Campus. Home of the Sydney Nursing School.

4.         Sydney Conservatorium of Music Campus. In Macquarie Street, central Sydney.

5.         Rozelle Campus. Home to Sydney College of the Arts.

6.         Surry Hills Campus. Home to the Faculty of Dentistry.

7.         Camden Campus. Contains facilities connected to the Faculty of Veterinary Science and the Faculty of Agriculture and Environment.

8.         Burren Street Campus. Facilties are currently under development.

9.         Sydney Medical School campuses. These include the School of Rural Health (in Dubbo and Orange), the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Concord Hospital, Westmead Hospital, the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Nepean Hospital, Northern Clinical School, Sydney Adventist Hospital, Broken Hill University Department of Rural Health, and Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health.

Faculties

The University of Sydney has 16 faculties.

1. Agriculture and Environment

2. Architecture, Design and Planning

3. Arts and Social Sciences

4. Business (Business School)

5. Dentistry

6. Education and Social Work

7. Engineering and Information Technologies

8. Health Sciences

9. Law (Sydney Law School)

10. Medicine (Sydney Medical School)

11. Nursing and Midwifery

12. Pharmacy

13. Science

14. Sydney College of the Arts

15. Sydney Conservatorium of Music

16. Veterinary Science

Number of Employees

Full-time employees: 7616

For more information, please visit: http://sydney.edu.au/

Company info
Telephone
+(61) 2 9351 2222
Location
UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
NEW SOUTH WALES
2006
Australia

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