ICAAM Announcement of a Post-Doc scholarship within the framework of the project: “FarmPath” - Farming Transitions: Pathways Towards Regional Sustainability Agriculture in Europe” (FP7-KBBE-2010-4/nº265394). 19th June 2013 A call is open for a Post-Doc Research Scholarship within the European project “FarmPath” - Farming Transitions: Pathways Towards Regional Sustainability of Agriculture in Europe”, financed by the European Commission (FP7-KBBE-2010-4/nº265394): Scientific domain: interaction between social sciences, agronomy, geography Requirements for admission: The candidates should have a Master in Agronomy, Forestry, Environmental Sciences, Geography, Political sciences or other social sciences. They should also have a PhD under a theme related with the multiple transition processes taking place in rural areas today, policy design and analysis, relating to the project aims and the WP6 as described below. Knowledge on the Common Agricultural Policy and its construction will be particularly valued. Fluency in Portuguese is an advantage. Work Plan: In FarmPath, sustainability of agricultural systems is defined as an ongoing, adaptive process of enabling farming households and members of the agricultural production and consumption chains to respond to the changing needs and preferences of consumers and citizens, through flexible combinations of farming models and provision of a suite of public goods and agricultural functions at regional level. In order to move towards increased sustainability, transition needs to occur Transitions are the result of long-term processes of fundamental change that incorporate processes of societal, ecological, economic, cultural, technological and institutional co-evolution. For a transition to occur different developments at the local, regional and national level have to come together, causing a development pathway based on new practices, technologies, knowledge, institutions social organisation and different guiding principles and values. To comply with the complexity and multidimensional character of choices, the assessment of alternative options needs to be a participatory process. Only through participatory processes is it possible to adequately address the legitimate multiple viewpoints as well as the uncertainty inherent in the alternative systems and alterative pathways to these systems. An important step is thus to identify and assess future transition pathways, i.e. envisioning sustainable future trajectories. FarmPath address this using transdisciplinary research, involving stakeholders directly in the research process. FarmPath research is undertaken by a interdisciplinary team of sociologists, geographers and economists, as well as disciplines with similar approaches, working directly with regional and national stakeholders from seven EU countries. The activities are: • Develop a conceptual framework integrating transition management concepts with recent literature on agri-food regimes, resilience and farm-level transitions • Undertake empirical research in seven European countries and study seven ‘types’ of initiative. An initiative is a change to agricultural production or marketing practices which has been undertaken by a considerable number of farmers in a region in order to increase the economic, social and/or environmental sustainability of agriculture. • Regional scenario development in one small region, affected by one of the seven study countries. • Research sub-focus on young farmers and new entrants • Develop a handbook on ‘regional sustainability of agriculture’ • Develop regional, national and European level policy recommendations • Publish an academic book More information on: farmpath.eu The Work Package 6 (WP6) “National Policy Analysis and Development of Policy Recommendations”, has started recently and will be under full development from September. The Post-Doc researcher will be involved in all the remaining activities of the project, but particularly in finishing WP5 and mainly in WP6, which is on policy recommendations. Mainly, the Post-Doc researcher will be in charge of national/regional policy analysis and development of policy recommendations, a stakeholder workshop and support in the production of a Handbook for regional sustainability. Part of the activities of the Post-Doc researcher will be also dedicated to supporting the team coordinator in the project management. The researcher is expected to lead at least two scientific publications issuing from the project results, and to participate in others. The research is to be developed in the University of Evora, ICAAM (Institute for Mediterranean Agrarian and Environmental Sciences), the research group EPM (Mediterranean Ecossystems and Landscapes), within the landscape research team. Relevant legislation and regulation: This scholarship will be carried on the basis of a signed contract between the University of Évora and the scholarship recipient, under the terms of the Research Scholarship Regulations of the University of Évora (Ordem de Serviço nº1/2011), the Scientific Research Grant Holder Statute (Law nº40/2004 of the 18 of August and Decree-Law nº202/2012 of the 27 of August) and according to the Regulations and legislation for advanced training and qualifications for human resources of the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT). Place of work: The work is to be developed at the ICAAM, Polo da Mitra of the University of Evora, under the scientific coordination of Teresa Pinto-Correia Length of the scholarship: The scholarship will last for 6 months, with a foreseen start at the September. The scholarship will possibly be renewed for 2 months, until the end of the project. Payment: According to the scholarship values applied by the Portuguese Research Foundation (alfa.fct.mctes.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores): the monthly payment is of 1495 Euros, not subject to taxes, and the contribution to the national social-medical insurance is paid by the project. The payment is done by cheque or bank transfer. Selection: The selection is done based on the documentation sent, and an interview may be required. When the candidates are not available to come to Evora, the interview may be undertaken using skype. The analysis of the CV performs 100 % of the evaluation. The interview will be used to select between candidates equally ranqued. Only application received between 3th July 2013 will be considered. The selection and information about results will be done until the 10th July 2013. Selection Comitee: • Presidente: Tersa Pinto Correia • 1º Vogal – Isabel Joaquina Ramos • 2º Vogal – Paulo Sá Sousa Announcement of results: The final results of the selection will be announced, through a ranqued list according to the classification, displayed at the ICAAM, and sent to all candidates by e-mail. Period fo the call and presentation of application: The call is open in between the 20th June 2013 and the 3th July 2013, and the results will be announced until the 10th July 2013. Applications should be sent by e-mail, including a motivation letter, the curriculum vitae of the candidate, a copy of the Master and PhD certificates, and two recommendation letters, to: Teresa Pinto Correia ICAAM, Universidade de Évora, Núcleo da Mitra, Apartado 94 7002 – 774 Évora e-mail: [email protected]
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