Post-doc opportunity: Julia Jones is recruiting for a 3-year post-doc to work on a project called “Can Payments for Ecosystem Services Deliver Environmental and Livelihood Benefits?” funded by the Leverhulme Trust. She is looking for a socio-economic expert (broadly defined) with Spanish and field experience. Full details are below (with even more info on the link below). Please help by circulating widely to your networks.It is a really exciting project with great partners in Bolivia. Bangor is a fantastic place to work too! Job description website: https://jobs.bangor.ac.uk/details.php.en?id=QLYFK026203F3VBQB7V68LOTX&nPostingID=1587&nPostingTargetID=1720&mask=stdext&lg=UK Applications are invited for a three year post-doctoral research officer post in the School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography to work on a project funded by the Leverhulme Trust called “Can Payments for Ecosystem Services deliver environmental and livelihood benefits?” The project is conducted in collaboration between Bangor University and Fundacion Natura Bolivia. The Bolivian NGO Fundacion Natura Bolivia (FNB) have established a Payment for Ecosystem Services scheme in the Bolivian highlands, explicitly designed as a Randomised Control Trial. We plan to use this unique set-up to answer ask important applied questions concerning the conditions (including institutional, psychological and environmental) under which Payment for Ecosystem Services approaches can deliver environmental benefits as well as benefits to local people’s livelihoods, while also looking at the more theoretical questions about the impacts of marketization of public goods on sustainable management. The candidate will be expected to spend up to four or five months a year in Bolivia (or possibly other low or middle income countries) making one or two trips working with the partner organisation and conducting field work (including in rural areas). Their main responsibility will be to design, carry out and publish the results of research under the objectives of the research project. Candidates should have a PhD (or equivalent) in economics, sociology, geography, conservation science or a related subject and have experience of publishing research in peer reviewed journals. An understanding of the subject area of this research is also necessary. Experience of social science field work in low or middle income countries (especially Latin America) and working in interdisciplinary teams is highly desirable. Knowledge of Spanish will also be a significant advantage. The successful candidate will be expected to commence on the 1st January 2015 or as soon as possible thereafter and the post is available until 31st December 2017. Informal enquiries to [email protected] +44(0)1248 382650 Applications will only be accepted via our on-line recruitment website, jobs.bangor.ac.uk. However, in cases of access issues due to disability, paper application forms are available by telephoning 01248 383865. Please include with your application a full CV and a covering letter showing how you meet the essential and desirable criteria. Closing date for applications: 17 September 2014. Interviews will be held in early October 2014. Committed To Equal Opportunities
Posted on: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 09:24:10 +0000
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