Researcher position in multifunctional catchment-scale planning of small waterbodies

Researcher position in multifunctional catchment-scale planning of small waterbodies

Are you interested in working with upstream-downstream directed linkages in the environment with the support of competent and friendly colleagues in an international environment? Are you looking for an employer that invests in sustainable employeeship and offers safe, favourable working conditions? We welcome you to apply for a researcher position at Uppsala University.

The Department of Earth Sciences at Uppsala University is Sweden´s largest and most versatile department of its kind with approximately 280 employees. Our activities are interdisciplinary and combine natural science and technology with social science. We have research programs in air, water and landscape science; geophysics; natural resources and sustainable development; petrology, mineralogy and tectonics; paleobiology, and wind energy. By investigating the history of Earth, we understand how our planet has developed over time and how sustainable development benefits from this knowledge. For more information: The Department of Earth Sciences.

The researcher position is located in Uppsala within the research program Natural Resources and Sustainable Development (NRHU), in Uppsala. The research of the NRHU within focuses on the different dimensions of sustainable development. We consider the environment and its natural resources and ecosystem services as an overarching foundation for society and economy and aim at providing knowledge on how to utilize natural resources in a sustainable way. Our work involves considerations of both natural and social systems and their interactions, often adopting transdisciplinary approaches.

The position is part of the FORMAS-funded project PUDDLE JUMP: Promoting Upstream-Downstream Directed Linkages in the Environment: “Joined-Up” Management Perspectives. PUDDLE JUMP will contribute to “joined up” thinking about hydrological and other ecosystem services that can be provided by small artificial waterbodies (SAWs: ponds and wetlands).

Duties
The work of the researcher will focus on challenges faced by municipalities when incorporating SAWs into planning and decision making. The work will involve analysis of the perceived recreational and social ecosystem services offered by SAWs, based on a survey distributed to different stakeholders and general public, and using photos or illustrations of SAWs to reveal their attractiveness to respondents. In addition, the researcher will also collaborate with researchers in the project with regard to other tasks, for example on citizen science and awareness raising. In addition to research, the researcher is expected to conduct some teaching, supervise master thesis projects within the PUDDLE JUMP and conduct some administration related tasks.

Requirements
The applicant shall have a PhD degree in political sciences, sustainability studies, environmental sciences or similar, and research interests relevant to the PUDDLE JUMP project.  The successful candidate will have experience in work with interviews and surveys, and interdisciplinary research work. Skills in Swedish are required, as the research will predominantly cover the Swedish policy context and will involve communication with Swedish stakeholders.

Additional qualifications
Skills and experiences in leading or working in collaborative projects, and engaging diverse stakeholders (e.g. in interviews, surveys) is an advantage. Skills in statistical analysis, design and/or image manipulation techniques, as well as drawing are also advantageous.

About the employment
The employment is a temporary position, 12 months. Scope of employment 100 %. Starting date 1 November 2024 or as agreed. Placement: Uppsala.

For further information about the position, please contact: Malgorzata Blicharska, +46 76 822 66 16; malgorzata.blicharska@geo.uu.se

Please submit your application by 18 October 2024 UFV-PA 2022/3400.

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