Postdoctoral position on Impacts of Extreme Climate Events

Are you interested in working within research on Impacts of Extreme Climate Events, 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 postdoc position at Uppsala University.

The Department of Earth Sciences is one of Europe"s most comprehensive earth science departments, with approximately 300 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: Department of Earth Sciences

The Programme for Air, Water, and Landscape Science encompasses education and research in meteorology, hydrology, environmental analysis, and physical geography. More information on the programme’s science can be found at Luval.

The Swedish Centre for Impacts of Climate Extremes (climes.se) is a collaboration between Uppsala University, Lund University and RISE. The Centre is at the core of a prolific interdisciplinary scientific community, and seeks to lead a lively series of meetings, international exchanges and training events. The centre also hosts several national and international research projects. All centre activities have a broad focus on impacts of climate extremes: from financial losses to impacts on ecosystems to consequences for society and public health. Positions at the centre come with considerable freedom to develop your own research ideas, generous funding for international stays within the centre’s network, the opportunity to suggest leading foreign experts to be invited to Sweden for research visits and a strong focus on career development.

Duties

You will work on data collection and/or analysis of impacts of mid-latitude climate extremes. Within this scope, there is considerable freedom to focus on different specific topics or approaches. Teaching/supervising duties are possible on a voluntary basis. You will be based at the Dept. of Earth Sciences in Uppsala, but will be expected to travel both nationally and internationally.

Requirements

PhD degree in climate science, meteorology, natural hazards, physics, applied mathematics, statistics, data science or related disciplines or a foreign degree equivalent to a PhD degree in the above subjects. The degree needs to be obtained by the time of the decision of employment. Those who have obtained a PhD degree three years prior to the application deadline are primarily considered for the employment. The starting point of the three-year frame period is the application deadline. Due to special circumstances, the degree may have been obtained earlier. The three-year period can be extended due to circumstances such as sick leave, parental leave, duties in labour unions, etc.

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher who has a strong self-drive, works independently and takes initiative. You should enjoy developing and testing new ideas. You should also have a demonstrated ability to communicate your research in a timely manner through peer-reviewed articles in leading international academic journals, and have excellent spoken and written communication skills in English. You need to have good cooperation skills as the work involves collaborations with different international research networks and centres.

Additional qualifications

Previous experience with analysis of large climate data and work with extreme weather are a merit. We place particular weight on the quality of peer-reviewed publications.

The application should contain:

• A Curriculum Vitae.
• A list of publications in peer-reviewed international journals.
• Contacts of two references (names and full contact details, including telephone number). Please do not include reference letters.

In this recruitment, we have replaced the cover letter with questions that you are asked to answer when making your application. The answers will be used as a part of the selection process.

About the employment

The employment is a temporary position of 2 years according to central collective agreement. Full time position. Starting date 01-06-2026 or as agreed. Placement: Uppsala

For further information about the position, please contact: Gabriele Messori, telephone: +46-18471 2588, email: gabriele.messori@geo.uu.se

Please submit your application by 27 February 2026 UFV-PA 2026/222

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