MOVE Project Seeks PhD Scholar

MOVE Project Seeks PhD Scholar

The Methods for the Improvement of Vulnerability Assessment in Europe
(MOVE) project aims to create knowledge, frameworks and methods for
the assessment of vulnerability of social-ecological systems to
natural hazards in Europe. UNU-EHS offers a three year PhD Scholarship
within the remit of this project.
The applicant will carry out research on vulnerability assessment
concepts and methodologies (theoretical aspects) and implement these
in the context of floods and heat waves at the local to subnational
scales in the case study area of the Cologne-Bonn metropolitan area
(practical aspects). Some research will also be carried out in the
London and Barcelona case study areas.

Please submit your applications by Wednesday, 25 March 2009.
The focus of the work will be on social-ecological systems and
specifically on the resilience of ecosystems supplying essential
services to the metropolitan areas considered.

The research will therefore require the identification of appropriate
indicators and indices as well as identification of appropriate
statistical methods for their interpretation. Participatory methods
will need to be developed to capture required data and information
with a wide range of stakeholders such as the general population,
experts in disaster risk management and urban planners, among others.

This position belongs to the UNU-EHS Section on Environmental
Vulnerability & Energy Security in close collaboration with the
Section on Vulnerability Assessment which coordinates the MOVE project
at UNU-EHS. The successful applicant will work with the Heads as well
as with other scientists and students of these sections.

Download the formal PhD Scholar vacancy announcement.
For more information regarding UNU-EHS, visit our website.
The scholarship is available for a fixed, non-renewable three year
period. Starting date will be as soon as possible after appointment,
preferably on 1 April 2009. The successful candidate will be based at
UNU-EHS in Bonn. The position requires an excellent command of English
(spoken and written) and good knowledge of German.

Only applications via email will be accepted (please send applications
to HRApplications@ehs.unu.edu). For any additional information with
respect to applications, please contact Mrs Carlota Schneider
(schneider@ehs.unu.edu). Applications should include a letter of
motivation as well as curriculum vitae, study certificates, and any
other supporting information.Contracts for up to three years will be
offered in the Personal Service Agreement (PSA) category of UNU-EHS.
Suitably qualified women candidates are particularly encouraged to
apply. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted; unsuccessful
applications can neither be acknowledged nor returned.