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<font color="#cc0000">Postdoctoral Positions in Sustainable Climate
Risk Management<br>
Earth and Environmental Systems Institute<br>
The Pennsylvania State University</font><br>
<br>
Two postdoctoral positions are available in the Earth and
Environmental Systems Institute at the<br>
Pennsylvania State University. Successful candidates will become
part of an interdisciplinary research<br>
network on Sustainable Climate Risk Management (SCRiM) (<a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://scrimhub.org">http://scrimhub.org</a>).
Centered at Penn<br>
State and linking 18 universities and five research institutions in
six nations, SCRiM addresses the<br>
question: What are sustainable, scientifically sound,
technologically feasible, economically efficient, and<br>
ethically defensible climate-risk management strategies? SCRiM
catalyzes fundamental, mission-oriented,<br>
and transdisciplinary research to characterize climate risks and
trade-offs associated with risk management<br>
instruments such as mitigation, adaptation, and geoengineering. The
network provides unique opportunities<br>
for research, education, outreach, decision support, and
professional development. SCRiM postdocs enjoy<br>
ample opportunities for transdisciplinary research collaboration as
well as professional mentoring by a team<br>
of experts in relevant disciplines. The two available positions are
as follows:<br>
<br>
<font color="#cc0000">1. Earth System Analysis to Inform
Decisionmaking</font><br>
The successful candidate will join an interdisciplinary research
team that analyzes two main questions: (i)<br>
How can paleoclimatic and instrumental records improve our
mechanistic understanding of the climate<br>
system and inform climate predictions? (ii) How can this scientific
information be used to improve the<br>
design of climate-risk management strategies? The ideal candidate
would have a strong background in a<br>
field such as Earth system science (e.g., atmospheric science,
geosciences, oceanography), Bayesian<br>
statistics, or applied mathematics. The candidate will have
considerable freedom to collaboratively design<br>
the research within the scope of the broad questions outlined above.
Possible example projects include<br>
uncertainty analysis of climate projections, decision analysis of
climate change adaptation and mitigation<br>
strategies, and risk analysis of proposed geoengineering strategies.<br>
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2. Coupled Ethical-Epistemic Analyses for Sustainable Climate Risk
Management</font><br>
The successful candidate will join an interdisciplinary research
team that analyzes two central areas of<br>
concern: (i) the role of coupled ethical-epistemic issues in climate
change science and (ii) how to improve<br>
decisionmaking under conditions of risk and uncertainty to ensure
ethical adequacy. The ideal candidate<br>
would have a strong background in the ethical dimensions of
scientific practice and an appreciation of the<br>
ethical issues raised by deep uncertainty. An understanding of
climate change mitigation, adaptation,<br>
geoengineering strategies is desirable. Interests in decisionmaking
under uncertainty, integrated assessment, <br>
and in collaborations involving Earth scientists, statisticians,
decision analysts, economists, and philosophers <br>
would be further advantages for applicants to both positions.<br>
<br>
The positions are available immediately and will remain open until
filled. Initial appointment will be for a<br>
period of one year, with excellent possibility of renewal for one or
more additional years. The salary will be<br>
competitive, commensurate with experience, and will comply with Penn
State University guidelines.<br>
Successful completion of a background check is required prior to
employment.<br>
<br>
To apply to either position, please email a single PDF file (maximum
10 MB) containing a letter of interest,<br>
a CV, reprints of two manuscripts, and contact information for three
references to Jaime Ross<br>
(<a href="mail%20to:jli1@psu.edu">jli1@psu.edu</a>). For questions
about the potential projects, please contact Klaus Keller (<a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:klaus@psu.edu">klaus@psu.edu</a>)<br>
(position #1) or Nancy Tuana (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:ntuana@psu.edu">ntuana@psu.edu</a>) (position #2).<br>
<br>
The Pennsylvania State University is committed to affirmative
action, equal opportunity, and the diversity<br>
of its workforce.
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