<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><b><font size="4" color="#0b5394">Postdoctoral Position</font></b></div><div><font color="#0b5394" size="4">Decision Support for Sustainable Climate Risk Management</font><br></div></div><p></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"></p></div><p></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"></p><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:helveticaneue;font-style:italic"><font color="#0b5394">Earth and Environmental Systems Institute</font></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">The Pennsylvania State University, University Park Campus</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:12.8px">A postdoctoral position in decision support for sustainable climate risk management is available in the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute at the Pennsylvania State University. The successful candidate will join a transdisciplinary research team to support the social science analysis of two central areas of concern: (i) the role of values in climate change science and risk management and (ii) how attention to stakeholder values can serve to improve decision making under conditions of risk and uncertainty. The aim of the position is to better understand and improve decision support and risk communication that takes account of the values and goals of stakeholders and helps to ensure that decision makers are best equipped to identify and assess trade-offs between values, objectives and strategies. The project has been developing an approach to mental model analysis that includes the mapping of values, both those of stakeholders and experts. The postdoctoral scholar will have opportunities to work in a variety of settings, including coastal management in New Orleans and forestry management with the Menominee Nation in the context of changing climates. The scholar will assist in evaluating climate risk management communication and decision tools in experimental as well as real-life settings. The ideal candidate would have experience evaluating decision support tools, a strong background in a social science field including risk management, experience with mental model or related approaches to decision making, an appreciation of the role values play in decision making, and experience with decision support tools. An understanding of climate change mitigation, adaptation, and geoengineering strategies is desirable. The successful candidate must be interested in and able to collaborate on transdisciplinary research involving Earth scientists, statisticians, decision analysts, economists, and philosophers. Postdoctoral scholars are expected to collaborate on established projects and will have considerable freedom to collaboratively design the research in the areas outlined above. Information about ongoing projects as well as publications can be found at: <a href="http://scrimhub.org/research/publications/" target="_blank">http://scrimhub.org/research/<wbr>publications/</a>. This position is part of a larger-scale hiring initiative (see <a href="http://scrimhub.org/opportunities/employment/" target="_blank">http://scrimhub.org/<wbr>opportunities/employment/</a>). The position is available immediately and will remain open until filled. The initial appointment will be for a period of one year, with excellent possibility of renewal for one or more additional years. Please upload a letter of interest, CV, reprints or submitted versions of two relevant manuscripts, and contact information for three professional references. For questions about the potential projects, please contact Dr. Nancy Tuana (<a href="mailto:ntuana@psu.edu" target="_blank">ntuana@psu.edu</a>).</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Apply to job #67682 at</b> <a href="https://psu.jobs/job/67682" target="_blank">https://psu.jobs/job/67682</a>/</div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">To view all SCRiM employment opportunities, visit <a href="http://www.scrimhub.org/opportunities/employment/" target="_blank">scrimhub.org/opportuniti<wbr>es/employment</a>.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:12.8px">Campus Security Crime Statistics: For more about safety at Penn State, and to review the Annual <span style="font-size:12.8px">Security Report which contains information about crime statistics and other safety and security </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">matters, please go to </span><a href="http://www.police.psu.edu/clery/" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://www.police.psu.edu/c<wbr>lery/</a><span style="font-size:12.8px"> , which will also provide you with detail on </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">how to request a hard copy of the Annual Security Report.</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Penn State is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.</div><div><br></div></div></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">---</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"brush script mt";font-size:x-large"><font color="#000000">Katerina Kostadinova</font></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Administrative Support Coordinator</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font size="2" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Network for Sustainable Climate Risk Management (<a href="http://scrimhub.org/" target="_blank">SCRiM</a>)</font><br></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Earth & Environmental Systems Institute </font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="tahoma, sans-serif">219 EES Building, University Park, PA 16802</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="tahoma, sans-serif">P: (814) 865-5007</font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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